Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Creepy AND Annoying? You have GOT to be kidding me

Just when I thought that the dArama was over for me...I get this:



So yeah, I'm on dAmn one day, makin' a casual joke in #seniors about the Red Wings sucking (which of course, another deviant LOVES them to the point of obsession). I mean, it's all just a joke, ain't it? (I'm not that into sports, so what else would it be?)



Anyways, that's just the start. Thinking that nobody got the joke (which turned out to be true), I head in to #daZineHQ, and tell em' it's a joke, but to no avail, I get banned. Now, I was a little angry about this, but when I found out the real truth behind the ban, I was even more pissed, and here's why:



Apparently, some "friends" of Jessie's talked to her behind my back about how I was creepy/stalking her because they were "genuinely concerned". First off, there's two problems with this: 1.) I am NOT creepy, or a stalker and 2.) If they were concerned, they should've talked to me about it directly instead of letting it come down to me eventually confronting both Jessie/her "boyfriend", Max (which, incidentally, didn't really go anywhere in terms of getting to the root of the issue, which was talking about me behind my back, which I do NOT tolerate.




Jessie, if you're reading this, you need to grow the FUCK up, and stop trying to hide the real problem. I still remember that comment you had posted on "Hockett Spaceport Lobby" which, by the way, was almost 2 YEARS AGO. If anything, you are WAY too uptight, and your immaturity is fairly obvious, in how you always run to other people for help when there's something you can't handle. Are you ALWAYS going to be like this? What's going to happen when Mommy and Daddy aren't around anymore, huh? I used to think you were a cool person, but now that I've seen this, I think you SUCK, and unless you change your stinkin' attitude, my view of you will stay the same and, of course, you won't earn anyone else's respect

Sunday, January 06, 2008

deviantART Ban Update

Or...Maybe I shouldn't really call this much of an update at all, since I've not really gotten anywhere, in terms of getting an explanation as to why I was banned.



My first (and last) Help Desk ticket since my ban didn't really yield anything in terms of acceptable answers (Just a measly link to a certain FAQ #212 regarding refunds if you're banned). On top of all of this, I found out that I was banned from the Help Desk, as I was trying to send a reply to my inquiry (Real smart for them to do that, so they don't have to deal with people they don't want to deal with).


So, I was talking with a friend of mine on MSN, and she advised sending an e-mail to help@deviantart.com, which I did (hoping that I'd finally get an answer to my questions).



Boy was I wrong.



The reply e-mail that I got stated the following:


For all Policy related matters, please direct your inquiry to our Policy Team via email @ violations@deviantart.com , so it may be seen by the correct parties.
or
If you already have a deviantART account that you can login to, please direct your inquiry to the community help desk on site via http://help.deviantart.com/contact . Be sure to select one of the contact categories handled by the Policy Team.
Thank you



Such awesome customer service, eh? I didn't think so. For starters, NONE of my questions were answered, which I'd grown to expect after my last Help Desk ticket. For two: The person who wrote that reply is obviously very stupid, as she doesn't seem to realize that I am banned from the Help Desk. Below is my original e-mail, with my questions:



Hello,


Firstly, I have a couple questions that need answering:



1. If someone can be banned for replying to a user who has Blocked them, why is it that the Block system is not extended beyond a person's userpage?


2. I would also like an explanation for both: the un-called for ban on my account, from deviantART, as well as my ban from the Help Desk.



Thank you for your time



As much as I don't like to think about it, deviantART is, pretty much, the epitome of horrid customer service (As long as they can keep the money coming in, that's all that matters). As far as I know, deviantART's security has always been a joke (and this is coming from the former PVA Staff member). It's not just her, though, someone else, who is still a member of deviantART said something about a zero-day dAmn exploit which, if taken advantage of, could DoS the chat servers. Would the admins really care to fix that? I don't think so.



UPDATE: My deviantART membership is still in the air (ban will be reviewed in at least a month, so maybe not all hope is lost. I'm not getting my hopes up too high just yet, though)