# Ed - Why was your "Satan has been banned " thread not in the Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568 "2001-03-11T19:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/21 "2001-03-13T05:36:26Z")
So am I banned for this?? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902) I sure as hell hope there was more reason for banning him then that. I am assuming there is… but with the whole Ed banning Brian thing you never know. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/22 "2001-03-13T06:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > \*\*So am I banned for this?? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902) > \*\* Yes, **Whammo** , you are. It’s been nice knowing you! Actually, I just assumed that rather than being upset at the back and forth self-conversation, they checked the IP of the poster and found something they didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/23 "2001-03-13T08:05:01Z")
I received an e-mail from who I assume is the poster known as **weapons grade bullonium** , which states: > [@](#): > > I did no such thing. I was just putting stuff on my thread to boost it. It seemed lonely with 0 responses. > And I’m a he. I guess you don’t watch TV. Since I know absolutely nothing about the guy other than from this thread, I wrote back and advised him to e-mail **Lynn** and explain it to her. (And I post this here so there’s evidence of motive if Lynn hunts me down and kills me for siccing him on her. :D) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/24 "2001-03-13T08:32:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > \*\* And I post this here so there’s evidence of motive if Lynn hunts me down and kills me for siccing him on her \*\* **MysterEcks**? I don’t know of anyone who would wish him harm. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/25 "2001-03-13T11:13:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > \*\*So am I banned for this?? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=62902) > > I sure as hell hope there was more reason for banning him then that. I am assuming there is… but with the whole Ed banning Brian thing you never know. \*\* Whammo, don’t be ridiculous. Listen to **evilbeth** , she’s 100% right in this case. **MysterEcks** , interesting e-mail there. Boosting his own thread, huh? Yup, three replies in the space of ten minutes seems completely necessary alright, for an ATMB thread. They tend to fall off the front page within an hour. Everybody knows that. Thanks for referring him to Lynn. Although I don’t think he’ll follow through on that advice. ---
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/26 "2001-03-13T21:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Coldfire \* > Boosting his own thread, huh? Yup, three replies in the space of ten minutes seems completely necessary alright, for an ATMB thread. They tend to fall off the front page within an hour. Everybody knows that._\* He doesn’t appear to be claiming that he was trying to keep it from falling off the page. Rather, to get a higher number of posts to the thread, so as to attract more interest in it. The idea that he thought he was using a different name each alternating time does not seem too likely to me. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/27 "2001-03-13T22:03:40Z")
**IzzyR** , I think you’ve been _whooshed_. This banned username was created by an already registered poster on these boards. _That_, and only that, is why they were banned. It doesn’t matter _how_ many posts the sock has or whether or not he was _trying_ to alternate between personas (which, ftr, I agree with you that he wasn’t trying to do). The simple fact is that posters aren’t allowed to have more than one registered username here (which I’m pretty sure you already know). Hence, this one was banned. Clearer now? ---
**Author:** ![coming\_up\_for\_air](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/28 "2001-03-13T23:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shayna \* > \*\*It doesn’t matter _how_ many posts the sock has or whether or not he was _trying_ to alternate between personas (which, ftr, I agree with you that he wasn’t trying to do). \*\* FTR, I agree with both of you. But I have to wonder if there was anothe name, why wasn’t that one banned? And named? Using Occam’s Razor, that the simplest explanation is most likely true, I’d say that a)he did the same thing as Whammo, just joking around, and b)that Coldfire got it, but Lynn didn’t, and overreacted. If that’s wrong, then someone (O.J.) can name the “real poster”. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/29 "2001-03-13T23:13:34Z")
> [@](#): > > But I have to wonder if there was anothe name, why wasn’t that one banned? How do you know the other name wasn’t banned? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/30 "2001-03-13T23:37:41Z")
**Coldfire** said: > [@](#): > > Thanks for referring him to Lynn. Although I don’t think he’ll follow through on that advice. Probably not, but at least he’ll know who to contact if he does. I have no idea what he thought writing to _me_would accomplish. (Though if **Shayna** is correct about his being a known socker, I suppose writing to me would do him as much good as writing to anyone else.) ---
**Author:** ![coming\_up\_for\_air](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/31 "2001-03-13T23:56:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > But I have to wonder if there was anothe name, why wasn’t that one banned? > > How do you know the other name wasn’t banned? \*\* I said he wasn’t banned and named, but alright then, suppose he _was_ banned and not named, what would be the point of that? If he was banned, who was he? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/32 "2001-03-14T00:02:09Z")
Well, that may be what you meant, but it ain’t what your said. You asked _two_ specific questions. Why wasn’t he banned?? **And** why wasn’t he named? Two question marks, two questions. Ya see the symmetry? > [@](#): > > If he was banned, who was he? Why should I tell you? ---
**Author:** ![coming\_up\_for\_air](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@coming\_up\_for\_air](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coming_up_for_air)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/33 "2001-03-14T00:44:36Z")
Well, it would clear things up for the assembled crowd above. Other than that, it won’t make any difference to tell or not. If he’s banned, someone will spot it soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/34 "2001-03-14T00:48:16Z")
I think what they’re getting at is that it looks like WGB got banned for doing nothing. **Whammo** stated that it’s something he’s done before, and provided the link so we could view it. Currently, without any sort of explanation, this looks like a mod getting ban happy. Just my $0.02 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/35 "2001-03-14T01:10:36Z")
Sheesh! Could a **MOD** close this one before it totally degenerates? What can be so hard about leaving the first three board categories alone, people! Your opinions just don’t belong here. Information, yes. Opinions, NO! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/36 "2001-03-14T01:26:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tristan \* > \*\* > Just my $0.02 \*\* Well, here’s your $0.02 change. The above poster was _ **NOT** _ banned for having an ongoing conversation with himself. Stupipd though it might have been, doing stupid stuff is not grounds in and of itself for banning. Being a jerk, having a sock, breaking other rules _combined_ with doing stupid stuff _is_! Look at Coldie’s post above. The poster was banned for other reasons. They log IPs here. They check them. They checked his. He was banned. I’m not going to get into whether or not Brian should have been banned because it makes no difference what I, you, or WGB think. It appears that WGB was banned for a reason. Not that the Mods just didn’t like his opinion. People have voiced opinions about the banning in the other thread and they weren’t banned. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568/37 "2001-03-14T02:10:35Z")
Okay, enough already. If you don’t trust us to act in your best interests on this board, there’s really nothing we can say to justify our actions. Most of us have worked on your behalf for quite a long time now, when are you gonna believe that we aren’t assh–I mean bad people? I’d love it if this was the kind of place where we didn’t have jerks to throw out, but we got 'em and so we do. I’m closing this thread because it’s not really an About This Message Board deal. Complaints about moderators and administrators are filed in the Pit. your humble TubaDiva Administrator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-why-was-your-satan-has-been-banned-thread-not-in-the-pit/57568.md?page=1)