# Getting banned from the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 21, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227 "2016-10-21T06:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/1 "2016-10-21T06:02:18Z")
I certainly hope I don’t get in trouble for raising an old issue of some sort. I’m just curious. Today on the General Discussion board, a zombie thread from 2003 reappeared, the topic was “Neutralizing salt and sugar”. > **[Neutralizing salt and sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=192035)** > > What chemical substances or chemical procedures or kitchen tricks can be employed to neutralize sugar or salt? Here are the situations: Cooked or prepared dish or drink happen to contain too much sugar or salt; You happen to have eaten too... After the OP’s name I noticed he/she was banned. Curious to see what happened, I clicked on their profile and saw the last activity from this poster was a date in 2003. I opened the thread they started at that time, a convoluted query about religion. > **[The essence of religion](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220022)** > > Approach to the study of religion. What do you guys here think about this approach to the study of religion? The straight dope only, please. First, you make a list of everything that can be put in the big big basket called religion. What are... It did not appear to be offensive, just poorly written. The OP made only that one post. People replied as best they could given the uncertainty of the OP. No one called for moderators. No moderator comments were posted. That was it, his/hers last post and they were banned. There is no date listed for the ban so perhaps something happened later and it was removed? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/2 "2016-10-21T06:58:02Z")
If someone is banned for being a sock (a second account of someone else) there is no warning, no discussion, no announcement, just banning. If you are a real single-use poster you will get a warning on an infraction, usually publicly, and there will also be a post in ATMB about why you were banned. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/3 "2016-10-21T07:07:30Z")
If you go to his profile and click on “Find all posts by…” I think the answer will reveal itself. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/4 "2016-10-21T07:54:51Z")
This was way before I was a mod, but I see in our archives\* that they were warned twice. Apparently, they were starting large number of threads in the wrong forum, and didn’t stop after being instructed to do so. Shortly after (possibly as a response to the first warning) she spammed half the forums on the board with the same message, begging not to be banned. I’m guessing they banned her at that point. \*Not as dramatic as it sounds ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/5 "2016-10-21T08:08:38Z")
[Jews rule the world, make othrs fight wars for themselves.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=219687) Does that answer the question? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/6 "2016-10-21T13:35:34Z")
I would imagine it’s pretty common to be banned for something that was not your final post here. The process can take some time, so a poster may post something ban-worthy, go on posting for some time, and then get banned. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/7 "2016-10-21T14:29:27Z")
Oh … so we can’t start a post on all the forums begging to not get banned … I’ll scratch that off my list then … ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/8 "2016-10-21T14:42:14Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Jews rule the world, make othrs fight wars for themselves.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=219687) If you sing that out loud, it sounds like it could be one of the lesser-known Christmas carols. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/9 "2016-10-21T14:59:18Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > If you sing that out loud, it sounds like it could be one of the lesser-known Christmas carols. But, like other carols, it sounds much better in Latin. Unlike others, even better in German. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/10 "2016-10-21T15:28:02Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I would imagine it’s pretty common to be banned for something that was not your final post here. The process can take some time, so a poster may post something ban-worthy, go on posting for some time, and then get banned. And the ban played on … ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/11 "2016-10-21T16:57:22Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Jews rule the world, make othrs fight wars for themselves.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=219687) > > Does that answer the question? no? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/12 "2016-10-21T17:10:39Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [Jews rule the world, make othrs fight wars for themselves.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=219687) > > Does that answer the question? I read through this thread … I’ll go ahead a scratch off posting about Jews on my list … that looks like a good way to get banned … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/13 "2016-10-21T17:17:00Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Oh … so we can’t start a post on all the forums begging to not get banned … I’ll scratch that off my list then … Yes, good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/14 "2016-10-21T17:17:04Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > no? Does [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220058) help? He was banned for repeatedly posting copyrighted material, despite being warned to stop. The fact that he was a weirdo and an anti-Semite probably didn’t help matters. I think this was back before there were official threads announcing the banning of long term posters. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/15 "2016-10-21T18:06:08Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Oh … so we can’t start a post on all the forums begging to not get banned … I’ll scratch that off my list then … [The Brain] So, {_rubbing hands together_} I’ll use _Reverse Psychology Instead!_ If I start a post on all the forums _Begging_ to be Banned … then _I’ll Rule the Boards Forever!_ [/ The Brain] ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/16 "2016-10-21T18:54:33Z")
NVM, junior modding is bad ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/17 "2016-10-21T23:41:09Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Does [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220058) help? He was banned for repeatedly posting copyrighted material, despite being warned to stop. The fact that he was a weirdo and an anti-Semite probably didn’t help matters. I think this was back before there were official threads announcing the banning of long term posters. Looks like this summarizes it the best. Persisting after the warnings is just, well, asking for it. That does bring up a question, though. Isn’t reprinting parts of copyrighted material for discussion considered ‘fair use’? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/18 "2016-10-21T23:53:33Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Looks like this summarizes it the best. Persisting after the warnings is just, well, asking for it. That does bring up a question, though. Isn’t reprinting parts of copyrighted material for discussion considered ‘fair use’? > > Dennis Small excerpts are OK, along with summaries and links. It looks like he was posting entire articles, or significant chunks of articles. It’s hard to tell so long after the fact. Also, fair use is a legal concept, and the board can enforce stricter policies if the admins want. A couple of Cecil’s columns have been reprinted in their entirety without acknowledgement or permission, so the admins are very wary of violating anyone else’s copyright. They’ll usually just give you a mod note at first and only escalate to warnings and banning if you persist. ETA: I’m not a mod here, so if I’ve got anything wrong hopefully an actual mod will correct me. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/19 "2016-10-23T06:02:28Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > And the ban played on … You need to go to your room and think about what you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227/20 "2016-10-23T15:27:39Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > NVM, junior modding is bad Reported for masturmodding/moderatbating. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-banned-from-the-sdmb/769227.md?page=2)