# FigNorton has been banned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-has-been-banned/941034>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-has-been-banned/941034 "2021-04-29T14:33:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-has-been-banned/941034/1 "2021-04-29T14:33:33Z")

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For repeated personal insults and attacks, ignoring moderator instructions, and overall jerkish behavior.

Warnings:

> [@Polly Want a Cracker? (Vaccine passports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polly-want-a-cracker-vaccine-passports/940919/55):
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> Moderator Warning This is rude and condescending, which is a continued pattern from you. As such, this is an official warning for being a jerk.

> [@Polly Want a Cracker? (Vaccine passports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polly-want-a-cracker-vaccine-passports/940919/56):
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> Moderator Warning And again, condescending and insulting. This is another official warning for being a jerk.

> [@A theory I saw about how COVID may have escaped from the Wuhan lab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-theory-i-saw-about-how-covid-may-have-escaped-from-the-wuhan-lab/933082/130):
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> Moderator Warning This is an official warning for insults. You have repeatedly been told not to be snarky in this forum. Since you are just back from a suspension, your posting privileges will be under discussion. Colibri General Questions Moderator

> [@So that happened... Whedon's “history of creating toxic and hostile work environments”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735/65):
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> Warning for FigNorton for ignoring multiple modnotes to stay on topic. Now to everyone, please stay on topic here.

> [@Is there any moral defense for eating meat in modern first-world countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-moral-defense-for-eating-meat-in-modern-first-world-countries/930637/112):
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> Warning for FigNorton, 2 weeks ago you were warned for insulting posters. Do you think this sentence is OK?

> [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/6341):
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> Moderator Warning That is actually quite deliberately offensive. I told you very recently not to be snarky to other posters. This is an official warning for being a jerk and failure to follow moderator instructions. Another one like that and you will find yourself banned from this thread. Colibri Quarantine Zone Moderator

Suspensions:

> [@FigNorton suspended for two weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-suspended-for-two-weeks/934041):
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> For receiving a warning just a week after coming back from a one-week suspension, FigNorton has been suspended for two weeks. Warning is here: Suspension notice is here:

> [@FigNorton suspended for one week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-suspended-for-one-week/932901):
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> FigNorton has been suspended for one week for accumulating three warnings in a short time. Warnings are here.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fignorton-has-been-banned/941034/2 "2021-04-29T14:33:39Z")

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