# List of banned users? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 23, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152 "2013-02-23T07:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/41 "2013-03-02T13:52:25Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > though we do seem to have spells when it seems like there’s more of them on the ground, like the first daffodils of spring.. Ha. Or in the Summer. Specifically July of 2012. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/42 "2013-03-02T14:12:18Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I imagine he’s thrilled to be an article in wiki. It’s a rational wiki article, so he’s likely offended, not thrilled. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/43 "2013-03-02T15:26:15Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > It’s a rational wiki article, so he’s likely offended, not thrilled. Hadn’t seen that wiki article, thanks for the heads up, especially since he’s reoffending. ::: sigh ::: ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/44 "2013-03-02T21:12:48Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > spambots and lunatics This should be a sub-forum. Or an RPG. Or a something. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/45 "2013-03-02T22:29:02Z")
Excluding spambots, I wonder what the average time is between registration and bannation for those who have been sent to live under that Great Bridge in the Sky. Or maybe “number of posts” would be a more interesting metric. Sometimes I can spot the ones who are not destined to be long among us. But that is newbies - the ones that sort of take me aback is when a long-timer is shown the door. They don’t often get banned for the reasons I think they will, but it usually works out that I can call them. I am usually more puzzled by the ones that _don’t_ get banned. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/46 "2013-03-03T02:09:16Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I wonder what the average time is between registration and bannation for those who have been sent to live under that Great Bridge in the Sky. I seem to have managed about 3 years, now, so it would appear to be pretty long. But maybe I’m an outlier. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/47 "2013-03-03T04:58:43Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > this guy… Isn’t the article granting him the attention he desires? I know you aren’t responsible for the article, but I imagine he’s thrilled to be an article in wiki. > > I can’t help but wonder what he was trolling the SDMB for. And to sign up over 100+ times? That’s an obsession I can’t grasp. How do these people maintain jobs? > > Did he ever threaten or stalk anyone on the dope? And what caused him to get his first ban? I wasn’t a mod when he first showed up, but I suspect his initial banning was for spamming. His MO was posting enormous anti-atheist screeds at a variety of places around the web. My assumption is that he posted one here, someone recognized it from somewhere else, and he was banned. That, or he just kept starting thread after thread that were all essentially the same rant. Why does he do this? Dude is straight up crazy. I doubt he’s able to keep down a job. My understanding is that he lives with his mother. Unlike garden variety trolls, I don’t think he does it for attention. I think he genuinely thinks his screeds are effective in fighting off some sort of terrible atheist scourge. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/48 "2013-03-03T10:05:55Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Hadn’t seen that wiki article, thanks for the heads up, especially since he’s reoffending. > > ::: sigh ::: Reoffending on the SDMB? Or just in general? It is scary to me that these folks are out there, somewhere, being driven to do things that make absolutely no sense to rational human beings. However or whenever his wiring got crossed will probably always be a mystery, but it DOES make me wonder about others that go on killing sprees, or whatever else they are driven to do. Makes me think twice about flipping someone off in traffic. It could be this guy, or someone worse. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/49 "2013-03-04T00:12:33Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Makes me think twice about flipping someone off in traffic. It could be this guy, or someone worse. That attitude would be… umm… Wise. You _don’t_ want to piss us off. CH, speaking for “Nutters of North America”. NNA will _rule_ the world. Just give us a few minutes. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/50 "2013-03-04T02:10:13Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Reoffending on the SDMB? Or just in general? > > It is scary to me that these folks are out there, somewhere, being driven to do things that make absolutely no sense to rational human beings. However or whenever his wiring got crossed will probably always be a mystery, but it DOES make me wonder about others that go on killing sprees, or whatever else they are driven to do. > . [6 New Personality Disorders Caused by the Internet](http://www.cracked.com/article_17522_6-new-personality-disorders-caused-by-internet.html) [3 Despicable Internet Behaviors (That Are Really Your Fault)](http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-despicable-internet-behaviors-that-are-really-your-fault/) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/51 "2013-03-04T02:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Leo Bloom** : > > I too was (am) weirded out by the all-caps “BANNED” under the username. I’m relatively new here. > > Or is it one poster I see who’s fucking around by using that word for his optional description? > > Or, it’s about a bannee who is readmitted? And has to wear a scarlet letter? (Analogy only. No statement to decision.) > > ETA: This in response to Colibri a post or two up. So there are people who are unbanned. And they get the all-caps seen under their username? The title “BANNED” reflects current status. So, someone posts something, then they get banned, and then you read the thing they posted and see the “BANNED” under their name. Under no circumstance is somebody posting anything while they carry that title. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/52 "2013-03-13T02:01:26Z")
Jeebus, I’m a star for banning myself! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/53 "2013-04-01T04:02:17Z")
Something that I think of from time to time, but never seemed worthy of starting threads. About how many spammers are shut down each day? And how do you track warnings? I’ve gotten a couple of informal warnings that were flagged as ‘No warning issued’ so I assume there’s a function or utility to keep track of official infractions with some degree of detail. ---
**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 1, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/54 "2013-04-01T04:17:41Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > About how many spammers are shut down each day? I don’t know what the total is, but I probably ban three or four a day at least. > [@](#): > > And how do you track warnings? I’ve gotten a couple of informal warnings that were flagged as ‘No warning issued’ so I assume there’s a function or utility to keep track of official infractions with some degree of detail. When someone receives an official warning by the automatic system, a record is posted. The warning will also be recorded on the poster’s profile under “infractions,” which only the poster and staff can see. We don’t formally track or record “moderator notes,” although these can be found through the search function. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/55 "2013-04-01T17:39:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > So they say. (And yes, it was my first day as an admin.) Nobody on the staff has ever managed to explain how that happened and it’s never happened again, so I don’t know that I actually did anything wrong. But that doesn’t mean I’m ever going to live it down. 😉 I still think Ed did it as a practical joke on The New Guy. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/56 "2013-04-01T20:40:04Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Not to disagree with my colleague (who is fabulous in every way) but i don’t think the number is even that high. I would say half that or even less. Based on the list that **Zeldar** linked to in post 16, that sounds about right. If **ntucker** ’s list is accurate, 79 (now former) Dopers with \>1000 posts had been banned as of Nov. 28, 2011. That’s just over 6 per year. That’s doing pretty well, really. And looking over the list, I recognized just over half of them, and while there are a few that made me wonder, “why in the world was that person banned?”, with most of them I remembered, I didn’t have to wonder at all. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/57 "2013-04-02T16:57:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I don’t know what the total is, but I probably ban three or four a day at least… Do you feel bad when you ban someone? Justice’s terrible swift sword? Just following orders? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/58 "2013-04-02T17:13:13Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Justice’s terrible swift sword? For spammers? This one. ---
**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 2, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/59 "2013-04-02T17:22:04Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Do you feel bad when you ban someone? > > Justice’s terrible swift sword? > > Just following orders? Spammers? Are you kidding? I wish I could send a jolt back that would blow up their computers. ---
**Author:** ![Cheryl44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Cheryl44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheryl44)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152/60 "2013-04-02T17:29:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Spammers? Are you kidding? I wish I could send a jolt back that would blow up their computers. If you could do that, then I’d want your job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-banned-users/651152.md?page=4)