The how do I get banned? thread.

**smurf808** · November 3rd, 2011, 05:03 PM

If I were to post another artist's work in this thread:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...=50389&page=23
without telling them, could that end up being a 'legal matter'?

(say, the artist sees his work in the thread and doesn't want it there, could my account be banned?)

**Arshes Nei** · November 3rd, 2011, 05:26 PM

To answer your question, for the most part no. Unless you're doing it to spite the artist or drag up drama, if you post a link (without claiming the art as your own of course) you won't get banned.

If the artist doesn't want it posted he can PM one of the admins or mods to just have the link removed.

**PaleBluePixel** · December 24th, 2011, 08:53 AM

Do I get banned for asking silly questions in order to boost my initial post count, so that my serious posts in the feedback/critique section gets released from the "moderation"? A couple of posts have been in limbo for a day, I didn't realize how hard it was to prove that I am not a bot.

**Black Spot** · December 24th, 2011, 03:54 PM

Asking silly questions will make the mods keep an eye on you. Posting art is the best thing you can do.

**Nemome** · January 29th, 2013, 02:09 PM

Wouldn't this thread fit better in the "Support" section of the forum?
Wondering what it has to do with the lounge and so it's actually just one more sticky here.

**SmallPoly** · February 13th, 2013, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by mia23

Hey guest I'm a newbie here but cant find the rule about signature.. so may i ask? when to put links on the signature?
I'm asking this because i don't want to get banned

hope i'll get some answer

If you are an artist, and post a link to your art-blog, DA page or sketchbook, or something else relevant, that should be totally fine in most cases.

If your links are to a company website completely unrelated to art, and the only reason you made your account is to spread those links, that is spam and is typically a ban-worthy offense.

**Black Spot** · February 13th, 2013, 01:33 PM

Well, if you're an idiot like mia23 and have a signature to a seo web design company. it's going to be pretty automatic.

**SmallPoly** · February 13th, 2013, 03:31 PM

Something about MIA's comments made me think "oh look, another spammer" even in the ones without sig links. I found it pretty funny that a spammer would basically ask if spamming was against the rules. It's like they've just been sitting around this whole time wondering why they keep getting banned, and it just finally occurred to them.