# Woah! Why did Resistance is Character-Formin get banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 19, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-why-did-resistance-is-character-formin-get-banned/427014 "2007-11-19T05:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-why-did-resistance-is-character-formin-get-banned/427014/1 "2007-11-19T05:37:00Z")
I was shocked to see “BANNED” under **Resistance is Character-Formin** ’s name in a recent thread. I haven’t seen him be anything other than pleasant and interesting. Can someone fill me in and/or give me a link? I’m dying to know what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-why-did-resistance-is-character-formin-get-banned/427014/2 "2007-11-19T05:40:10Z")
Anytime you see a ban with no explanation, the odds are pretty good it was was a sock. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woah-why-did-resistance-is-character-formin-get-banned/427014/3 "2007-11-19T05:42:55Z")
What **Diogenes the Cynic** said. This is why we prefer you ask a moderator in e-mail when you see a guest get banned; the less attention the socks and trolls get, the better.