They're here just to spite us.

This goes all the way to the top

I guess I am just never on when these users wreak their havoc.

Maybe they intentionally want their accounts banned so they do not get tempted to sign back in?

Most of them never even post anything, believe it or not. But they're all generated from similar IPs and garbage emails.

^ Trust me, BassoonPlatoon: it doesn't matter if you're lurking or posting, after three years of MB you will also be :-

This is the best way to start tbh.

^ That's certainly how some people start out - remember sopsych ?

https://www.musicbanter.com/announce...nt-thread.html

I don't understand people who lurk. How do you keep lurking? Isn't that boring? The first day I checked out this site was the first day I registered. Lurking on a forum sounds lame as ****. Almost as lame as posting on one.

^ Yes, but a lot of long-time members go that route, posting about one post a week. I don't consider myself a lurker, but I suppose about 80% of my MB time is spent reading rather than writing, so perhaps I am a lurker after all.

So, what some people are banned on the suspicion that they might be somebody's 2nd account? "Similar IPs" sounds like charging someone with resisting arrest.