# Suspended/Banned Poster links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 16, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461 "2014-10-16T01:53:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/1 "2014-10-16T01:53:25Z")
Maybe I’ve just missed it, but I’m sure at one point when users got banned or suspended and there was an announcement post in ATMB that post had links to warnings, mod notes, etc. being cited as the cause. Did that custom change? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/2 "2014-10-16T01:58:08Z")
Moderator discretion? ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/3 "2014-10-16T02:04:55Z")
Moderator time, mostly. At least on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/4 "2014-10-16T02:12:42Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Moderator time, mostly. At least on my part. I guess so! I did a quick check back through ATMB and assuming my searches work right you personally have only supplied a link once (and I’d quibble with that one) when announcing disciplinary stuff for posters. Anyway, I ask basically for those same reasons! It’d take me or another poster far longer to try and search through for warning and so on being cited, if we could even find it. I assume in the mod loop somewhere you keep links to the bad behaviour of posters in order to refer to them when considering that kind of action, so purely on that basis it’d be a real help if they could be provided. It’s extremely helpful. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/5 "2014-10-16T02:20:07Z")
Ill try to add them in the future. Meanwhile, you can see anyone’s warning by clicking on their username, going to their profile and clicking on the infractions tab. Try it on mine. You’ll see I picked one up a while ago. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/6 "2014-10-16T02:22:30Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Ill try to add them in the future. > > Meanwhile, you can see anyone’s warning by clicking on their username, going to their profile and clicking on the infractions tab. Try it on mine. You’ll see I picked one up a while ago. Infractions tab doesn’t show for non-mods. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/7 "2014-10-16T02:30:12Z")
I don’t think normal posters can see other people’s warning tab. That’d be kind of uncool if you could. I appreciate listing the infractions since it makes it transparent what they’re getting banned for. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/8 "2014-10-16T02:34:07Z")
Huh. I did not know that. I can’t list them right now for Terr’s suspension but I’ll get to it and I’ll list them in future announcements. How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/9 "2014-10-16T02:39:39Z")
Sounds good to me, at least! Thanks for taking your time to answer this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/10 "2014-10-16T06:15:37Z")
He won’t list them as then it would be obvious that they’re all bullshit warnings for being too right-wing. But hey, anything to make the echo chamber better, right? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/11 "2014-10-16T06:33:31Z")
That’s helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/12 "2014-10-16T07:28:28Z")
Since it’s late, and I’m up anyway, I’ll go ahead and post the links to **Terr** ’s warnings: [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17816016#post17816016) [Off-topic political swipe in GQ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17606501#post17606501) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17598119#post17598119) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17211802#post17211802) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17190917#post17190917) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17024178#post17024178) That’s just from this year. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/13 "2014-10-16T08:12:20Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17817651&postcount=251](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17817651&postcount=251) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14600391&postcount=69](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14600391&postcount=69) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17025363&postcount=97](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17025363&postcount=97) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16622668&postcount=118](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16622668&postcount=118) Okay, this is tedious. I’m using google, and it’s a pain in the ass to wade through every result for “Terr” “warning”. I think these are a fair sampling that the warnings are earned for rules infractions, not for being right-wing. CURSES! _Shakes fist at Marley_ ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/14 "2014-10-16T08:27:58Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I think these are a fair sampling that the warnings are earned for rules infractions, not for being right-wing. If certain left-wing posters didn’t do the same on a daily basis, you’d have a point. Not that this is entirely the mods’ fault, as to some extent they are going on reports, but it’s clear that what’s considered a snarky dig if one person does it is considered a personal insult in other cases. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/15 "2014-10-16T09:18:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Since it’s late, and I’m up anyway, I’ll go ahead and post the links to **Terr** ’s warnings: > > [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17816016#post17816016) > > [Off-topic political swipe in GQ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17606501#post17606501) > > [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17598119#post17598119) > > [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17211802#post17211802) > > [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17190917#post17190917) > > [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17024178#post17024178) > > That’s just from this year. Those are the posts that got **Terr** in trouble. Here are the actual warnings that resulted: [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17817651&postcount=251) [Off-topic political swipe in GQ.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17606559&postcount=7) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17603189&postcount=294) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17212278&postcount=1590) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17191398&postcount=1108) [Personal insults.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17025363&postcount=97) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/16 "2014-10-16T10:32:43Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > If certain left-wing posters didn’t do the same on a daily basis, you’d have a point. Not that this is entirely the mods’ fault, as to some extent they are going on reports, but it’s clear that what’s considered a snarky dig if one person does it is considered a personal insult in other cases. Speaking as an unapologetic lefty. All but two of those warnings posted were total bull shit. **Steophan** right, I see this sort of snark go on all the time unchallenged. That said, I don’t know if this has anything to do with left vs right but there does seem to be a discrepancy in **Terr** ’s moderation. Admittedly, **Terr** has never pinged my radar, so maybe there’s something there that I’m not seeing. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/17 "2014-10-16T10:44:23Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > CURSES! _Shakes fist at Marley_ Surely you mean Miller. (and I won’t call you Shirley anymore) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/18 "2014-10-16T11:09:06Z")
Dude, it’s a total win for Miller. He does the work of providing the ninja treatment on Irishman and Marley gets the blame! What more could anyone ask? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/19 "2014-10-16T14:05:53Z")
**Steophan** , if you think that left-wing posters get away with such behavior, then the remedy is simple: Report those posts when you see them. The moderators don’t actually read every word of the board, and may simply not have noticed them. If you are noticing them, then you have a great opportunity to help them out. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461/20 "2014-10-16T14:13:13Z")
**Steophan** , snitches don’t get stitches here. If you see a rules infraction, report it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-banned-poster-links/701461.md?page=2)