The system needs to be tweaked by the moderator to eliminate the constant popups and to restrict usage of the moderator functions.
As I recall last night you were being picked on by babygotback@perb who was using the ban and ignore functions against you gratuitously. It appears that no restrictions have been set to differentiate between chat members and moderators. Anyone can ban anyone.
The right? No. The ability? Yes. This is not how chat systems are supposed to operate, but it is up to the system's mods and admins to make sure the system is installed with the options set appropriately to allow for normal use by all members. Some of these options have not been set yet, but I'm sure they will be soon. In the mean time, expect some people to take liberties. Since the options are available, it becomes a matter of individual choice.
The mods are in the process if fixing the bugs. It was released a bit early before they could tweak some minor glitches, because everyone was complaining that there was no chat. So in order for them to please the boards they had to release a bugged version.
The major glitches include that the chat cannot differeniate who is a mod and who isn't, which means everyone has the power of mods. It is being worked on and should be up in the near future. As for people that got banned by misusers of this power, I guess shoot a PM to the Mod of your choice and report who banned you and that it was just a mistake.
Funny thing is when the chat isn't available everyone bitches. Once the chat is back, almost everytime I go no one is there. Funny how things work...