bwildman: Uniformity is not possible. I agree mods don't all opperate by the same standards or use the same exact proceedures but to think they all would is to ignore the "human factor". They aren't computers. I was put on hide, then let back in, then banned without an explaination. I found a mod who might help me understand what happened and she told me what I wanted to know. It turns out I was banned for the same post I'd been hidden for previously. I posted a PM from someone who was taunting me privately for baiting he was doing publically and I posted his PM on the general chat board. At least now I know why I was hidden and then subsequently banned. I won't ask to get back on because I know who the mod was (no, it not's you hannalore) who has something personal against me. It could happen again, and without warning, so I figure why bother. Anyone who thinks life is supposed to be fair hasn't lived for many years. You have to factor who you're dealing with in anything you do. That's the way it is. No hard feelings or anything, I just like knowing where I stand and that's good enough for me.