# Why was Zhen'ka banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 5, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655 "2010-09-05T02:13:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/121 "2010-09-15T21:28:16Z")
I think it also gives you a message when you try to log in when you’ve been banned. I’ve never been banned on a VB board, so I’m not 100%, but I’ll test it tomorrow. We fill out a field with the “reason for banning” and I think it’s customary in these cases to put something like “Bad e-mail address. Please contact X or Y via e-mails X@\* or Y@\*.” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/122 "2010-09-15T21:30:30Z")
Yes, I believe that’s already been mentioned as a step that was taken. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/123 "2010-09-15T23:40:56Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I think **BigT** , like me, is thinking more of situations where a \*current user \*creates a second account, where it might be useful for us to know who was all really the same person. To me, a banned user coming back under a new name and people creating new accounts because they don’t remember the details for the old ones don’t really fall under the definition of “sock.” Yes, that is what I mean, as that was the proposed scenario for **Zhen’ka** before we found out the truth. I was thinking someone who created a second account just to have that person agree with them, or maybe even offer a strawman disagreement. Somehow letting us know that they are the same person would then mean that we’d know would let those people who were fooled by it know what happened. That’s what I mean by “not getting away with it.” Not only were they punished by the mods, but now everyone knows that it was one person talking to himself. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/124 "2010-09-16T01:55:14Z")
Thank you, **Gfactor** , I appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/125 "2010-09-16T04:35:31Z")
I realize this may border on paranoia, but I can’t help but noticing a handful of true oddballs all having registered about the same time, between July and now. They’re all vociferous about individual topics – communism, racism, gay issues – butd all seem to be specifically stirring up hornets’ nests in a similar manner. I can’t help but wonder if it’s one or two people having a little fun. Not being a Mod, I can’t know if they’re all logging in from a similar location. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655/126 "2010-09-18T03:07:15Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I realize this may border on paranoia, but I can’t help but noticing a handful of true oddballs all having registered about the same time, between July and now. They’re all vociferous about individual topics – communism, racism, gay issues – butd all seem to be specifically stirring up hornets’ nests in a similar manner. I can’t help but wonder if it’s one or two people having a little fun. Not being a Mod, I can’t know if they’re all logging in from a similar location. And I’ve decided they’re all **chowder** in disguise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-zhenka-banned/552655.md?page=6)