# I know perfectly well I can’t ban anyone from my thread. Good thing I didn’t say that then

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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: [February 12, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-perfectly-well-i-can-t-ban-anyone-from-my-thread-good-thing-i-didn-t-say-that-then/1014215/4 "2025-02-12T03:36:38Z")

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Your exact words were this:

> [@The Ziz cult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ziz-cult/1014103/20):
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> You are not welcome to post in my thread.

You did not use the word “ban” but you made it very clear that you did not want them posting in your thread. You may have intended it more as an “oh crap, not you again” but it came off more like “don’t post here”.

Regardless of your history with a particular user, as long as they are behaving themselves, they are free to post in any thread, except for those that moderators have banned them from. Even an “oh crap, not you again” post is probably a bit much for an MPSIM thread. Those kind of personal remarks belong in the Pit, not in MPSIMS.

And, as I said in the mod note, if they do misbehave, flag it. We’ll respond accordingly.

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