# What was the first screen name to be banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892>\
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**Created:** [May 3, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892 "2003-05-03T19:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/1 "2003-05-03T19:22:09Z")

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The earliest I know of I found in a link in another thread here with Contestant #3. But I’m sure there are some earlier ones? Any clues?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/2 "2003-05-03T19:33:29Z")

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Who cares?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/3 "2003-05-03T19:34:30Z")

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It was probably about three days after the Board went online, I’d imagine. Probably the mods don’t even remember, unless it was particularly spectular.

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**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/4 "2003-05-03T20:05:30Z")

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Geez, Eutychus, I was just wondering.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/5 "2003-05-03T23:54:22Z")

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Guess he didn’t feel like looking.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-screen-name-to-be-banned/172892/6 "2003-05-04T04:58:31Z")

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