# If I ever get banned and try to come back... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644 "2005-03-09T06:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/1 "2005-03-09T06:37:41Z")
you know what might give me away no matter what name I chose? Writing the word START in all caps. I was typing a report at school on the computers and I capitalized the word START, \*twice on a one page report. I don’t plan on coming back to the boards with a different name because I don’t plan on getting banned. _I think that word looks cooler like this; 2wice_ ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/2 "2005-03-09T07:09:32Z")
> [@START](#): > > you know what might give me away no matter what name I chose? > \*[/SIZE] The hundreds of threads you start seemingly daily? ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/3 "2005-03-09T07:34:51Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > The hundreds of threads you start seemingly daily? Are you serious? I start, I mean START a thread every few days most of the time if not a week between them. Most threads I START at night during the times I can’t sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/4 "2005-03-09T07:40:31Z")
> [@START](#): > > Are you serious? I start, I mean START a thread every few days most of the time if not a week between them. Most threads I START at night during the times I can’t sleep. I was just messing’ around, you could start a billion threads a day and I wouldn’t care. But I do see your name as the thread author than any other poster I can think of. Maybe I just notice your name more? Either way, it’s a trait that I found to be distinctive of yourself, and is both ultimately mundane and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/5 "2005-03-09T07:53:16Z")
> [@Duderdude2](#): > > I was just messing’ around, you could start a billion threads a day and I wouldn’t care. But I do see your name as the thread author than any other poster I can think of. Maybe I just notice your name more? > > Either way, it’s a trait that I found to be distinctive of yourself, and is both ultimately mundane and pointless. 😉 , I know but you had me thinking “Damn do I make \*that \* many threads?” I knew it wasn’t hundreds but you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/6 "2005-03-09T08:00:13Z")
> [@START](#): > > 😉 , I know but you had me thinking “Damn do I make \*that \* many threads?” I knew it wasn’t hundreds but you know what I mean. You’ve STARTed 253 threads, according to the Search feature. in 11 months. out of 928 posts. So then the stats would be: 27.26% of your posts are new threads, over a 1/4 ratio. Roughly .75 new threads per day. (almost one thread per day). Yep – pretty high ratio, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/7 "2005-03-09T13:01:19Z")
> [@START](#): > > you know what might give me away no matter what name I chose? Starting a thread once a week asking for feedback about some dickhead stunt you’re involved in? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/8 "2005-03-09T13:28:25Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > You’ve STARTed 253 threads, according to the Search feature. > > in 11 months. out of 928 posts. > > So then the stats would be: > > 27.26% of your posts are new threads, over a 1/4 ratio. > Roughly .75 new threads per day. (almost one thread per day). > > Yep – pretty high ratio, I’d say. How many actually get answered and how many people answer them? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ithaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ithaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ithaka)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/9 "2005-03-09T14:11:02Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > How many actually get answered and how many people answer them? 😃 **Iceland** , mate, by my calculations you start a thread every 2 days, so I wouldn’t be laughing too much. 😉 Yup, I had some time to kill. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/10 "2005-03-09T17:30:51Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > How many actually get answered and how many people answer them? 😃 Why, are you in a competition with **START** on this one? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/11 "2005-03-09T17:37:32Z")
It seems to me (yeah, rich, this, comming from me) that **START** does start a lot of threads. It _could_ be that his handle is more noticeable and so we percieve a lot of threads. But I think it’s just a lot of threads. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, as long as the threads are well intentioned. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/12 "2005-03-09T23:04:49Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > (yeah, rich, this, comming from me) 😛 **AMEN** ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/13 "2005-03-10T00:02:48Z")
Bless you my child 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/14 "2005-03-10T02:32:50Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > How many actually get answered and how many people answer them? 😃 Just noting that it **would** , in fact, be a “tell”. Now if both-ya were banned, the mods might have to go to the writing style of the threads to determine. Still would be pretty easy. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-get-banned-and-try-to-come-back/293644/15 "2005-03-10T16:29:14Z")
Huh? 😕