# Why was jesseesheeran banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 18, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845 "2009-01-18T09:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/1 "2009-01-18T09:38:15Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10706569#post10706569](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10706569#post10706569) (besides opening threads with no OP) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/2 "2009-01-18T09:45:05Z")
As the old saying has it, never look a gift horse in the mouth. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/3 "2009-01-18T14:13:38Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > As the old saying has it, never look a gift horse in the mouth. 🙂 Can’t argue with that, but since Giraffe invited, I am hoping there is a good story on it. Specially since we wasn’t an all out troll and sockery wasn’t mentioned. There were some serious instances of stupid in his posts but that would get ME banned too. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/4 "2009-01-18T14:41:52Z")
Yes, I think sockery can be ruled out, as Giraffe says in [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10706569&postcount=33) that he would be ‘happy to discuss’ the banning in another thread. That wouldn’t happen with a sock. I have to admit that I’ve seen dumber than this get by without a ban but maybe the mods sensed a developing pattern here and decided to nip it in the bud. Can’t say I blame them. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/5 "2009-01-18T14:50:54Z")
Not a mod but the poster in question was advised by mods to stop posting empty Ops and continued to do so. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/6 "2009-01-18T15:28:56Z")
You mean it wasn’t obvious why said poster was banned? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/7 "2009-01-18T17:06:34Z")
There was no signal, only noise. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/8 "2009-01-18T17:22:03Z")
The explanation was given by **Giraffe** in the thread linked to in the OP in [this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10706543&postcount=31) [QUOTE=Giraffe] No, actually there was a mod discussion of jessesheeran which I didn’t see until after reading this thread, and the consensus is that this person has no intention of providing anything resembling a useful or even readable contribution and is probably just here to troll. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-jesseesheeran-banned/481845/9 "2009-01-18T19:10:01Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] **Mod warning:** * * * **jessesheeran** , stop crapping up the boards with your incoherent uselessness. [/QUOTE] Even though it is both harsh and vague, this is just about my favorite mod warning ever.