# So was I the only one who got banned yesterday? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 1, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493 "2012-03-01T22:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/1 "2012-03-01T22:28:26Z")
If so, what happened? If not, what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/2 "2012-03-01T22:37:51Z")
We didn’t get any other complaints that I know of. You don’t have to post this information - you could private message it to me or email the staff - but were you posting from a new place? If so, maybe the IP address of that place is on our banned list. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/3 "2012-03-01T22:59:49Z")
I don’t mind posting my response here if you don’t have a preference otherwise. But no. I was attempting to post from home as I always do (both from my laptop and desktop, but both through the same router so I guess that’s the same IP?). I sent an email to the webmaster assuming it was another one of those tech issues where everyone is banned, but I was surprised to be still banned 11 hours later. So I sent another email, a little more concerned. Never got a response but now, trying again some 24 hours later obviously something resolved itself. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/4 "2012-03-01T23:07:08Z")
I’m not sure what to make of that. Are you posting from home now? We haven’t banned any IP addresses in the last couple of days, and from what I can tell we haven’t banned any IP addresses close to yours. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/5 "2012-03-01T23:15:27Z")
Yep, posting from home. Very mysterious. If I didn’t have the emails to the webmaster in my sent folder I’d question whether I dreamed it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/6 "2012-03-01T23:27:35Z")
Maybe one of the capybaras was in a mood. (and yes, if using the same router your desktop and laptop would be the same IP as seen by the board) ---
**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 1, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/7 "2012-03-01T23:34:26Z")
There was no outage that I was aware of. I don’t think we’ve changed any settings on this end. Not sure what’s going on. Haven’t heard from anyone else yet so it must not have been a widespread thing, whatever it was. Okay, I’m stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/8 "2012-03-02T01:13:19Z")
I fell into an IP ban once. Apparently my internet provider assigned me an new IP address which was banned. I did an ipconfig /renew and picked up a new address. I was fine after that. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/9 "2012-03-02T05:23:23Z")
Let’s face it Moe. The Mods don’t really like you. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/10 "2012-03-02T10:53:56Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Let’s face it Moe. The Mods don’t really like you. Yeah, I was wondering if I should be taking a hint. But after a little back and forth emailing with the webmaster it seems that… well, no one has any idea what happened. (I’m NOT crazy. It happened! I swear!!) ::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/11 "2012-03-02T11:06:36Z")
I suspect Curly. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/12 "2012-03-02T12:05:42Z")
Slowly I turned… ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/13 "2012-03-02T13:37:37Z")
♪ ♫ [Moe, Moe, Moe…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuGCeCoG47Q) Why don’t you like me? Nobody likes me! ♪ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/14 "2012-03-02T13:55:18Z")
Apparently it turned out fine. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/15 "2012-03-02T17:03:06Z")
My name is Moe Szyslak. When I was a kid I had round worm - Heck, I was more worm than boy for a couple of years - I dabbled in Satanism until I was asked to leave, oh, and one month I ate nothing but aquarium fish. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/16 "2012-03-02T23:24:09Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Slowly I turned… Step by step… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/17 "2012-03-03T00:38:15Z")
Someone was mysteriously and inexplicably banned and _ **Marley23** _ was the first mod to respond … Is no one else suspicious? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/18 "2012-03-03T01:09:15Z")
At first I gave it no thought. I mean, people get banned all the time. Trolls, spammers, socks… nothing you’d see on the 11 o’clock news… …until I noticed the username in the upper right hand corner: “Welcome **Moe** ”. I quickly redirected my gaze over to the middle of the screen where the banned message coldly sat like a low level telephone customer service rep drunk with power… … and then back at the username in the upper right hand corner… … back to the banned message… and then again to the username… “HEY”, I thought (and perhaps vocalized unwittingly). “That’s MY username!”… That’s when it dawned on me that I was, at least for the moment, dopeless. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/19 "2012-03-03T01:46:45Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Apparently it turned out fine. That’s _MISTER_ Fine to you! Regards, Larry ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493/20 "2012-03-03T03:26:54Z")
100 Quatloos says it was Shemp! 😛 (He always seemed to have a grudge, IMHO.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-i-the-only-one-who-got-banned-yesterday/614493.md?page=2)