ikdind said:
Not that I remember, but there were "Bat Weeks" where Mellis came down extra hard for infractions. That's probably what most people recall as being unfair, since one pretty much had to keep up with the forums to know when Bat Week was occurring.

Dogenzaka said:
Was Bat Week for bans, recommendations, or both? I got upgraded to privileged during a Bat Week. That's all I really remember.

Shark week was the ban-happy weeks, bat week was upgrade-happy weeks. And even outside of 'shark weeks', the lack of a real TOS or any defined procedures for disciplining users meant that punishments were inconsistent and not uncommonly unfair.

Also, moderator approval for uploads was always a thing, but uploads were so slow back then (50 uploads a day at most when I joined?) that one person could easily handle the queue in their spare time.