# If your IP number has been banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 6, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396 "2011-02-06T14:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/64 "2011-09-07T16:59:09Z")
It would have worked, too - if it weren’t for you meddling\* kids\*! Regards, Shodan Actually, thanks to the mods/admins/PTB for the quick resolution. Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/65 "2011-09-07T17:01:31Z")
Test ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/66 "2011-09-07T17:05:52Z")
Amazing Grace, how sweet the Board to save a wretch like me. Was banned but now I’m free! Let this day go down in SDMB history – the Day of the Great Banning! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/67 "2011-09-07T17:14:56Z")
Jeezopete, at least I wasn’t the only one! Scared the crap out of me honestly, because I really am (mostly) A Nice Person on the boards here. At least I try to be. I couldn’t see the boards at all, but it looks like I’m unstuck now. Thanks! ETA: Must have been a drive by attack by Trogdor the Banninator or something. ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/68 "2011-09-07T17:23:50Z")
I was banned once, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/69 "2011-09-07T17:33:26Z")
> [@CCYMan](#): > > I was banned once, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. I remember that. We had accidentally blocked the Mariana Trench. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/70 "2011-09-07T17:38:33Z")
I’m pretty sure this morning’s banning was very widespread. When I finally got back on the boards it looked like no one had posted anything for over an hour. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/71 "2011-09-07T17:45:52Z")
Big sigh of relief… I had no idea what I had done or why from one moment to the next I was suddenly banned. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/72 "2011-09-07T17:56:24Z")
Holy crap I was banned!!! All right, so was EVERYBODY ELSE, but jeez that was a bad moment! It couldn’t have been anything other than a horrible, horrible mistake – I’m harmless! And cute as a button! _deep, cleansing breaths_ ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/73 "2011-09-07T18:31:52Z")
Actually, at first I was slightly freaking out that the Powers That Be at work had twigged and banned access from their end… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/74 "2011-09-07T19:10:43Z")
Thank god it wasn’t just me 🙂 Not only my home IP but my work IP and through my cell. I was getting a complex. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/75 "2011-09-07T19:17:50Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Please ignore my two previous slightly too panicky emails. Ditto. And yeah, it is a strange feeling to see that screen. Even though I knew I’d done nothing wrong you just can’t help but go over in your mind what could’ve possibly been in that last post that might have offended. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/76 "2011-09-07T20:36:34Z")
My first thought was that my login had been hacked and someone was spamming the boards with my account. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/77 "2011-09-07T21:22:17Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > My first thought was that my login had been hacked and someone was spamming the boards with my account. Likewise. I sent the webmaster and **TubaDiva** a polite message alerting them. If a hacked account was the answer, I’m sure we could have handled it in a non-confrontational way. But **TD** responded that it was a site problem and I let TPTB handle it. No panic, no drama, no fear. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/78 "2011-09-07T21:44:36Z")
I was banned and signed out immediately lest it be a foreshadowing of a call from the HR department. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/79 "2011-09-08T00:07:14Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Thank god it wasn’t just me 🙂 Not only my home IP but my work IP and through my cell. I was getting a complex. When I couldn’t access the board from my iPhone was when I twigged it was more than just a banning of me. My phone would have a different IP, right? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/80 "2011-09-08T12:10:14Z")
Am I correct in my understanding? [ul][li]If I am Banned for being a jerk, I am able to read the boards but not post. Do I need to be logged out from the Banned screen name to read?[/ul][/li] [ul][li]If I am Banned, do I get a message saying I have been banned when I access the boards?[/ul][/li] [ul][li]If my IP address is banned, because I am a spammer or **Marley23** is drunk again, I cannot even read the boards. Correct?[/ul][/li] Here’s hoping I never find out for real. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/81 "2011-09-08T12:17:58Z")
> [@Moe](#): > > Ditto. > > And yeah, it is a strange feeling to see that screen. Even though I knew I’d done nothing wrong you just can’t help but go over in your mind what could’ve possibly been in that last post that might have offended. x10 if you’re a mod. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/82 "2011-09-08T19:45:42Z")
As I wrote **TubaDiva** this morning, there sure are a lot of us with guilty consciences! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396/83 "2011-09-09T03:49:34Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > As I wrote **TubaDiva** this morning, there sure are a lot of us with guilty consciences! 🙂 > > Q No, my first thought was, “oh crap, my son has found The Dope and has been posting like a jerk and gotten us banned”. Sorry, son. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-ip-number-has-been-banned/570396.md?page=5)