# Is there some single person being continually banned and rebanned?

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**Created:** [April 12, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-single-person-being-continually-banned-and-rebanned/445043 "2008-04-12T16:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-single-person-being-continually-banned-and-rebanned/445043/1 "2008-04-12T16:06:40Z")

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Hope this isn’t a tabboo subject…

I’ve noticed there have been a lot of user names with under twenty or so posts to their name who have been banned. In the cases I’ve noticed, there have not been any particular offending posts–they’ve apparently simply been quietly banned without comment.

Is this some single person who keeps returning under different names or something?

-FrL-

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**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:** [April 12, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-single-person-being-continually-banned-and-rebanned/445043/2 "2008-04-12T16:27:05Z")

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I’ve wondered this myself…

Or maybe a group of about six people who do this.

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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:** [April 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-some-single-person-being-continually-banned-and-rebanned/445043/3 "2008-04-12T16:30:41Z")

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From the [FAQ:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745)

[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven]  
If you have a question about a thread or poster who “disappeared,” please DO NOT post an inquiry. In probably 95% of such cases, the thread (or poster) that vanished was an attention-seeker – a spammer , sock, or troll. They’re out for any attention, even negative attention, and we don’t want to give it to them. They disappear, as do their posts. And as do posts about them.

So, if you have a question about such, please email a moderator. DO NOT post your question. DO NOT give these folks any publicity, acknowledgment, or recognition.  
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This is closed.

Colibri