Has anyone been banned from Steve Hoffman Forums?

Yes. I was 2 years ago over a disagreement. It is an excellent resource for music lovers. Not really worth much otherwise. SH and his ilk are communist in their practices.
They over-look everyone's 1st admendment rights. I hope to meet him in person someday and give him a history lesson or two. Happy Listening!

They over-look everyone's 1st admendment rights. I hope to meet him in person someday and give him a history lesson or two.

As a point of information, the only protection to free speech that is provided by the First Amendment to the US Constitution is that "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." The 14th Amendment extended that to protect against laws enacted by State governments. There are no free speech protections in the Constitution against actions by private organizations or individuals, popular misconceptions notwithstanding.

Regards,
-- Al

A Harvard Russian born History Prof, once said to me ," We intellectuals yearned for the freedom of speech Americans had, we didn't realize free speech is allowed because no one would listen to us" .

If you think Hoffman's forums are bad in this regard, go have a look at Hydrogen Audio. The people that run that website are insane when it comes to what you can or can't post.

I was reading some posts on computeraudiophile.com and one of the posters started talking about an experiance they had on Hydrogen. He was new to the site and responded to a pole someone was taking. It was asking what your favorite music player is. He put down jriver and they almost kicked him off the site because of it. The moderators didn't like the fact that you have to buy jriver. They said it was insulting the other members. They gave him a warning that if something like this happens again, they're closing his account. All he did was take part in a pole. I would have never believed that story but he did provide the post and email he got from the moderators. I was still curious so I went over to hydrogen myself and found the post. He was telling the truth.

I've heard that AC employs actual trolls as moderators which is fine since they are an underserved part of society.
As a plus, it keeps the bridges safe for the kids when they walk home from school.