# Question about banning socks **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352 "2017-03-04T00:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/1 "2017-03-04T00:40:19Z")
LinusK just got banned for socking. Shouldn’t the sock accounts also be named in the banning announcement? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/2 "2017-03-04T00:57:45Z")
That just encourages the socks to come back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/3 "2017-03-04T01:08:51Z")
Why, I oughta sock you one… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/4 "2017-03-04T01:14:47Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > LinusK just got banned for socking. Shouldn’t the sock accounts also be named in the banning announcement? No, they got lost in the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/5 "2017-03-04T01:35:11Z")
Darn those socks! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/6 "2017-03-04T02:14:17Z")
Any more of these puns and you get the hose. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/7 "2017-03-04T02:45:31Z")
Only notaqble usernames get a banning announcement. Socks are usually caught pretty quickly. Their other account will only have a few posts, and can be disappeared without people wondering what happened to that guy. They are not notable, and deserve no announcement. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/8 "2017-03-04T02:55:15Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Only notaqble usernames get a banning announcement. Socks are usually caught pretty quickly. Their other account will only have a few posts, and can be disappeared without people wondering what happened to that guy. They are not notable, and deserve no announcement. What if their intended purpose was to be a stalking horse? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/9 "2017-03-04T03:00:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What if their intended purpose was to be a stalking horse? Fun fact about stocking horses: they don’t run. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/10 "2017-03-04T05:03:51Z")
Yeah, but I wanna know their names before I bet. Really, part of the fun of an MB is betting on who is a sock and when he’ll be banned. Removing the details removes the fun from everybody else. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/11 "2017-03-04T05:08:20Z")
You can always ask. I usually do, because I like to know who was a sock. Usually, it’s some account I’ve never heard of, since it’s brand new. And that was the case this time. Pretty sure it was suicide by mod. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/12 "2017-03-04T05:29:34Z")
I want your sox! SFW [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DpQoYlTX9l8/hqdefault.jpg "I Want Your Socks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpQoYlTX9l8) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/13 "2017-03-04T06:13:16Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > LinusK just got banned for socking. Shouldn’t the sock accounts also be named in the banning announcement? What is the reasoning for this? If you want to know, PM a mod. In this particular case, as in many others, the sock posts have been disappeared, so you wouldn’t be able to see them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/14 "2017-03-04T06:44:26Z")
Socks are always odd. It’s an extension of Murphy’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/15 "2017-03-04T10:56:35Z")
As Colibri has said, just PM a mod. A few have asked me, in PM…and I’ve told them. I don’t see the point in saying who the socks were in the banning post, though, because sometimes socks are not going to be anyone you’ve ever seen post before. Now if there was a long time member socking and their sock was also a long time member and everyone knew of BOTH “members” well, then there would be cause to say “Yeah, this guy was a sock of this one…that’s why they’re both banned”, but in this case, the sock was made on the very day he was banned. You’re not going to know or recognize the name, I think it made just one post before it was found out and even that was quickly disappeared. There’s just really no reason to say anything other than “Well known name banned for socking”. Anything beyond that a poster can just ask privately. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/16 "2017-03-04T11:57:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > No, they got lost in the dryer. That’s ok, we’ll be re-stocking them. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/17 "2017-03-04T12:46:09Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Fun fact about stocking horses: they don’t run. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/18 "2017-03-04T13:28:36Z")
Darn you! Don’t you people have anything better to do? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/19 "2017-03-04T14:19:37Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Darn you! Don’t you people have anything better to do? clearly, we don’t 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352/20 "2017-03-04T14:20:40Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Darn you! Don’t you people have anything better to do? Post 5 already made that one. [/knitpick] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-banning-socks/781352.md?page=2)