It's that time of the year again... and it's at least as good a time as any to reflect on both the good, and the bad; to think about how we can do better in the future; and also to... forgive. Regarding that last one, we've decided that for a limited time, we will be considering unbanning users previously banned for plagiarism.
Shouldn't this apply to other banned users too, and not just plagiarism?
For example
offordscott was banned because his account was allegedly hacked and used to post malware. His account was for purposely selling mining gear, and he had started gaining trust from the community, so I see no reason why he would start using it for posting useless malware.
I believe him. He must have been a victim of a hack. He made an appeal, but up to he hasn't even received any feedback from the mods. Why do we let such good users go?
I am still looking for help with this. The ban really hurts. If there is an admin who is willing to spend the time to dig into this for me, I will be extremely grateful indeed.