Hello. We typically do not make a policy of sharing the reasons members get banned publicly, besides the customary two or three words the forum software requires. This is because we try to use suspensions as a means of restoring peace to the forum, and not as a tool for public shaming. We try to let everyone start over with a clean slate once they come back without letting their past actions haunt their future ability to make good decisions.
We are deciding to make an exception for one specific user, because of the special circumstances involved. @SzAdmin has given us his approval to do so.
The user @Noise has a long history of lying to and manipulating other users, and convincing them to go off their meds. They have been warned about this repeatedly, and we have patiently tried to explain why their actions are harmful to others here. They have repeatedly refused to listen, and instead accuse us of discriminating against them for not using meds.
I hope you all know that we have many users here who don’t take meds, and we don’t discriminate against any of them. The reason Noise gets warned so often is because they have repeatedly encouraged people to quit their meds. The most notable example of this was user Arturo. For those of you who were here a year ago, you know just how bad things got for him after Noise convinced him to stop his meds. He ended up making that video and deleting his account, and nobody has heard from him ever since.
This is the reason Noise was suspended for a year. For actively destroying the life of someone who had been productive and functional. Not because we were discriminating against them.
Since coming back, they have repeatedly continued lying to and manipulating other members, trying to convince them that we are unfairly attacking them for no reason. This tends to lead to us getting many angry PMs from other users who are angry at us about the way they think we have treated Noise. We are hoping to cut those off at the head this time, by making it very clear that the reason we have suspended them this time is for their pattern of aggressive, manipulative, and harmful behavior. Not because of any personal feelings.
I hope that my nearly five years on this site can speak for itself. I have a history of being fair and level headed, I hope this holds true for the rest of the mod team and @SzAdmin as well. We came to this decision together, and we did not do so lightly. We have a long history of trying to make this a safe and recovery-oriented place for everyone. I hope you can all remember that. Thank you.