# Do banned members get notification emails on subscribed threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980 "2013-02-11T15:48:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/1 "2013-02-11T15:48:50Z")
Or does the banning process delete notifications? I had a response to a thread started by a banned poster (which, as a result of the banning, I probably won’t post), but the question did cross my mind. (Don’t need answer fast.) ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/2 "2013-02-11T22:27:28Z")
[HIJACK]There are 268 views on this thread, and _no one_ has replied?[/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/3 "2013-02-11T23:17:45Z")
So, the first 270 people to view it don’t know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/4 "2013-02-11T23:38:36Z")
No. I’m responsible for about 260 of those views. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/5 "2013-02-12T02:44:54Z")
The rest of the views are by banned folks who will answer your question shortly… ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/6 "2013-02-12T17:17:43Z")
This is an interesting question. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/7 "2013-02-14T00:51:56Z")
**No one knows** what happens after we get banned. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/8 "2013-02-14T01:47:41Z")
And when you find out, you don’t get to tell anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/9 "2013-02-14T03:20:41Z")
I don’t know. I hear tell that some users have had flashes of the Great Post-Membership during near-ban experiences. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/10 "2013-02-14T03:33:43Z")
Yes, we do. I mean, uh… Shit. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/11 "2013-02-14T04:12:38Z")
60% of those who get banned kill themselves. I’m one of the lucky 40% who followed doctors’ advice, completed my thorazine therapy, and finally got myself to re-register. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/12 "2013-02-14T04:29:52Z")
[SixthSense]I see banned people[/SixthSense] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/13 "2013-02-14T06:12:42Z")
I’m not sure. I looked at the forum permissions of some banned users, but I can’t tell if banning would do anything to your thread subscriptions. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/14 "2013-02-14T07:17:52Z")
Well then, ban the OP and then we’ll post a lot, then maybe unbanning him or something. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/15 "2013-02-14T11:19:58Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Well then, ban the OP and then we’ll post a lot, then maybe unbanning him or something. Indeed, this is a situation where a little empirical research should yield conclusive results. It would be easy for a mod to: 1. Create a new user (call the account Experimental Sock) from their own IP address. 2. Have Experimental Sock subscribe to a thread. 3. Ban Experimental Sock. 4. Post in the subscribed thread. 5. See if a subscription notice comes in. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/16 "2013-02-14T13:16:37Z")
I don’t get this. If we ban someone we remove them from the community. Who cares about their access to anything? We removed them for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/17 "2013-02-14T13:29:21Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I don’t get this. If we ban someone we remove them from the community. Who cares about their access to anything? We removed them for a reason. But do you know the answer to the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/18 "2013-02-14T15:01:23Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I don’t get this. If we ban someone we remove them from the community. Who cares about their access to anything? We removed them for a reason. Earl Snake-Hips Tucker cares. Does being the high-and-mighty poobah give you the right to dictate what we should and should not care about? If you don’t have an answer, then don’t threadshit. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/19 "2013-02-14T17:07:03Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I don’t get this. If we ban someone we remove them from the community. Who cares about their access to anything? We removed them for a reason. I imagine being banned and continuing to get email notifications of subscribed threads would feel a little like continuing to get Facebook updates by one’s ex after a breakup. If you’re banned, does that mean you can’t log in to unsubscribe? Are you doomed to keep receiving updates in perpetuity? It’s not something that’d keep me awake at night worrying, but I don’t blame the OP for being a bit curious. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980/20 "2013-02-14T17:13:41Z")
That’s basically the reason I was curious, but from the “other” prospective. That is, some person who’s been booted off getting their jollies by receiving notifications from people responding to his/her OP (or other post), and thinking “Ha! They kicked me out, but I still got ‘em talkin’ about me!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-banned-members-get-notification-emails-on-subscribed-threads/649980.md?page=2)