I was handed a "banned from commenting" message one morning, with no warning.

I'm trying just the opposite: making sure I get banned everywhere so I can finally stop wasting my time and get back to normal life. So far I've been very successful. Wonder if they're gonna "ban" this reply as well ;o)

Initially it said two things; "You have been banned due to your name" and "You have been banned due to violations of guidelines". I have read through the guidelines and an find nowhere a sufficient reason for my commenting suspension. And since my work is directly tied to my ability to navigate the comment section of media's social interactions I have to assume the reason is not good enough, otherwise I would have received an answer from someone, anyone really. Every MSN agent I have spoken with does not see my account in bad standing. So my conclusion is that a 3rd party who does not have access to my account but rather just the ability to remove my ability to comment on news articles is the final judge.

I have cancelled my subscriptions to Microsoft and all of it's products and may be planning legal action as to simply find out one thing... why.

Just a simple answer in detail as to what about my posts were in any way "wrong".

I have been working on research for nearly 8 year as to how the social aspect of the internet changes people, and now I have a new chapter. The unfettered power some get by playing "god" over someone else's work.

I genuinely would love for someone to have the fortitude to not hide behind anonymity in some dark corner and give a detailed explanation with examples of my "Crime". Because all of the comments I have made and read and reread do not violate any of the mentioned guidelines...

But now my work is directly affected without sufficient reason.

MB

I have a similar problem same comments name and then banned I cannot see what is wrong with my posts and consider them to be very tame compared with some of the comments seen there. Like you I seem to be left in a vacuum I feel as if there is a major issue here with freedom of speech.

I joined the MSN news community, received a welcome message then was immediately banned with the message "You've been banned due to violations of our guidelines."

I haven't even added any comments to the MSN news community. What's going-on? I certainly haven't violated msn news guidelines and they still happy to take my monthly X-Box live subscriptions.

I just received a reply from 'Request a Review' saying "At your request, we've reviewed your case and reversed the prior decision. You should be able to post again soon. Thank you. "

I'm not particularly impressed and will reconsider my commitment to MS products.

I've had exactly this. I've never commented on anything ever but still been banned. Not sure how but have requested a review.

I have decided that MSN's news opinion is a total waste of time, if the comments generally pasted in this forum, fit with MSN's criteria, I do not see how a considered opinion will ever be tolerated. My only hope is that this comment will not be judged by the same standards, otherwise oops this will be my "Last Post" here.