# Why the hell wasn't I banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191 "2007-03-16T13:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 16, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/61 "2007-03-16T17:02:50Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] After all, that is a really NICE coffee mug they are working for. [/QUOTE] If theirs is the same as mine, I’d say Slug’s illustration makes it more “SCARY” than “NICE.” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/62 "2007-03-16T17:24:41Z")
Am I in time for a sammich? I was banned for two hours and I’m afraid I’ll never catch up. Or ketchup. May I have ketchup, please? ---
**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 16, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/63 "2007-03-16T17:33:18Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] Who gives a damn if you think my request is silly? Only thing that matters is that I don’t think it’s silly. The issue here, unless you disagree, is wether it’s reasonable to ask staff to do this, and if so whether it’s reasonable for them to do it. I say that it is. [/QUOTE] I think your request is silly and unreasonable. And it’s MY opinion (as well as the opinions of the other Admins and Mods) that really counts here. [QUOTE=hajario] Seriously, dude, they didn’t do it because they have better things to do than play a stupid game with you. They have family, interests and careers outside of this board. [/QUOTE] Huh? Since when? Why wasn’t I told about this? [QUOTE=Muffin] Dear Mods: Kindly change Cryptoderk’s status designator from “Member” to “Too stupid to be banned.” Thank you. [/QUOTE] Only Admins can change status titles. And we’re not allowed to do it any more. Specifically, _I_ am not allowed to do it any longer. We want to keep open the option of selling off custom status lines. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/64 "2007-03-16T18:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] We want to keep open the option of selling off custom status lines. [/QUOTE] Good, because “Too Stupid To Be Banned” was the custom title **I** wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/65 "2007-03-16T18:21:53Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Only Admins can change status titles. And we’re not allowed to do it any more. Specifically, _I_ am not allowed to do it any longer. We want to keep open the option of selling off custom status lines. [/QUOTE] I think a _far_ better business model would be for us to change people’s titles as appropriate, and then give them the option to pay to change it back. No one ever listens to me, though. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/66 "2007-03-16T18:22:45Z")
Oh, what the heck, I’ll do it. Now, lessee, this Moderator Control Panel is awfully complicated. Here’s the “Ban” button–it’s the big red shiny one–and, hey, you can even pre-set the ban period! Hmmm… 2 hours, huh? Hours, hours, hours… I don’t see “hours”. Does “yrs” mean “hours”? I guess “yr” must be some kind of abbreviation for “hour”. What is Jelsoft, anyway? Is that a Swedish company? Oh, well, here goes nothing… ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/67 "2007-03-16T18:26:29Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] I think a _far_ better business model would be for us to change people’s titles as appropriate, and then give them the option to pay to change it back. No one ever listens to me, though. [/QUOTE] Speak up, woodja? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/68 "2007-03-16T18:26:41Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] All I want is to be banned for two hours so I know what it feels like. [/QUOTE] Register at some other vB board. Break their rules with all the effort and imagination you can muster. When you’re banned, you’ll know what it feels like. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/69 "2007-03-16T18:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] I think a _far_ better business model would be for us to change people’s titles as appropriate, and then give them the option to pay to change it back. No one ever listens to me, though. [/QUOTE] That’s what we did at the board where I moderated recently. People could pay to change the titles (and avatars) of other users for a limited period of time. The targeted user then could just wait a month, or else pay to have it changed back immediately. There was lots of that kind of stuff, but it all required a full-time programmer and a couple of assistants. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/70 "2007-03-16T18:30:27Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] I don’t see “hours”. Does “yrs” mean “hours”? I guess “yr” must be some kind of abbreviation for “hour”. What is Jelsoft, anyway? Is that a Swedish company? Oh, well, here goes nothing… [/QUOTE] Careful, don’t click the checkbox that says “apply to all members”!!! Wait, I said– ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/71 "2007-03-16T18:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=as\_u\_wish] \ “Would you lock the phasers on the Heffalump.” \ “Yes, Pooh. Of course, Pooh. If it is really important, of course. I don’t mind. Even if these are my favorite Photon Torpedoes. No one cares about my torpedoes. Ready them. Shut them down. Ready them shut them down. You’re just going to use the phasers. Piglet likes the phasers. Roo likes the phasers. Even Rabbit likes the phasers.” [/QUOTE] You think you got it bad? She’s got half of me locking phasers on the other half of me! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/72 "2007-03-16T18:40:19Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Only Admins can change status titles. And we’re not allowed to do it any more. Specifically, _I_ am not allowed to do it any longer. We want to keep open the option of selling off custom status lines. [/QUOTE] Just out of curiosity, should the SDMB go over to for-pay custom status lines, how much would it cost for me to pay to have Cryptoderk’s status line changed to a phrase of my choosing? ---
**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 16, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/73 "2007-03-16T19:19:36Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] Just out of curiosity, should the SDMB go over to for-pay custom status lines, how much would it cost for me to pay to have Cryptoderk’s status line changed to a phrase of my choosing? [/QUOTE] I have no idea. The for-pay custom status lines are just a vague notion, as far as I know. This sort of stuff would probably be instituted at the Reader, and the board staff wouldn’t have much input into it until it was almost ready. Personally, I’d love to see it happen, as I think it would give people a chance to express some more creativity, and it would make the board more profitable. However, this would mean that the moderating staff (more likely, just the admins) would have to go over the custom status lines and make sure that they are appropriate. I’d also like to see upgraded status lines, where a subscriber could choose one of several standard status lines. There are several posters who would probably pay to be listed as a “Crazy Cat Lady”, for example. I am not speaking in my official capacity here. I am only posting about what I’d like to see happen, and what has happened in my experience as a mod/admin here. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/74 "2007-03-16T19:38:44Z")
Um, Charter Member here. I don’t need a sammich, as I just finished lunch. But if one of our kind Mods or Admins could be troubled to get me a beer, and maybe a backrub. . . Wow, that was quick! Thanks! Ooooh, Mmmmm, yeah, right there! Oh, yeah, that’s nice. . . ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/75 "2007-03-16T19:59:59Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] **TubaDiva** wasn’t hostile. We’re being a little hostile because you seem to be aggressively stupid. It appears to me that she thought your request was silly, and that fulfilling it would be a waste of her time. She politely told you to go out and play. Now go out and play. [/QUOTE] Agressively stupid ? Should I be worried ? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/76 "2007-03-16T20:36:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cryptoderk] They put children in prison for a day to see how it feels, and it seems to work. It isn’t the same thing, but it’s a good simulation. [/QUOTE] Let’s kill 2 birds with 1 stone: put yourself in prison for a day where you are effectively banned from society and you will know about prison and banning. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/77 "2007-03-16T20:41:56Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] You think you got it bad? She’s got half of me locking phasers on the other half of me! [/QUOTE] Dear, I have been looking for another signature since you joined. I just can’t find one that makes me giggle as much as my current one! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/78 "2007-03-16T21:30:37Z")
[QUOTE=Wilson] Mmmmm… a footrub with mayo… [/QUOTE] Why does my sammich taste like _feet_? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/79 "2007-03-16T22:39:24Z")
I’d just like to announce that **Cryptoderk** is now banned from my board. Of course, he doesn’t know which board is mine, but he is banned. In other breaking news, I just farted, and purple butterflies flew out of my ass. ---
**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 16, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191/80 "2007-03-16T22:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I’d just like to announce that **Cryptoderk** is now banned from my board. Of course, he doesn’t know which board is mine, but he is banned. [/QUOTE] I have arranged to have him declared _persona non grata_ by the government of Burkina Faso. He will be skinned alive and rolled in salt if he ever ventures into the country. Don’t thank me, **Cryptoderk.** It was my pleasure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-wasnt-i-banned/396191.md?page=5)