# OK, I give up. Who was Jetassisted? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 26, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285 "2000-12-26T20:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/1 "2000-12-26T20:43:06Z")
I did not find any blatant reason given for the banning, so might I assume that it was one of our old, mutual “friends”? ---
**Author:** ![noggins74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@noggins74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noggins74)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/2 "2000-12-26T21:16:08Z")
I noticed this too, but I don’t come here very often. What causes a person to get banned? (This guy specifically?) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/3 "2000-12-26T22:37:14Z")
Eh, Una, we’re officially not supposed to discuss this sort of thing in public anymore. E-mail Tuba and ask her. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 26, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/4 "2000-12-26T23:38:54Z")
I suggest you go back and read some of the last few postings. The identity of this particular poster is a subject often remarked upon in the past. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/5 "2000-12-27T00:39:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by noggins74 \* > **What causes a person to get banned?** In fifteen words or less? Not following the rules you agreed to follow when you registered for the SDMB. In three or less? Being a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/6 "2000-12-27T01:11:36Z")
Well, I guess I am dense then. The posts seemed harmless to me, and did not strike a chord. But then, I do not normally examine innocuous-seeming posters that closely. Sigh. Never mind, I no longer care to know. ---
**Author:** ![Jamoross](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jamoross/32/3241_2.png) [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/7 "2000-12-28T12:33:16Z")
> [@](#): > > _Anthracite:_ > \*\*Never mind, I no longer care to know. \*\* Well I do! I figured this must be a pretty frequent question and honestly expected to find an answer in some standard place. I did a search and wound up reading this thread. > [@](#): > > _Duck Duck Goose:_ > \*\*Eh, Una, we’re officially not supposed to discuss this sort of thing in public anymore. \*\* Pardon my sounding overly like a newbie, but just how veracious is this remark? I admit I may be a bit more sensitive about administrative subjects because of my personal past. No, I’ve never been banned from an electronic community but I have helped administrate one. The solutions we found were in some ways quite different to what seems to be going on here. I would greatly appreciate a pointer to a relevant thread. If administrative discussions really are taboo, please so indicate in an unambiguous way. **Duck Duck Goose** , you may recognize me by now. Will you please vouch for my sincerity and enjoin the moderators not ban me for this post if it is truly out of bounds? - jam ---
**Author:** ![Jamoross](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jamoross/32/3241_2.png) [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/8 "2000-12-28T12:43:08Z")
Sorry, I said “enjoin” when I meant “entreat”. (Why do I feel as one treading on eggshells?) - jam ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/9 "2000-12-28T13:39:54Z")
Here, read this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52737](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52737) This is where this whole issue ended up being discussed yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/10 "2000-12-28T16:11:32Z")
Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jamoross](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jamoross/32/3241_2.png) [@Jamoross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamoross)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/11 "2000-12-28T17:00:05Z")
Okay, I’ve read around a bit and I guess I get the picture somewhat better. **DDG** , you sorta misled me by being just a tad sloppy with your admonitions. Making accusations and baiting newcomers to see if they are really returnees is disruptive and a understandably discouraged. But you painted a bit wide with that brush when you shook a finger at someone merely asking about The Gears of Government. Granted, you were addressing someone more informed than I am so there was doubtless some existing context I did not have. So it was mostly my fault I misunderstood you. Yet, because you are one of the few locals I have come to know in my short time here, I pay attention to what you write. I’m learning but I still need guidance now and then. Got room for another gosling under one of them wings? - jam ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-i-give-up-who-was-jetassisted/47285/12 "2000-12-29T01:06:21Z")
Yeah, there was indeed a great deal of existing context, mainly that, as Una has no doubt discovered by now, that particular person was one of our bad boomerang children, and it’s not good for them to see their names up in lights. Hence my alarmed squawk. If it’s any consolation, my kids think I’m hysterical and over-protective, too. :rolleyes: