# Why was Rumpleforskin banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 5, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475 "2006-08-05T18:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/1 "2006-08-05T18:08:23Z")
I was helping him with the Highway to Heaven episode question he posted in Cafe Society. I read quite a few of his most recent posts, and while they aren’t great, they also certainly aren’t offensive(unless of course I missed something). He actually seemed rather polite. Why was he banned? I’m just curious since I was helping him. 😕 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/2 "2006-08-05T18:17:48Z")
Generally when nice, polite people get banned they’re socks. Sometimes it’s a troll building up a facade of niceness, but generally they’re socks. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/3 "2006-08-05T18:21:20Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Generally when nice, polite people get banned they’re socks. Sometimes it’s a troll building up a facade of niceness, but generally they’re socks. I see. Socks means an additional account for one person? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/4 "2006-08-05T18:45:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I see. Socks means an additional account for one person? Sorry, yes. I saw your join date and assumed you would’ve come across the term before. Yes, a sock (short for sock puppet) is an additional account for someone. Often used to give fake support in a debate, but I don’t know how often Rumpleforskin was in GD. It’s possible it was just someone who was banned previously trying to get back under a different name. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/5 "2006-08-05T18:47:03Z")
Oh, but I should say that i’m not a mod so I don’t speak for the board, so my posts are just guesses; take them with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/6 "2006-08-05T19:34:22Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Sorry, yes. I saw your join date and assumed you would’ve come across the term before. Yes, a sock (short for sock puppet) is an additional account for someone. Often used to give fake support in a debate, but I don’t know how often Rumpleforskin was in GD. It’s possible it was just someone who was banned previously trying to get back under a different name. Yes, I’ve been on the board since 1997(AOL), but haven’t encountered the term. I spend most of my time in Cafe Society, GQ, IMHO, and MPSIMS, so I don’t know a lot of the lingo referring to the mechanics of the board. Any official answer as to why he’s banned? If this is one of those “mind your own business things”, just tell me and I’ll shut my yapper. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/7 "2006-08-05T19:52:20Z")
**Why was Rumpleforskin banned?** The Mods found out his real name? (And he stamped his little foot in frustration and disappeared.) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/8 "2006-08-05T20:43:48Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > **Why was Rumpleforskin banned?** > > The Mods found out his real name? > > (And he stamped his little foot in frustration and disappeared.) Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/9 "2006-08-05T21:19:14Z")
I don’t know why he was banned, but he sure was an inquisitive little bugger. At least twenty new threads in the last week, and he rarely returned to his own threads. Not that that’s a bannable offense. Could be the mods recognized his posting habits as someone they’d previously banned. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/10 "2006-08-05T22:13:18Z")
Actually, I stomped **my** foot and he disappeared. 🙂 He is a poster who has registered under at least three other names this year, all as a Guest. He just hasn’t found a way to turn straw into gold that will allow him to come up with $14.95 to subscribe for a year. Poor little guy. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/11 "2006-08-06T00:11:29Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Actually, I stomped **my** foot and he disappeared. 🙂 > > He is a poster who has registered under at least three other names this year, all as a Guest. He just hasn’t found a way to turn straw into gold that will allow him to come up with $14.95 to subscribe for a year. Poor little guy. Thanks for the explanation. I thought he might be banned because I posted in one of his threads. :eek: You see I also posted in a Ty Cobb thread… ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/12 "2006-08-06T00:59:52Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Thanks for the explanation. > I thought he might be banned because I posted in one of his threads. :eek: You see I also posted in a Ty Cobb thread… Yeah, what happened to that guy? He was fun! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/13 "2006-08-06T01:55:58Z")
Well you see he was too smart for us. We can’t be having people like that around. You understand. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/14 "2006-08-06T01:56:37Z")
Actually, TyCobb is proof that trolling is a capital offense, at least around here. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/15 "2006-08-06T03:10:43Z")
On the subject of **TyCobb** , was he disappeared for similar reasons, or just for his overall posting style? I am asking since **TubaDiva** brought the name up. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/16 "2006-08-06T11:50:13Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Well you see he was too smart for us. We can’t be having people like that around. You understand. Ah, that’s why you wouldn’t ‘debate’ with him … :eek: :o (sorry!) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/17 "2006-08-06T15:43:48Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > On the subject of **TyCobb** , was he disappeared for similar reasons, or just for his overall posting style? I am asking since **TubaDiva** brought the name up. [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7644618&postcount=1) might have had something to do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/18 "2006-08-06T15:48:34Z")
It does not seem so if you look at the final post in that thread, but perhaps that was it. Maybe upon further reveiw of their posting history a consensus was reached that he should be banned? It is the tone of that final post, and nothing more from the moderators on the subject that makes it mysterious to me. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/19 "2006-08-06T18:09:10Z")
When someone gets banned for misbehavior, we usually post some sort of notice and reason. Sometimes, of course, it’s obvious: “Come to this website to win a free iPod,” for instance. When someone gets banned for trolling, they’re craving attention. Any attention will do, negative or positive. So, we usually just disappear them (and most or all of their posts) with no muss or fuss. We don’t want to give them any attention. Therefore, please, don’t. If you need to know about a banning, please email a moderator rather than start threads that just satisfy the troll’s craving of attention. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475/20 "2006-08-06T22:23:04Z")
C K Dexter Haven, your link is broken. For those that want iPods, [this](http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/0.RSLID?nnmm=ipod) is a better site. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-rumpleforskin-banned/367475.md?page=2)