# Did one of our posters make the Washington Post?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878>\
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**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878 "2018-05-09T20:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878/1 "2018-05-09T20:47:04Z")

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[I just read an article about a Temple University professor](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/05/08/the-account-posted-conspiracy-theories-and-anti-muslim-remarks-it-may-belong-to-this-professor/?utm_term=.ff72bf303070) who just got outed for writing conspiracy-theory and anti-Muslim posts on various messageboards. It was reasonably interesting–until it came to her preferred username: **truthseeker**.

Now, on the one hand, that’s a real common username. On the other hand, [truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=840505&highlight=truthSeeker2) was banned from our boards a few months ago–specifically because of anti-Muslim posts.

Coincidence? Or did we let a celebrity slip through our fingers?

(Mods, I think that since this is a public news story, and since I’m not exactly digging around for information, this doesn’t violate any privacy–but if I’m wrong, I understand if the thread gets sent to live on a farm upstate).

Edit: I just realized I can look at the public profile, which states that our truthseeker lives in Delhi, India, and loves cricket, and is a software engineer. Probably not the same person. Neeevermind!

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878/2 "2018-05-09T20:58:50Z")

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[Truthseeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), whoever they may be gives their location as Delhi, India, frequiently talked about India, and claims a [first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16803598&highlight=delhi#post16803598)starting with Y. So probably not.

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**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:** [May 9, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878/3 "2018-05-09T21:04:56Z")

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We do have 12 other variants of the handle, at least two of them never posted (or did and got cornfielded).

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-one-of-our-posters-make-the-washington-post/813878/4 "2018-05-09T21:18:15Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> Edit: I just realized I can look at the public profile, which states that our truthseeker lives in Delhi, India, and loves cricket, and is a software engineer. Probably not the same person. Neeevermind!

Right. By all evidence, this is not the same person mentioned in the OP. Since we are effectively discussing a banned poster, it’s probably best to close this. Should you care to discuss the person in the OP, you can open another thread in MPSIMS.