# You've just been banned from the Straight Dope. Now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125 "2014-01-07T12:37:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/1 "2014-01-07T12:37:48Z")
I’m starting this poll because I often wonder if some of our long time members who get banned, ever come back under a new name. (And new attitude.) ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/2 "2014-01-07T12:40:59Z")
Shake the dust of the place from my sandals and participate more on other sites. I mean, I like it here, but I understand there is a lot more interwebs now than there was in '99. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/3 "2014-01-07T12:58:39Z")
Agreed … move on to other entertainments. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/4 "2014-01-07T13:01:47Z")
Read more books. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/5 "2014-01-07T13:28:19Z")
[ul] [li]Throw myself at the mercy of the Mods.[/li][li]Apologize.[/li][li]Beg for forgiveness.[/li][li]Cry.[/li][li]Beg some more.[/li][li]Buy lots of chocolate, send most of it to the Mods.[/li][li]Buy lots of alcohol, send all of it to the Mods[/li][li]Buy lots of drugs, send all of it to the Mods[/li][li]Offer to perform deviant sex act for their amusement. (1 guy, 2 cups)[/li][li]Offer to kill anyone they want.[/li][/ul] That’s just off the top of my head, I’m sure I can come with more if the need arises. ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/6 "2014-01-07T13:38:45Z")
Register with shitty-data. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/7 "2014-01-07T13:42:53Z")
I’d do what Foggy said. There aren’t any other good boards. I’ve looked. I’d really miss it here, but I’d never be a sock. I’d suck at it so badly. I doubt I’d lurk though, why put myself through the pain? Seriously though, I guess it would sort of depend on the reasons for being banned. I wouldn’t like it though. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/8 "2014-01-07T13:44:03Z")
I like this site. I’d probably wait a week or two then get on a new pair of socks. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/9 "2014-01-07T13:46:29Z")
Did I deserve it? Eh, I probably don’t belong and I’d move on, Did I not deserve it? I’d at least make a minimal effort to clear things up, and if not successful just move on. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/10 "2014-01-07T13:53:05Z")
I voted “screw this place”, but I my actual reaction would be like **lost4life** ’s. In the almost unimaginable event that I got banned, I would abjectly appeal to the mods if I had a scintilla of belief that it was undeserved. If I felt I deserved it, I would find another way to pass the time. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/11 "2014-01-07T14:11:50Z")
It’s a weird question, because I don’t know what I would do to get banned. If, for some reason, I decided I no longer liked this place and wanted to go out in a blaze of trolling, then I guess I’d just get banned and not come back. If it was for some accidental reason, calling someone something bad in the wrong forum, I guess I’d ask to be let back in, and if that failed, I’d lurk. I mostly lurk anyway. Is there another place on the web that comes even close? Other forums that I’ve joined have been single purpose – Linux help forums, game forums, photography. This place has it all. As it is, I’ve never even gotten a mod note, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/12 "2014-01-07T14:15:50Z")
I don’t know. #HonestAnswer ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/13 "2014-01-07T14:22:08Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I’d do what Foggy said. There aren’t any other good boards. I’ve looked. There is one that starts with the letter G, but the number of active members is small and there aren’t enough of us there. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/14 "2014-01-07T14:23:17Z")
Dunno, take up a new hobby? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/15 "2014-01-07T14:24:18Z")
I’d probably make a sock after the next time I moved to a new apartment. In the meantime I’d spend my bandwidth on the other forums I read. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/16 "2014-01-07T15:00:57Z")
Re-register under a new name **after** making sure my IP address had changed. ---
**Author:** ![Virgil\_Tibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/17 "2014-01-07T15:08:49Z")
Return to Reddit. _ominous music plays_ ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/18 "2014-01-07T15:16:45Z")
I’d probably lurk …and cry. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/19 "2014-01-07T15:43:39Z")
Lurk. Creep. [derail] How do you think you got banned? Trolling? Get trolled caught yourself in a point of no return, and in a fit of rage went out in a flaming blaze of inglory? Repeated Spamming? Sexual impropriety? [/derail] ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125/20 "2014-01-07T15:47:03Z")
Finish my PhD… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125.md?page=2)