# Blackacre got banned over the weekend? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877 "2004-11-15T16:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/22 "2004-11-15T20:59:49Z")
**Bryan Eckers** Responding to your question: Did he (she?) ever write a post that contained actual thoughtful content? How about the intellectually enlightening " **How did Brett Sommers get a spot on the ‘Match Game’**" thread? > **[How did Brett Somers get a spot on Match Game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=285261)** > > Hiya peeps! Anyone know how Brett Somers ascended to Charles Nelson Reilly’s foil on Match Game? Any information would be appreciated! BA You see **Liberal**? Not _all_ of us are attacking Blackacre. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/24 "2004-11-15T21:46:29Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Quite right. > > Fuck _you_, **Lib**. 😛 Very well. But please do it slowly until I get used to it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/25 "2004-11-15T21:50:47Z")
Eh. Not gonna miss him - if ever there was anyone more annoying than the l337 Hax0rs l8r d00ds, **Blackacre** was it. I do wish some of the newbies settle down before they get banned, though. I remmeber when **START** first got on, he was always teetering on the verge of chucking himself out the window - he seems to be posting quality (if slightly grammatically incorrect 😉 ) stuff nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/26 "2004-11-15T21:56:34Z")
He was banned because he was acting obnoxiously, but I can’t help but think that the cutesy signature didn’t help his cause. A lady at my work uses a similar signature and it drives me insane. A typical e-mail would be: * * * Dear Lisa, I’m in Geneva all next week. Can we reschedule my 3pm meeting? Have a Blessed Day! Margaret * * * For some reason, it struck me as slightly creepy to sign your e-mails like that and it made me want to sign the reply with something similarly obnoxious: Have a belch-free day! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/27 "2004-11-15T22:00:10Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > It is unseemly (not to mention cowardly) to attack people who cannot defend themselves. But it’s so much easier! ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/28 "2004-11-15T22:08:31Z")
This isn’t a “bash Blackacre” thread. No one is “attacking” him. I just want to know what happened. No one seems to know, exactly. Stating your opinion that you thought someone seemed like a worthless troll is not attacking them. No one is accusing him of doing anything other than trolling, which is true and you know it. I bet its why he got the boot. So what’s yer point **Lib**? Feeling down and need an ego boost by acting holier-than-thou? ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/29 "2004-11-15T22:16:03Z")
Ghanima, I don’t think there was truly any “last straw” here. He trolled with brazen stupidity, he bumped threads with brazen stupidity, he insulted members of the SDMB who just happened to belong to a specific group of people, he constantly spewed shit, and I have no doubt that once the Mod Machine got rolling and noticed all of the reported posts, they decided to end his membership here. Sam ---
**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:** [November 15, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/30 "2004-11-15T22:47:32Z")
Now **Pocket Battleship** has been BANNED. Wats up wit dat? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/31 "2004-11-15T22:49:37Z")
Pocket Battleship was Blackacre’s sock puppet. I’ve banned him, and removed the link to a thread which he obviously wanted to bump or call attention to. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**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:** [November 15, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/32 "2004-11-15T22:52:27Z")
Damn, **Lynn** , that was fast! Too bad such a unique name had to be wasted on a sock. ---
**Author:** ![GaWd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/33 "2004-11-15T23:00:57Z")
I knew PB was BlackAcre’s sock, hence the 😉 after my post above. Terribly predictable. Sam ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/34 "2004-11-15T23:05:31Z")
The best way to be rid of it, and any further socks, is simply to let this and any other threads by or about it drop off the face of the earth. It was an attention whore, pure and simple, and keeping these threads going is just giving it more attention. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/35 "2004-11-15T23:17:54Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > Now **Pocket Battleship** has been BANNED. Wats up wit dat? Oh Dear! I guess my welcome was a trifle premature. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/36 "2004-11-15T23:21:11Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > At least he dropped his $14.95 before he got BANNED. Sadly, I _think_ he got sponsored. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/37 "2004-11-15T23:37:10Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > No one is accusing him of doing anything other than trolling, which is true and you know it. I bet its why he got the boot. So what’s yer point **Lib**? Whether I know it to be true or not, I am prohibitted by adminstration policy from expressing it. Perhaps you received an exemption. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/38 "2004-11-15T23:49:38Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Whether I know it to be true or not, I am prohibitted by adminstration policy from expressing it. Perhaps you received an exemption. Actually, you’re not allowed to _accuse other posters_ of trolling. At this point, his trolling is an established fact, _and_ he is no longer a poster here. Therefore, I think the rule to which you refer no longer applies. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/39 "2004-11-16T00:06:17Z")
Actually, I think it’s that you can’t call the person a troll. You can describe a post as a trolling post, or his behaviour as trolling, but you can’t call him a troll. IIRC. Does anyone remember a clarification by the mods about something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/40 "2004-11-16T00:22:22Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > Actually, I think it’s that you can’t call the person a troll. You can describe a post as a trolling post, or his behaviour as trolling, but you can’t call him a troll. > > IIRC. Does anyone remember a clarification by the mods about something like that? According to a post by **Gaudere** , you do recall correctly but damned if I can find it. That said, they don’t mind us using the “T” word after the fact AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/41 "2004-11-16T03:33:45Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > The best way to be rid of it, and any further socks, is simply to let this and any other threads by or about it drop off the face of the earth. It was an attention whore, pure and simple, and keeping these threads going is just giving it more attention. God, wouldn’t it be great to, as a community, ignore a troll and see how long it takes for it to explode?? It could be like a SDMB Staring Contest! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877/42 "2004-11-16T03:36:55Z")
And to answer the question asked by the OP: **Blackacre got banned over the weekend?** No I think it’s forever !!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blackacre-got-banned-over-the-weekend/274877.md?page=3)