# I'm banned! Banned I tell you! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503 "2011-09-07T16:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/81 "2011-09-07T23:22:58Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It goes to webmaster mail … which is often forwarded to me. As in this case. > > I’m currently looking at approximately 687 webmaster emails that I need to answer. I’ve just run out of time – I have to be out shortly – but I’ll come back and get in touch with everybody. I do want to make sure everybody is back on and okay. > > It’s just part of what we have to do sometimes. To everyone who may have felt disregarded today, you aren’t, not really – I’ve just been swamped beyond what one person can do in 8 hours and I do apologize. > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > If it’s any help, you have permission to skip mine. 😃 > > I’m just relieved to know I didn’t pick up some malware that was spammin’ the Dope from my computer. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/82 "2011-09-07T23:32:25Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Ditto Double ditto. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/83 "2011-09-07T23:36:48Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > If it’s any help, you have permission to skip mine. 😃 She can make two lists: those to contact yet and those that don’t need to be contacted… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/84 "2011-09-08T00:02:38Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > If it’s any help, you have permission to skip mine. 😃 > > I’m just relieved to know I didn’t pick up some malware that was spammin’ the Dope from my computer. You can skip mine, too. So you’re down to only 685. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/85 "2011-09-08T03:05:27Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > You can skip mine, too. So you’re down to only 685. Me too. 684! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/86 "2011-09-08T03:09:30Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It goes to webmaster mail … which is often forwarded to me. As in this case. > > I’m currently looking at approximately 687 webmaster emails that I need to answer. I’ve just run out of time – I have to be out shortly – but I’ll come back and get in touch with everybody. I do want to make sure everybody is back on and okay. > > It’s just part of what we have to do sometimes. To everyone who may have felt disregarded today, you aren’t, not really – I’ve just been swamped beyond what one person can do in 8 hours and I do apologize. I expect my complaint to be answered in detail, on paper, in triplicate, with nude 8 by 10 glossies of :: pauses to check whom he is obsessing over this week :: 1992-era Gates McFadden included. Otherwise there will be blood. In addition – Wait. I never sent a complaint. Damn it. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/87 "2011-09-08T03:19:19Z")
Frightening. It felt like waking up underground in a coffin. A near-death experience. I even thought I could see a distant light down a long tunnel. ---
**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 8, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/88 "2011-09-08T03:27:24Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Frightening. It felt like waking up underground in a coffin. A near-death experience. I even thought I could see a distant light down a long tunnel. Perhaps you should look into why you are waking up in long tunnels, and adjust your drinking habits accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/89 "2011-09-08T03:30:03Z")
Well, there _is_ that. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/90 "2011-09-08T03:46:22Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > How do you admin/mods not know what happened? Isn’t there like an error log or something for the website somewhere? Most of us aren’t that sort of mod/admin. I don’t even know where such a log would be located, or if I have access to it. Yes, I’m an admin\*, but I don’t do anything more technically complicated than click the button that says “ban this person as a spammer” for the most part. There are a lot of administrative functions that most of us with Admin as a title don’t have access to. \*Yes, I know my title says Creature of the Night. I’m mostly retired, but I retain admin privileges. Because I have not only the pictures, but the negatives. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/91 "2011-09-08T03:56:00Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > \*Yes, I know my title says Creature of the Night. I’m mostly retired, but I retain admin privileges. Because I have not only the pictures, but the negatives. Stored in a safe place, with instructions to send them to the police if anything untoward happens to you. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/92 "2011-09-08T04:29:38Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > It goes to webmaster mail … which is often forwarded to me. As in this case. > > I’m currently looking at approximately 687 webmaster emails that I need to answer. I’ve just run out of time – I have to be out shortly – but I’ll come back and get in touch with everybody. I do want to make sure everybody is back on and okay. > > It’s just part of what we have to do sometimes. To everyone who may have felt disregarded today, you aren’t, not really – I’ve just been swamped beyond what one person can do in 8 hours and I do apologize. Save yourself a minute and don’t bother answering mine, I’ve seen the message. 😃 Awful day for you I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/93 "2011-09-08T04:55:35Z")
And I thought I was special. (See what happens when you make Marley an admin? He thinks he owns the joint!) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/94 "2011-09-08T04:58:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Frightening. It felt like waking up underground in a coffin… “If I’m alive, why am I sitting here in a coffin? And if I’m dead, why do I need to go to the bathroom?” - Adlai Stevenson, joking after losing two presidential elections in a row ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/95 "2011-09-08T05:08:05Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > How do you admin/mods not know what happened? Isn’t there like an error log or something for the website somewhere? We were locked out, too. It was rather eerie, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/96 "2011-09-08T05:09:36Z")
I’m waiting for the glitch that locks out all the Mods and Admins but lets the rest of us in. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/97 "2011-09-08T06:47:20Z")
I think it requires really special Admins to ban inadvertantly all their members. If it was inadvertant :dubious: (At least you have an idea for next April Fools day). ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/98 "2011-09-08T09:11:06Z")
:smack: I thought it was just me… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/99 "2011-09-08T09:50:25Z")
The moral is: **Do NOT Anger Cecil!** ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-banned-banned-i-tell-you/595503/100 "2011-09-08T09:52:10Z")
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