Spamming advertising is a standard offense that carries a 3 point infraction as determined by the system. Accruing 3 infraction points carries an automatic 7 day ban by the system. All the temp bans, except the Abuse ban, are automatic system bans resulting from accumulated infraction points. The 30 day ban for Abuse was for a guy who went on a flaming misogynistic, pro-rape rant. He’s lucky it was me and not someone else, or he likely would have been permabanned.
The bottom line here is, don’t troll, don’t flame, don’t break the rules, and there won’t be any problems.