Hi. I'm another member of the staff on Frihost.
I'd normally not respond to this, but as the user has chosen to publicly drag our name through the mud without giving the full story, I'm going to try and present the facts behind this case as best as I can.
To start off with, it definitely
is compulsory to post on our forums, as we are based on the post-for-host model. We offer 250 mb space, 10gb monthly bandwidth, unlimited add-on domains, unlimited subdomains, unlimited MySQL DBs, unlimited e-mail addresses*. We
do not place any ads whatsoever on your website, and you are free to host whatever you want (as long as it doesn't break any of the TOS... we generally do not allow the hosting of MP3 or videos or certain downloadable software to prevent copyright infringement, etc.) We manage to keep the hosting running by revenue generated by ads placed on our own community forums.
*Sorry to disappoint you... there is no catch
The main aim of Frihost, apart from providing reliable, free hosting of course, is to create a community where members find it enjoyable to post. We're thus rather strict as far as spam, flaming, or other forum-destructive activities are concerned. If a member breaks a rule, we generally issue an official warning. Banning is usually a last resort, done after a member has been warned at least a few times (except in special cases, such as if the member has posted nudity on our forums, or has posted links to illegal warez/music/etc).
Coming to the lost FRIH$.
The concept of Points and FRIH$ was well explained by my team-mate
mezmorizing in the post a couple of posts above mine. This is the first time any user has reported a loss of FRIH$. Naturally, we looked into it carefully. Upon looking through the currency logs, it was determined that all of TeenZine's FRIH$ had been
donated (This action requires the user to be signed in... this implies that this action could only have been done by TeenZine or someone who knew his password) to a another member.
"Back-seat moderating"
This is a term we've given to cases where normal members post replies containing official policy and rules, or give warnings for breaking rules, spamming, etc. or post replies which would be better addressed by Moderators or other staff members. We don't allow this because the official policy may change and the staff are better equipped to help new members (or old members) with questions related to these types of subjects. TeenZine regularly indulged in back-seat moderating, and admitted to so much in one of his posts in which he gave the reason/excuse for such behavious as that he is a moderator on many forums and thus has the habit of playing Mod. I would quote this post, but (un)fortunately, it has been removed to the spam can, along with a few posts before and after it, and posts in the Spam Can are only visible to staff members.
TeenZine was warned for back-seat moderating and spam. I quote the official warning sent to TeenZine by
Animal, another member of the staff:
Animal said:
Hello TeenZine,
The Frihost Moderating Team have recently noticed that you have been doing a lot of back-seat moderating on the forum. Here are a few examples:
TeenZine said:
Welcome to frihost. NO offence but please do us all a favor and read the stickys.
TeenZine said:
For the questions please read the rules tos and stickys because im to tired to anser them directly.
link
TeenZine said:
It's Not going to happen Read the post above sticky Things not to suggest . I would like it to however its clear that its not going to happen.
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TeenZine said:
Are you trying to get banned or injoying being able to spam for the first time know that you not a moderator ?
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I think you'll admit that you have made several more back-seat moderating posts than shown above.
Please leave Moderating to the Forum staff, and not do it by yourself. You are welcomed to send PMs to Moderators if you have something to report. If you need a topic moved/locked, you are welcomed to send a Private Message to a team member. The Forum Staff know what topics should go where and what topics to lock and et cetra.
I would also like to point out that recently your post quality has been declining, and several of your recent posts have been classified as spam. Another few examples of this:
TeenZine said:
I nominate n4l
WHy ???????
TeenZine said:
Scorpio cant you be nice to the new person for once ?
TeenZine said:
Thats what I think happened.
Again, I feel that you have made more spam posts than are shown above.
Please remember that this is an
Official Warning - if you continue to break the Frihost Forum Rules, you may be banned and your hosting account may be removed. I would suggest that you read the
Rules fully before you continue to post - this will help you avoid breaking the rules any further and risk a ban.
Frihost Forum Rules said:
Back-seat moderating is not allowed. If you witness someone break a rule or you think (s)he did, please send a private message to a moderator or administrator containing a link to the offending post or topic.
If you want to discuss this warning further, please feel free to reply to this PM, or to send a PM to any other Moderator.
On behalf of your Frihost Moderating Team,
Animal
As you can see, it in no way
threatens him in any way, nor is rude (at least not in my opinion).
For further questions about our hosting, please feel free to post a new topic in the
Guests forum, which is made specifically for this purpose and is the only forum in which unregistered users can post.
Regards,
tidruG
(Frihost Moderator)
