# Do people ever get shunned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204 "2003-05-29T05:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/21 "2003-05-30T15:46:26Z")
Ooooh. **UncleBeer** , thanks for the bump! The average post count of Dopers who replied in this thread (ie- not counting the OP) is now at 3702. There are probably extremely few threads (with, let’s say, more than 10 Dopers responding) that have this high of a post count average. We should cut this off here before a bunch of newly registered Dopers find this and screw it up. (Is it obvious I’m in a work avoidance mode this rainy Friday?) ---
**Author:** ![Alto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Alto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alto)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/22 "2003-05-30T18:07:26Z")
Here I am to bring the average down! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/23 "2003-05-30T19:49:10Z")
(sorry, I go now.) UncleBeer, will you please post twice? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/24 "2003-05-30T19:59:46Z")
Damn. I knew this would happen. Having **UncleBeer** or anyone else post twice won’t help because I’m averaging the post counts of the _posters_, not of the individual _posts_. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/25 "2003-05-30T23:30:44Z")
This conversation has got silly, and I’m shunning this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/26 "2003-05-31T18:44:59Z")
We only shun you if you ask nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/27 "2003-05-31T18:46:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Having UncleBeer or anyone else post twice won’t help because I’m averaging the post counts of the posters, not of the individual posts. Well, it might. Because each time they post, their post count goes up. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/28 "2003-05-31T21:57:48Z")
This is very true. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/29 "2003-05-31T22:35:34Z")
What a silly topic. You should stick it where the shun don’t sign. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/30 "2003-06-02T12:39:43Z")
There once was a Doper, Mr. B. Who felt left out of the repartee. His concern about shunning Was really quite cunning, Cuz now the thread average is 3693. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/31 "2003-06-03T20:04:25Z")
OK, **Algernon** , I just have to break the rhyme of your limerick :D. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/32 "2003-06-03T21:19:54Z")
Hmmm. Let’s see. **Chronos** at 8054 and **arruff** at 3. Between the two of you, the average still rises. (Give me a little time here… **Chronos** has inadvertently given me a rhyming double-dare. ~grin~) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204/33 "2003-06-03T21:26:32Z")
Aha. I think I can safely ignore a Banned poster. Now I know what he was talking about with his reference to cheating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-ever-get-shunned/178204.md?page=1)