# Banned Posters Posting **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 4, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543 "2004-06-04T00:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/1 "2004-06-04T00:16:26Z")
Why is it that posters who are banned are posting? I understand the one-time guest rule, but some posters have repeated postings with the appellation “Banned” under their name. I thought if you were banned you couldn’t post, exept for the above exception. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/2 "2004-06-04T00:35:22Z")
The “BANNED” title under their name is applied to their past posts. They aren’t posting since being banned. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/3 "2004-06-04T01:12:14Z")
Banned name! Sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/4 "2004-06-04T01:31:07Z")
Ouch! That was painful. Good work. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/5 "2004-06-08T06:43:03Z")
> [@Berkut](#): > > The “BANNED” title under their name is applied to their past posts. They aren’t posting since being banned. I’ve always wondered about that. With respect, are you sure your answer is correct? I certainly don’t know otherwise, but I’ve seen BANNED posters posting “today”. But if you can confirm your answer, I’ll surely believe you. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/6 "2004-06-08T06:45:25Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > I’ve always wondered about that. With respect, are you sure your answer is correct? I certainly don’t know otherwise, but I’ve seen BANNED posters posting “today”. But if you can confirm your answer, I’ll surely believe you. Someone posts something at 1:00 pm. At 1:10 pm, he’s banned. That 1:00 pm post now shows him as “BANNED,” with a post from today. Happens all the 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:** [June 8, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-posters-posting/248543/7 "2004-06-08T12:20:30Z")
Yep, **Early** is correct. A title change or a name change is applied to all past posts. That’s why, for instance, if you say something really stupid or really embarrassaging that you later regret, a name change won’t help: that old post will show up with your new name.