Due to an unfortunate recent influx of spammers who can't take a hint that they're not wanted, we have undertaken some rather aggressive practices toward pruning user accounts, among other measures.

Any account that posts an advertisement as a topic, embedded in a reply (including a signature block), or in the user profile will be banned by IP immediately. Repeat offenses will lead (and have already led) to entire subnet IP blocking and/or blocks against specific domains. If you are a administrator who feels we have blocked your IP or domain in error, we suggest cleaning up your userbase before even considering appealing here.

If your account was over a week old with no posts, it has been pruned. We will prune new accounts using the same criteria on a frequent schedule until further notice.