I signed up yesterday morning, posted a question, and a couple of hours later saw that I'd been permanently banned. Can't understand it.

Hi,
 
I am not sure what this website is, but honestly?
 
A website that wants folks, but doesn't want them, will eventually find themselves dead and off the airwaves.
 
Let it go. Find a different place. If that's the way I took care of my customers in the restaurant for many years, the next morning I would be out of business. Well, we should do the same to some businesses on the Internet, so they learn some realities about life. Respect is one of them! Recklessness and maliciousness is not worthy of yours, or my attention!
 
End of story!

I know you'd have said... but I have to ask.. 
Do you have history with them with a different account?
Maybe another user with a similar user name was banned and they thought you were him trying to get back on..
Maybe they IP blocked a user and you're with the same provider.
Maybe they thought you were/are a spammer.
Maybe they just don't like you..
 

Hi,
 
Thx Karyn ... that was my next post, from the ISP side of things. I was actually putting it together.
 
But honestly, there are enough of this and that in the Internet ... and if Sonar doesn't do it, another DAW will ... and that's that! But a website being silly and stupid is counter productive, and not likely to survive, so yeah ... something else is going on!

You're welcome Pedro,  you have to learn to type faster

Karyn
You're welcome Pedro,  you have to learn to type faster

Hahaha ... I'm at work, and took 2 calls in between! (data base entry!)

Karyn
I know you'd have said... but I have to ask.. 
Do you have history with them with a different account?
Maybe another user with a similar user name was banned and they thought you were him trying to get back on..
Maybe they IP blocked a user and you're with the same provider.
Maybe they thought you were/are a spammer.
Maybe they just don't like you..
 

1) No history.
2) I made up a weird name (like hyur8), but it's poss.
3) ISP . . . could be, I suppose.
4) Nothing at all spammy about my question.
5) But I'm such a nice guy.

Well, we don't know what the question was you asked? Could have some bearing on the situation.

I can understand the poster's concern though assuming there was good intentions in signing up. Harmony Central has been around a long time and has lots of musical info and followers. I am just an occasional follower but if I want reviews or have a detailed guitar type question (whether theory or mechanical in nature), it is a good site to partake in. I would suggest the poster try and contact the web-admin and ask them.

hyur8

Karyn
I know you'd have said... but I have to ask.. 
Do you have history with them with a different account?
Maybe another user with a similar user name was banned and they thought you were him trying to get back on..
Maybe they IP blocked a user and you're with the same provider.
Maybe they thought you were/are a spammer.
Maybe they just don't like you..
 

1) No history.
2) I made up a weird name (like hyur8), but it's poss.
3) ISP . . . could be, I suppose.
4) Nothing at all spammy about my question.
5) But I'm such a nice guy.

There is another option,
 
Maybe it was user error and you're not actually banned..
I could ban you from here then you could tell me if you get the same result... 
 
 
 
A permaban is usually the last resort for repeat offenders, they should have at least sent you an email stating that you are banned, even if it didn't include a reason.

hyur8, why did you register on this forum to complain about a different one? Is it because the other one is administered by someone who is a regular contributor here? And what was the question you asked?