I noticed scifisam2009 has been posting as of this morning, but is showing up as “banned.” I don’t have a mental file for that Doper at all, but I’m curious because I have nothing better to think about: why the banning?
In general, what’s the easiest/best way to find out what someone did to get banned? Searching for that poster’s most recent posts didn’t work out for me.
Usually PMing a mod is the preferred way.
Or email.
Ah. Thank you. Any old mod? I mean, I don’t know *who *banned him/her. (If I saw the “You broke X rule - you’re banned now!” post, I’d not only know which mod did it, but I’d know why in the 1st place.)
See: How do I find out what happened to a missing thread or poster?, which is post #7 in FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette on the Straight Dope Message Boards
Yes, any old mod. Unless the person is a spammer, in which case you probably wouldn’t know or care, there’s always discussion on the mod loop before a banning.
Back when mods cared, they’d make a thread in ATMB saying Poster Soandso was banned for these reasons.
Great. Now we’re expected to know how old the mods are. :rolleyes:
Which is still the standard practice in most cases for long-term posters. If you want to know why a poster has been banned, and no announcement thread has been posted in ATMB, as has been noted the correct procedure is to e-mail or PM a moderator.