# Question for Lynn **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939 "2004-03-01T17:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939/41 "2004-03-02T14:37:10Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by jarbabyj_ > …and then he was banned for posting a joke thread in the PIT… Actually, **jarbabyj** , I haven’t seen anything to indicate that he was banned for posting a joke thread in the Pit…Lynn branded him a troll, she said nothing about the joke thread being out of place. The only mention of that in the original thread where the banning took place was by other people, and she made no reference to it when she decided he was unworthy. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939/42 "2004-03-02T14:58:25Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Maybe. It’s late, and I don’t feel like checking, Too much other modding to do? > [@](#): > > but didn’t he _first_ say he meant to post it in GD? Anyway, I’m only speculating. And that’s why we all love you so much. ---
**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 2, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939/43 "2004-03-02T15:08:51Z")
> [@jarbabyj](#): > > So YOU thought it belonged in the PIT, and then he was banned for posting a joke thread in the PIT, even though YOU moved it there from MPSIMS, where HE posted it originally. > > So Uncivil was banned because YOU put him in the situation where he was breaking a rule? Seems a little off. Lynn said, when closing the thread (emphasis mine): > [@](#): > > I can do something even better. See, we have rules against **trolling** here, so what I’m gonna do is ban you for **trolling** and close this thread because it was started as a **trolling** thread. How on earth do you interpret this statement to indicate he was “banned for posting a joke thread in the PIT?” ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939/44 "2004-03-02T15:11:47Z")
How often do people get banned for trolling in MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939/45 "2004-03-02T15:16:54Z")
You know, we the staff have repeatedly requested that people ask us these sort of questions by email. Accordingly, I’m simply going to repeat what I said when I closed the thread. I think that UnCivil was trolling, that is, trying to stir up shit. I don’t care where he originally posted the thread, he was bound to know that banishing guns is a hotbutton topic. Since this subject was opened on the message board, I don’t believe that I’ll answer any emails about it, except from UnCivil. I may or may not do something similar when similar threads pop up. But I clearly banned UnCivil for trolling. **jarbabyj** , next time you have a question like this, email a moderator or administrator. Don’t open a thread about it. You know better. Lynn For the Straight Dope [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-lynn/231939.md?page=2)