# How long does it take to be banned for being a twit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-be-banned-for-being-a-twit/77353>\
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**Created:** [August 21, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-be-banned-for-being-a-twit/77353 "2001-08-21T15:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-be-banned-for-being-a-twit/77353/1 "2001-08-21T15:46:16Z")

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I’m referring specifically to [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82937](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82937)"]]( [url) this guy, who in less than 10 posts seems to have earned the epithet.

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-be-banned-for-being-a-twit/77353/2 "2001-08-21T15:49:03Z")

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[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82937) seems to be better, at least for my self-esteem 🙂

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-be-banned-for-being-a-twit/77353/3 "2001-08-21T15:51:55Z")

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In the future, e-mail a moderator if you must know (this is not a guarantee that you’ll get an asnwer). Or attack the poster on your own account in the Pit. This is not the way to go about it.