# Can banned users come back? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 20, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885 "2003-03-20T20:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rockford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@Rockford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockford)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/22 "2003-03-24T23:51:16Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > CK Dexter Haven- Yes, it is possible for people who have been banned to return under different names. \*\* And not get banned, if they’re part of the SDMB clique. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/23 "2003-03-25T03:41:51Z")
\<\< And not get banned, if they’re part of the SDMB clique. \>\> Naw, it has to do with how much money they send in. Or whether they’ll give good sex, if they’re real attractive. Not a clique at all, anyone who pays enough (money or sex) can come back. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/24 "2003-03-25T05:46:10Z")
**Chronos** , it probably is who you think. You probably have more info than I do. It is likely he convinced the admins to let him come back first, perhaps with the help of another poster or two. The identity change was likely more to protect the new identity until he could establish himself as a valuable member and not carry the baggage. I know he eventually made allusions to his previous identity, just not certain of the circumstances of when and why. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/25 "2003-03-25T18:31:57Z")
I’m always amused by the folks who think there’s some sort of SDMB clique. See, the last time that it was a big issue, “everyone knew” that **Satan** was one of the leaders of The Clique. And look where he is now. Before that, it was **Melin**. Yup, she’s banned, too. Yes, there are always some who think that they’re part of some sort of “in-crowd”, but they’re only special in their own eyes, and nobody else particularly cares what they think. Most notably, the moderators and administrators don’t care at all about the so-called cliques. ---
**Author:** ![springfeva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@springfeva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/springfeva)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/27 "2003-03-25T23:26:31Z")
Dex is not a mod but an admin. Chronos is a former mod, but it was voluntary. ---
**Author:** ![Krispy\_Original](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/28 "2003-03-26T00:54:59Z")
> [@](#): > > When banned users come back, do they bring pie? Sometimes they bring humble pie… ---
**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:** [March 26, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885/29 "2003-03-26T02:47:24Z")
OK, we’ve more or less said all that needs to be said here. And this thread is attracting an inordinate number of phony posters, losers whose only jollies are from giving moderators a few extra minutes of work each day. Consequently, I’m closing this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-banned-users-come-back/162885.md?page=1)