Does sofa king banned mean what it used to mean?
- Thread starter lulilu
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Oh this is so unfair, I wanna know what it means...
Say the three words quickly out loud. In tPF’s early days, when a member who broke the forum rules was kicked out, they were “so f***ing banned” from the site.
However I’ve seen some clueless members over the years choose to put “Sofa King Banned” under their own avatar or in their signature when they decide to ban themselves from buying more bags. Apparently they don’t understand the original meaning.
Thank you for clarifying. I was wondering if it still meant the same thing too. I figured some people had added it themselves, not realizing what it means!
This seems as good a place as any to ask my (frankly ridiculous) question. 
There's a member who has 'sofa king banned' under their username but I can't tell if they've placed it there themselves or if they've been banned by mods.
When I scroll over their handle, I can see that they recently logged in (several days after they appear to have been banned), however if I click on their username, it says "this user profile is not available".
Does this mean that banned users can still log in but are unable to post? Or is it that this person has simply set their profile to private?
I'm trying to understand if banning prevents you from logging in entirely, or merely restricts what you can do once you are logged in. TIA
There's a member who has 'sofa king banned' under their username but I can't tell if they've placed it there themselves or if they've been banned by mods.
When I scroll over their handle, I can see that they recently logged in (several days after they appear to have been banned), however if I click on their username, it says "this user profile is not available".
Does this mean that banned users can still log in but are unable to post? Or is it that this person has simply set their profile to private?
I'm trying to understand if banning prevents you from logging in entirely, or merely restricts what you can do once you are logged in. TIA
post #5 in this thread may answer your questionThis seems as good a place as any to ask my (frankly ridiculous) question.
There's a member who has 'sofa king banned' under their username but I can't tell if they've placed it there themselves or if they've been banned by mods.
When I scroll over their handle, I can see that they recently logged in (several days after they appear to have been banned), however if I click on their username, it says "this user profile is not available".
Does this mean that banned users can still log in but are unable to post? Or is it that this person has simply set their profile to private?
I'm trying to understand if banning prevents you from logging in entirely, or merely restricts what you can do once you are logged in. TIA
They can still log in but cannot participate or communicate at all.
Sure!Ah, that would be it. I originally thought that banning would prevent people from logging in entirely. Thank you for clarifying.
I think we’d have ban their ip to prevent that, and many people share ips. Plus, you don’t even have to be a member to read so it would likely be a waste of energy for us!