# Greetings! Oh... and a question. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845 "2005-02-13T06:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Susie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Susie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/1 "2005-02-13T06:31:41Z")
I’ve just registered for the MB and decided to take the plunge to get that first post out of the way- so hi everyone! 🙂 (Practice post? Who needs practice posts?) My question: How many people have been banned from this MB? And a related question, how many people are currently registered here? (I hope this doesn’t seem like a ballsy/just asking for trouble question, especially for my first post, but I couldn’t help noticing all the “_insertnamehere_is banned” threads in one of the other forums, and it made me curious.) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/2 "2005-02-13T06:39:05Z")
Don’t know about the first question, but the answer to your second can be found by looking near the bottom of the first page, where all the fora are listed, and it’s 51, 147 members. I don’t think this includes “Guests”. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/3 "2005-02-13T06:39:20Z")
> [@Susie](#): > > My question: How many people have been banned from this MB? And a related question, how many people are currently registered here? Answers: 1. Some 2. A lot Seriously, they’ve recently begun explaining bannings in ATMB (About this message board) partially in hopes of curtailing Pit threads “Why was User X banned?” Welcome, have fun, don’t be a jerk and it’s nothing to worry about. And beware the beasts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/4 "2005-02-13T06:41:51Z")
> [@](#): > > My question: How many people have been banned from this MB? Lots, but only a small percentage of the total traffic. I doubt a hard figure is available. You can see on the front page how many registrations there’ve been. As to how many currently subscribed members there are, you might ask an Administrator. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/5 "2005-02-13T06:44:53Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > And beware the beasts. > > 🙂 _heard in the background_ Baaaah! ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/6 "2005-02-13T14:07:02Z")
The number of posters banned is smaller than the number of people banned, because the favorite jerk like behavior of all is posting under a new user name in order to flout the rule that got one banned the first time. These are jerks, after all. ## Tris “The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.” ~ Victor Borge ~ ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/7 "2005-02-13T14:08:25Z")
The number of posters banned is **larger** than the number of people banned, because the favorite jerk like behavior of all is posting under a new user name in order to flout the rule that got one banned the first time. I am an idiot, after all. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/8 "2005-02-13T15:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=Susie] I’ve just registered for the MB and decided to take the plunge to get that first post out of the way- so hi everyone! 🙂 (Practice post? Who needs practice posts?)[//quote] Welcome. Make yourself comfortable. > [@Susie](#): > > My question: How many people have been banned from this MB? It’s these kinds of questions that immediately put you on the short list. > [@Susie](#): > > And a related question, how many people are currently registered here? Are you with the government? > [@Susie](#): > > … and it made me curious.) Need we remind you of what happened to the cat? Seriously… welcome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/9 "2005-02-13T18:12:59Z")
[whine] Shouldn’t think be in ATMB? [/whine] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/10 "2005-02-13T18:45:05Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Need we remind you of what happened to the cat? Do you mean the incident where the curiosity threw it in the river with lead weights tied to its feet? Oh, and welcome **Susie**. I think you should get prepared for a goat visit sometime in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/11 "2005-02-13T18:54:17Z")
Hello Susie. Be welcome. enjoy your stay. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Susie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Susie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/12 "2005-02-13T18:56:13Z")
Thanks for the replies, everyone. I had hoped for a slightly more concrete answer than “some”- but maybe noone knows. **Tabby\_Cat** , I did consider that forum, but since my OP was also a “Hi I just joined” post, I figured this would be the best place. Maybe I was wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-oh-and-a-question/289845/13 "2005-02-13T19:15:01Z")
_waves_ Hi, **Susie**. Some reasons that number is so vague: The population here is very fluid. People come and go and come back again. I took a short break last year. A couple of people were banned in my absence, but I couldn’t tell you who. No running tally is kept, AFAIK. Or, maybe there is, but us non-mods don’t see it. Any particular reason you’re asking? Anyway. Welcome.