# A proposed policy on the reasons for banning members

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525>\
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**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525 "2019-09-19T21:11:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525/41 "2019-09-21T19:58:01Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> So was he a sock? I guess that’s the likeliest explanation but I was surprised. Kirkrapine never seemed like a sock to me; he didn’t seem to come here with any grudges and he didn’t refer to old board issues. If he was a sock, he was really on top of his game.

I wasn’t the least bit surprised to see that he’d been wished to the cornfield. Just too familiar with the place, like he was settling back in after being away for a while.

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525/42 "2019-09-23T11:49:33Z")

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There is also just the matter or being respectful of the mods’ time. Most socks and spammers are banned almost immediately. It’s a lot to ask volunteers to type up a detailed explanation or create a custom title to explain things.Even if it’s just five minutes a day . . .yet another five minutes is a real thing. They add up.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525/43 "2019-09-23T13:07:49Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Or you might be slightly off yours. He couldn’t have been a more obvious sock if he’d called himself Hanes McCottoncrew and used a picture of Lamb Chop as his avatar.

Since I didn’t pay much attention to the guy (other than thinking he was another of those new posters who bugs me by starting a metric ton of threads before they’ve even posted in anyone else’s threads), is it OK to ask what banned poster he was apparently a sock of?

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525/44 "2019-09-23T13:30:59Z")

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All love, RT. I don’t believe naming such is a good idea.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-proposed-policy-on-the-reasons-for-banning-members/840525/45 "2019-09-23T13:52:30Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> All love, RT. I don’t believe naming such is a good idea.

I’ll cheerfully defer to your judgment, then.

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