They ' ve been pretty upfront about vote manipulation and banning users they don ' t agree with . They define it as spam prevention but who knows what gets killed as spam . And frankly , the line between spam and rtd is thin as silk . <| sep |> I was banned from a bar I used to go to on occasion . I didn ' t know it until I went in and was totally ignored by the bartender who finally gave me the handneck cut off symbol . I asked him above the din , Why ? and he said I had put drinks on someone else ' s tab . Only then did I figure out what happened . The previous week , I had gone to the bar alone and started getting drunk . The place was filling up fast , and soon I started talking to a couple near me . Eventually , I had had enough and motioned to the bartender for the bill . However , he misinterpreted and thought I was ordering a round for the couple near me I guess I had already ordered a round for us earlier details are foggy . When he brought the three drinks , I said to them something like , Hey , I didn ' t mean to order these . Do you want them ? I have to leave . I was drunk and thought I was being clear that I didn ' t order them nor was I going to pay for them . I can only assume that later , when the bartender came with their bill , they said they didn ' t order the drinks and that I had tried to get them to pay or something . It was really humiliating when I went in and couldn ' t get served . It was just a misunderstanding in a crowded , noisy bar . In any case , I have since quit drinking and have noticed a sharp decline in drunken misunderstandings since .