# About having your membership voluntarily suspended **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538 "2005-03-08T15:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/1 "2005-03-08T15:40:26Z")
[Over in MPSIMS, **Mangetout** announces that he’s taking a break from the boards, and asked to have his membership suspended temporarily.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305935) Let’s say I ask that my membership be suspended for a month. Do I get a month credited to my membership at the end, or am I just SOL on the time that I’m not posting? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/2 "2005-03-08T17:21:19Z")
At the discount rate of $7.48 per year, a month costs $0.62. It might be more work than it is worth to manage. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/3 "2005-03-08T19:23:39Z")
I think if you are voluntarily suspending yourself then why should the mods make any special effort? They are already making special effort, IMO, in suspending you because you can’t “self-suspend” - meaning, you can’t just stay away from the boards. In other words, your choice, your problem. Now if the \*mods \* were to suspend you for an infraction for a month, depending on the situation I think they should extend your membership by that much time. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/4 "2005-03-08T20:53:11Z")
I don’t know the answer to this, but I’ve made inquiries and someone should be able to respond soon. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/5 "2005-03-08T23:48:01Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Let’s say I ask that my membership be suspended for a month. Do I get a month credited to my membership at the end, or am I just SOL on the time that I’m not posting? We’re not set up to keep track of who asked to be suspended when, and the amount of money is trivial anyway, so you’re SOL. ---
**Author:** ![HG\_Pennypacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HG\_Pennypacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HG_Pennypacker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/6 "2005-03-09T01:32:22Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > We’re not set up to keep track of who asked to be suspended when, and the amount of money is trivial anyway, so you’re SOL. If the amount of money is trivial then why do you bother charging people to register? o\_O ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/7 "2005-03-09T01:48:39Z")
> [@HG Pennypacker](#): > > If the amount of money is trivial then why do you bother charging people to register? o\_O The amount of money during a month suspension is trivial to an individual user. An entire year’s membership is twelve times greater and not trivial. o\_O ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-having-your-membership-voluntarily-suspended/293538/8 "2005-03-09T11:14:57Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > We’re not set up to keep track of who asked to be suspended when, and the amount of money is trivial anyway, so you’re SOL. About what I figured, I just thought I’d ask. Thanks.