# Why was Seven banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610 "2009-07-28T22:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/81 "2009-07-29T02:35:22Z")
Yet another truly ignorant decision on a board that is supposed to fight ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/82 "2009-07-29T02:35:49Z")
> [@Polyperchon](#): > > This banning is bullshit. This shit is bananas. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/83 "2009-07-29T02:38:56Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > No dog in this fight, but just wanted to correct this: I think **Tuba** is, in fact, a paid admin, actually. I thought Ed was the only one drawing a salary from this. Either way, she’s still not a professional. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/84 "2009-07-29T02:39:03Z")
For the last week or so, I’ve been increasingly tempted to start posting here again, and in fact did make a post recently. Changed my mind. This was a shameful decision. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/85 "2009-07-29T02:44:10Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > No dog in this fight, but just wanted to correct this: I think **Tuba** is, in fact, a paid admin, actually. My understanding is that she’s paid a stipend to take care of the [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) front page, but she isn’t paid for her role on the board itself. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/86 "2009-07-29T02:44:27Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > I thought Ed was the only one drawing a salary from this. Either way, she’s still not a professional. She apparently gets “A stipend” but I think that may be for work she does on the main page, not the board? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/87 "2009-07-29T02:50:29Z")
Note–Marley’s note was factually incorrect. Per [This cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9962012&postcount=10) Dex did _not_ officially “warn” Seven.\* and also [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10564531&postcount=313)\*\* How many other posters have been banned for _one_ warning, one mod admonishment and one thread that was legal under the rules in place at the time it was posted but was made illegal retroactively? \* > [@Giraffe](#): > > No, it was long ago decided that we needed to be very clear whenever we were making any sort of request in an official capacity. So we don the mod hat, or title our post “Mod note” or whatever to make posts like tom’s, where no one has done anything worthy of a warning, but where we can see the poster/thread potentially heading down a bad road and we want to nip it in the bud. > > When we warn someone, we’re supposed to make it very clear, either with a post title of “Mod warning”, the word warning in the post, or both. \*\* > [@Gaudere](#): > > You have invoked me! It used to be we didn’t need to spell out “this is an official warning” quite so explicitly, as long as it was a official moderator note like “don’t do X, you know better poster Y, don’t do that again…”. Sometime we decided that we did need to be more clear about it. You’ll note my post is from 2003. So Bosstone is correct. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/88 "2009-07-29T02:51:32Z")
> [@Mbossa](#): > > My understanding is that she’s paid a stipend to take care of the [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) front page, but she isn’t paid for her role on the board itself. Oh, well, that’s probably what it is then. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/89 "2009-07-29T02:57:11Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Why was Seven banned? Well someone _had_ to be banned! (Human sacrifice to appease the gods, _et ali_.) ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/90 "2009-07-29T03:00:35Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Well someone _had_ to be banned! (Human sacrifice to appease the gods, _et ali_.) but then it would be capriticious. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/91 "2009-07-29T03:07:54Z")
Why do the mods sound so much like chirping crickets in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![starwarsfreek42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@starwarsfreek42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starwarsfreek42)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/92 "2009-07-29T03:09:29Z")
Sounds like June bugs to me. **swf42** : has terrible hearing. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/93 "2009-07-29T03:11:52Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > Why do the mods sound so much like chirping crickets in this thread? When the crickets chirp, it sounds like, “same old, same old” to me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/94 "2009-07-29T03:16:53Z")
Forget noses – anyone else see the admins cutting off their balls to spite their dicks? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/95 "2009-07-29T03:19:04Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > Why do the mods sound so much like chirping crickets in this thread? Well I guess they’ve heard the old adage.. It’s better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove everybody right. Seriously, I would like to open a thread titled “the most surprising bannings” - is this allowed at all? I saw a zombie the other day with (I think) weirddave showing as banned, 7 and I am sure there will be others. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/96 "2009-07-29T03:20:37Z")
He should be asked back with an apology. Not that he would come. But for crying out loud, what kind of board do you want? “All of you suck-ups stand to the right!” “The rest of you with differing opinions, long hair, new ideas, or the star of david on your chests, get on the train!” (OK, I put that part about long hair in there as a joke). Don’t hold your breath for a better explanation, folks. They’ll let us all piss and moan in this thread until it dies. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/97 "2009-07-29T03:20:52Z")
> [@Jeff](#): > > What position? She’s an unpaid administrator of an internet message board. It’s not wrong to expect professionalism from professionals, I don’t think anyone would ever accuse her of being one. Let’s be fair, it’s not really like someone would be dumb enough to put the job down on a resume or anything… ---
**Author:** ![Elyanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@Elyanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elyanna)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/98 "2009-07-29T03:21:15Z")
Open up just about any sufficiently old thread and you will find many of the participants banned. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/99 "2009-07-29T03:24:54Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Let’s be fair, it’s not really like someone would be dumb enough to put the job down on a resume or anything… oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610/100 "2009-07-29T03:26:35Z")
it could be confirmation bias, but I think it used to be pretty rare that I saw it (I’ve been lurking for a long time). Now it seems really common. Is it that banned posters’ posts used to be disappeared and aren’t anymore or what? And yeah - bring back 7! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-seven-banned/504610.md?page=6)