I too had joined team bhp and as the other guys mentioned, had to go through a’screening’ process to get in.
after a few posts I even managed to gradute from a newbie to a BHPian.and that’s when trouble started.
the moderators banned me for about 10 days or so for mentioning about alcohol which they said they dont endorse or accept. which was fine and I decided to wait out my banned days.
however, what rankled me was I saw a senior BHPian use alcohol in his digital signature and when I messaged a moderator about it, the signature goes within just a few minutes, but the guy is very much active on the forum.
I dont know if such double standards are part of our indian culture or is it that Team Bhp is not such a fair and perfect forum as they claim to be!