# Message board stalker - not on this board **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040 "2011-03-17T17:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/1 "2011-03-17T17:15:50Z")
On another message board I have a guy who follows me around to various threads and tries to insult me. This guy has done this before and I ignore him so he stops after a week or so. I guess I must have ticked him off sometime in the past. Anyone else run into this? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/2 "2011-03-17T17:43:03Z")
When I first signed up here I had someone like that who would go around and nitpick various posts of mine with extremely trivial objections. Oddly, when I go to look at my first posts, his aren’t there anymore in said threads. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/3 "2011-03-17T18:35:39Z")
If a person is banned maybe all their posts are deleted? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/4 "2011-03-17T18:51:02Z")
I fear that there’s about 50,000 possible suspects matching the description: - Registered before **John DiFool** - Nitpicks posts ETA: Oh noes. I’m one of the suspects. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/5 "2011-03-17T18:54:16Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > If a person is banned maybe all their posts are deleted? Not usually, no. If we find out somebody joined the SDMB just to be a jerk and we ban them quickly, we might remove their posts (or just the stupid ones). Anyway this sounds like something the staff should be aware of. Please send me a private message. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/6 "2011-03-17T19:04:21Z")
This issue is not happening on this board - I mentioned that in the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/7 "2011-03-17T20:44:11Z")
I understand that. If you are concerned that it might wind up on the SDMB, a note to the mods could be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/8 "2011-03-17T21:39:50Z")
No way is he smart enough to follow me here. I don’t have the same username. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/9 "2011-03-17T22:05:31Z")
I don’t consider them stalkers, they’re fans. And yes it does happen frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-stalker-not-on-this-board/575040/10 "2011-03-17T22:18:58Z")
I think it’s funny but as I said I ignore him and he goes away after a week. If you respond he will keep it up.