When it's someone who's been banned and they were more than a little irritating, when they email to find out why they were banned (and they usually do
) and to tell me how unfair it is, blah, blah, blah, I usually respond with: "It is clear to everyone that you don't enjoy our forums. You do seem to enjoy irritating people though. If you'd like to let me know just why you'd like to return to our forums, other than to be a pest, please let me know. I'd be happy to reinstate your account if you have some plan for meaningful contribution. If you aren't happy at our forums WHY would you want to return?" Nobody has ever come up with a good answer and they just leave.
We did have one person who responded to the "WHY would you want to return" question with something like, "I thought I was doing you a favor by posting at your little board."
Please, no favors.
(Besides, we're not little.
)
