"Bits power" (without the space) is censored

[karbonkid]

Then it started to look like he was VERY strongly pushing XXXXXXXXXXX Computers as a place to buy from but again, no issue at first, but it went on and on and on.
I finally said to him what I was seeing and if that wasn't the case maybe he should back off a little and he did, for a short time.
Then I got wind of a scheme that he was trying to get others into. To promote said company's products on the forum in return for parts,etc.
Then I was sent a word doc that he'd sent to one of the members about this with the plan to call the company Newco with him as CEO and others named as partners and CFO. The others were two companies that both have accounts here. I read this as shilling.

Is Gary somehow being implicated in this I'm not meaning to step on any toes, but personally I find this very hard to believe.

I've had a chance to read through his posting history over there and I don't see anything unusual.

Unlike me, Saaya, and some of the other more "casual" company-affiliated people around here, Vincent is all business both on this site and on RRR.

Every one of his posts is an ETA, a new product, or a direct response to a question about him or his company's products.

Like I've said though, I MUST not know the whole story about Vincent, but even if it's something he personally did, I feel that blocking the name of the company he works for is like killing a mosquito with a nuclear warhead.


EDIT: Got Vincent on MSN right now and he seems as confused as I am as to why he's been banned. He's been a very positive contributor around here for a long time and you guys OWE him an explanation at the very least...

If Vincent in some way did something to upset XS (and I don't know if he did) then by all means he should be banned. But censoring his products' names? That's just silly. If this carries on, XS is just going to be regarded as the 'extreme overclocking site' where no-one can post an AMD stepping, the name of a petroleum company, model numbers for g.skill memory, etc.

For me, this event has done more to tarnish the reputation of XS than anything else. Maybe I'm wrong and maybe what's been done is justified. But if it is, why have poeple had to start a thread asking for an explanation? Why has the person responsible for the blocking the names not started a thread, straight away, saying what has gone on, why it will not be tolerated, and what reasonable action has been taken as a result?

If Vincent's wrongdoing is purely a personal one, then, IMHO, this is completely unjustified. If B*P as a company has done something to damage customers or another company, then even more reason for potential customers (ie. XS members) to be given a fair warning as to what is going on.