# Are forum suspensions permanent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Meta\ **Created:** [August 15, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702 "2025-08-15T00:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ClearBlueStar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/clearbluestar/32/264053_2.png) [@ClearBlueStar](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/ClearBlueStar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/1 "2025-08-15T00:00:36Z")
Do people get unsuspended or suspensions are permanent, I am asking because a certain user on this forum who was one of my beta testers. Got suspended, I want to know if he is gone forever or it’s temporary? ---
**Author:** ![jasonstevanhill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/jasonstevanhill/32/198375_2.png) [@jasonstevanhill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/jasonstevanhill)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/2 "2025-08-15T00:02:14Z")
You can look at a user’s profile and see how long a suspension is for. If you’re asking, “are permanent suspensions actually permanent?” the answer is “who knows?” But “permanent” suspensions are rarely lifted before less than three years, and usually permanent means permanent. ---
**Author:** ![ClearBlueStar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/clearbluestar/32/264053_2.png) [@ClearBlueStar](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/ClearBlueStar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/3 "2025-08-15T00:29:31Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/original/4X/2/9/5/2956c47279780e26f67d7e907d865fa7dfb82259.png) this is all that shows for me, so thats why I am asking. ---
**Author:** ![AletheiaKnights](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/aletheiaknights/32/270141_2.png) [@AletheiaKnights](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/AletheiaKnights)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/4 "2025-08-15T00:35:53Z")
That’s a permanent suspension. If it doesn’t say when it ends, it’s permanent. ---
**Author:** ![ClearBlueStar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/clearbluestar/32/264053_2.png) [@ClearBlueStar](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/ClearBlueStar)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/5 "2025-08-15T00:37:19Z")
thank you for the clarification. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_Lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/carson_lindsey/32/102655_2.png) [@Carson\_Lindsey](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Carson_Lindsey)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/6 "2025-08-15T09:26:50Z")
So wouldn’t it clearer if it said banned? ---
**Author:** ![AletheiaKnights](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/aletheiaknights/32/270141_2.png) [@AletheiaKnights](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/AletheiaKnights)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/7 "2025-08-15T09:39:46Z")
Probably. ---
**Author:** ![Ramidel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Ramidel](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Ramidel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/8 "2025-08-15T10:11:54Z")
Discourse prefers a lighter term than “banned,” apparently. ---
**Author:** ![dfabulich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/dfabulich/32/198373_2.png) [@dfabulich](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/dfabulich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-forum-suspensions-permanent/172702/9 "2025-08-15T15:13:51Z")
What they have here is an upgrade from what it used to say, where if you banned someone, it used to say that they were suspended for 1,000 years. The Discourse team didn’t seem very interested in improving the message when I spoke to them about it last time, sadly…