# Can You Report Someone's User Name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 22, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877 "2013-08-22T15:21:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/1 "2013-08-22T15:21:24Z")
What if it’s an insult, like **bupIsADouche**? How would one report that? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/2 "2013-08-22T15:23:08Z")
1. Pick a post - any post by that poster - report that post and list your complaint. 2. Start an ATMB thread. 3. PM an admin or three. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/3 "2013-08-22T15:49:24Z")
Yes, you can report an objectionable name. Of course you can. Also from the registration agreement: > **[Can You Report Someone's User Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=700146)** > > What if it’s an insult, like bupIsADouche? How would one report that? > [@](#): > > We reserve the right to refuse postings from screen names we find objectionable. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/4 "2013-08-22T15:54:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Bup > [ul] > [li] Used to describe ones own ambiguous behaviour. Often shouted or hash tagged on twitter.[/li][li] Used in social networking to provoke confusion as to the meaning of the word. Used when behaviour has no meaning[/li][li] Can also be used ironically for attention. Often when happy or excited[/li][li]Replicating the sound of a gunshot to indicate vigorous approval; usually uttered in rapid succession with an accompanying thrusting of the hand in the air.[/li][li]An expression used when one has nothing to say.[/li][li]something to say while stoned and like it makes sence (sic)[/li][li]A fart.[/li][/ul] [Urban Dictionary: Bup](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bup) Reported. 😃 j/k ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/5 "2013-08-22T18:55:10Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > [Urban Dictionary: Bup](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bup) > > Reported. 😃 And which definition would it be you’re objecting to? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/6 "2013-08-23T02:34:13Z")
Can you report certain letters in a User Name? For instance, some letters in **carniverous plant** if laid side by side gives you c\*nt. I’m offended. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/7 "2013-08-23T02:53:14Z")
Can I report it if another poster doesn’t complement me which, according to the rules of formal propositional logic, is the equivalent of insulting me? Can I report it to the moderators here if I find something offensive on another message board? Can I report it if somebody says something I don’t like in a dream? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/8 "2013-08-23T03:57:01Z")
I’d like to report someone’s reporting. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/9 "2013-08-23T05:16:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Can you report certain letters in a User Name? For instance, some letters in **carniverous plant** if laid side by side gives you c\*nt. I’m offended. Phew! 🙂 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Can I report it if another poster doesn’t complement me which, according to the rules of formal propositional logic, is the equivalent of insulting me? Reported for malapropism and logical illiteracy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/10 "2013-08-23T06:23:38Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > reported for malapropism and logical illiteracy. Take it up with Peter Hempel. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/11 "2013-08-23T12:53:26Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Can I report it if another poster doesn’t complement me which, according to the rules of formal propositional logic, is the equivalent of insulting me? > Can I report it to the moderators here if I find something offensive on another message board? > Can I report it if somebody says something I don’t like in a dream? You can report anything you like (and people certainly have). This doesn’t guarantee that your report will be acted upon, though. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/12 "2013-08-23T13:10:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’d like to report someone’s reporting. Are you reporting what I’m reporting? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/13 "2013-08-23T13:48:32Z")
I’d like to change my name to Clark Kent, because he’s well known as a mild-mannered metropolitan reporter. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/14 "2013-08-23T14:02:59Z")
How can I report it if I haven’t ported it in the first place? Gards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-report-someones-user-name/666877/15 "2013-08-23T14:16:44Z")
I got a report on this thread and so I’m closing it.