# What happens to banned users? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819 "2015-10-26T21:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/81 "2015-10-30T15:56:25Z")
They go to hell and get burned up! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/82 "2015-10-30T15:58:30Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > My cite to that specific poster was intended to establish that it’s possible for someone to escape detection. Once it’s known that it’s possible, then it’s a question of how likely it is. And the point here is that you can’t possibly know that, since you obviously don’t know about anyone who is escaping detection. The one incident that I cited was an outlier in that the guy deliberately outed himself, for reasons that were specific to that time. But presumably if there are others who’ve pulled it off they would still be under the radar. > > So in sum, an assertion that no one or virtually no one has ever succeeded in coming back surreptitiously after being banned has very little basis. It’s a claim about something that is virtually unknowable. You are probably correct that it cannot be determined how many banned posters have sneaked back in under a different name, and behaved themselves well enough to avoid appearing on the mod radar, but it doesn’t affect the boards much. If they are behaving, what harm is there? So the answer to “What happens to banned users?” (who sneak back in and behave themselves is “not much, nor does it need to”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/83 "2015-10-30T16:17:45Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > You are probably correct that it cannot be determined how many banned posters have sneaked back in under a different name, and behaved themselves well enough to avoid appearing on the mod radar, but it doesn’t affect the boards much. If they are behaving, what harm is there? Oh sure, that’s how sleeper cells get started… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/84 "2015-10-30T16:19:26Z")
We need to build a wall around the SDMB, and make Mexico pay for it. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [October 30, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/85 "2015-10-30T16:56:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > We need to build a wall around the SDMB, and make Mexico pay for it. Bangladesh, actually. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/86 "2015-10-30T17:42:25Z")
“Oh, my goodness gracious yes, my name is Chuck, and how am I helping you today with technical support with the Straight Doop Massage Board?..” ---
**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 30, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/87 "2015-10-30T19:15:54Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > To be frank, I find your entire post bizarre. > > All you did was to find _something_ that was true in each of the three posts I had quoted and declare them to be correct. It was not my intention to say that every single thing in those posts was incorrect. There was a common theme in those three posts, which was that all or virtually all socks are caught, and this is what has little basis. > > (Note: emphasis added) The first post said “_I think **only one person** has pulled something like that off where he signed up again, and went for a year or so before **he was found out**. He got banned then too._” The second said “_And if they’re not then they will **always** reveal themselves by the same sort of jerkish posts that got them banned in the first place._” The third was not explicit in this regard, but it was posted in support of the second post (which it quoted). > > So that’s the point I as disputing, and this should have been additionally clear by what I actually wrote. Consider rereading my post. I did. To be frank, your very first sentence (which was “These assertions have very little basis.”) is completely wrong. Beyond wanting to correct that, I have no other opinions about anything else you’ve said in this topic. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/88 "2015-10-31T22:37:00Z")
For lesser offenses, what happens? Do you get a PM from a moderator detailing the action taken (mod note, warning etc.) or is it up to you to notice the moderator post regarding the offense? ---
**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 31, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/89 "2015-10-31T22:48:26Z")
If a poster gets a warning, they automatically get a PM (the system is set up to where we have to PM them the reason for the warning, on top of saying why in the thread the offense happens in). For notes, we usually just post it in the thread and it’s up to the poster to check back and see it, however (and this is something I, personally, do…not sure if any other mod does; I’m speaking only for myself) I’ve recently taken to PMing posters I give notes to and linking them to it, just in case they don’t return to the thread for whatever reason and don’t ever see it. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/90 "2015-10-31T23:08:31Z")
- Raises hand \* My name is Leo Bloom and I was publicly mod-noted and PM’ed with the same content by **Idle Thoughts**. - Hello, Leo. \* Most interesting to me was the title/subject: Take Notice. Is that boilerplate? (You don’t have to reply on this.) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/91 "2015-11-01T02:33:34Z")
I’m assuming paid members who are banned don’t get any sort of partial refund. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/92 "2015-11-01T03:01:05Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m assuming paid members who are banned don’t get any sort of partial refund. No, they do not get any sort of partial refund. This is mentioned in the registration agreement (not that anyone ever reads the registration agreement…) [QUOTE=SDMB registration agreement as of 12/21/2014] Subscribers who are banned forfeit all subscription fees they have paid. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819/93 "2015-11-01T03:03:47Z")
There’s a registration agreement? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-banned-users/735819.md?page=4)