# Answer a Q from a Banned Sock, or ignore it?

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**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-a-q-from-a-banned-sock-or-ignore-it/923540 "2020-10-21T22:43:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-a-q-from-a-banned-sock-or-ignore-it/923540/3 "2020-10-22T01:01:26Z")

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Well, [in this case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-farmed-trees/923378) it was because 1) their title says “BANNED: SOCK”, and 2) they posted the question before I investigated, banned them, and changed their title. In this case, I didn’t bother to remove their (few) posts.

There’s nothing wrong in answering a GQ question in such a case, although there is little point in posting a reply to a problem specific to that poster. However, in other cases, especially trolling, it’s best to ignore it.

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