# banned curiosity **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-curiosity/248838 "2004-06-05T19:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-curiosity/248838/1 "2004-06-05T19:00:58Z")
now that the board is no longer free, we should have an official word or sticky on why mr/ms paid customer is banned to improve transparency. i understand that it had not been wise to trumpet what trolls did before, but if they want to do so now after paying fifteen bucks… just a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2004, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-curiosity/248838/2 "2004-06-05T21:41:47Z")
There have been a couple of threads about this in the past few days: > **["Banned" sticky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259510)** > > Would it be possible to set up a sticky listing those who have failed the ultimate test, and a brief reason why they were booted? It would save a lot of bandwidth, as then nobody would start “What happened to…?” threads. It would also shut off the... > **[Starguard banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259318)** > > I notice that Starguard has been banned. Just looked through his last 10 or so posts and didn’t see anything very jerky, or any mod warnings. Anyone know what the go is? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-curiosity/248838/3 "2004-06-06T00:01:18Z")
This is closed. - **xash** General Questions Moderator