# Why was Shameful Cracka banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475>\
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**Created:** [October 11, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475 "2008-10-11T15:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475/1 "2008-10-11T15:20:31Z")

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I’m not trying to start something. I’m just curious.

Was he a sock?

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475/2 "2008-10-11T17:47:13Z")

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That’s the likeliest explanation. Socks just softly and silently vanish away., in the midst of their laughter and glee. (_For the snark was a boojum, you see_).

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**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:** [October 11, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475/3 "2008-10-11T20:56:50Z")

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[From this post in the stickies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697012&postcount=6): Bolding added by me.  
In the pit, I too conjectured that he was probably found to be a sock.

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> While we post the reasons for banning a long-time poster, we really don’t want to post reasons for sock puppets, banned persons trying to sneak back in, or spammers – we don’t want them to have more publicity. The publicity is what they want. If they don’t get it, maybe they’ll go away and leave us alone.
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> **If you’re dying of curiosity and really MUST know or you won’t be able to sleep nights, then email a Moderator. We’ll be happy to tell you offline.**
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> (\* - A “sock puppet” or “sock” is a person with multiple usernames, including “repeat guests.” A spammer is a person trying to sell things or just annoy with multiple posts leading to some website of no (or harmful) consequence. A banned person trying to sneak back in is a banned person trying to sneak back in. These are all violations of our registration agreement, and incompatible with the sense of community that we’re trying to build.)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-shameful-cracka-banned/467475/4 "2008-10-11T22:31:47Z")

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Email a mod if you can’t sleep at night. Closed.

**samclem** Moderator GQ.