# Is there always a post here when someone gets banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 6, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481 "2008-07-06T19:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481/1 "2008-07-06T19:29:15Z")

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Straightforward question. When I see someone got banned and I don’t know the reason, I get curious. Sometimes I find the reason here. Yesterday, I did not. That is all.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481/2 "2008-07-06T19:34:05Z")

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Longterm and/or well-known posters, generally yes, if the staff has time. Socks, trolls and spammers, not so much.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481/3 "2008-07-06T20:35:07Z")

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From the [FAQ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384736)

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> If a paying member and reasonably long-time poster is suspended or banned, we usually announce this in the About This Message Board forum. We try to strike a balance between informing our members about what’s happened, and respecting the privacy of the individual. If you don’t see a thread in this forum with an explanation, then the person was either a sock puppet, a spammer, or a banned person trying to sneak back in.

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**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-always-a-post-here-when-someone-gets-banned/455481/4 "2008-07-06T21:43:00Z")

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Makes sense. Thanks!