Instantly Bannable Offenses
These can be one-time bannable offenses for which you will not get a warning.
1. Direct personal insult, i.e., "You are an idiot." and all the variations. Why? Because this isn't grade school. People should be able to discuss or even dispute other's posts without insulting people. And the only purpose of a post like this is to incite other people. There are a lot of other non-direct-personal insults that won't necessary get you banned instantly, such as... "that is an idiotic comment". Depending on the context/nature, they may get edited. Bottom line -- don't try to piss off others.
2. Spam. Not just being a prolific poster, but posting the same exact post in many different threads, posting multiple pointless posts in the same thread, or making numerous post with no real content. This will get you banned.
3. MacRumors does not condone pyramid schemes (e.g. free iPods or Macs if you refer X number of people). Members who post referral links to these sites will have their posts/signatures edited and may be subject to banning. New members who post solely for this purpose will be immediately banned.
4. Using the forums for advertising. Contact MacRumors [About page] if you want to buy advertising at the site. Threads started for the purpose of advertising products, services, or businesses will be deleted and the poster banned.
5. Violation of the rules you agreed to when registering for the site: that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
6. Registration. If you were banned, you may not reregister. Reinstatement can come only from arn.
