# 20 Ways to Make Your Moderator Notice You. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521 "2001-02-15T00:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/61 "2001-02-17T22:39:08Z")
Mods love posts like that. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/62 "2001-02-18T03:42:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smug \* > > 8.\*\* Have a post count party every time your post count ends with a “0”. Mods just love a good party. Euty would certainly show up and wish you many more splendid posts.\*\* No, no, a 1000 times no. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/63 "2001-05-17T00:08:28Z")
1. **Hi, Opal!** ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/64 "2001-05-17T01:57:47Z")
\*\*68. Resurrect old threads just for laughs by adding something that is quite pointless and contributes nothing to the thread except a random bump (but is quite hilarious:D). Mods love that. ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/65 "2001-05-17T01:59:16Z")
_sigh_ I think that messing up the vB code was already mentioned, so I won’t say it again… ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/66 "2001-05-17T04:23:01Z")
1. Nominate every single thread for “Threadspotting”. 2. :):):):):):):):):):D:D:D;);););););Smiley Abuse.:):):):):):):D:DBut this is more likely to get you noticed by Chief Scott.:):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/67 "2001-05-17T05:05:18Z")
**71.** Call them fuckhead. By the way Euty, you’re a fuckhead. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/68 "2001-05-17T05:25:06Z")
\*\*72. Call your mod a “Nazi”. They love it, and will find you endearing for it. 1. Make a death threat on the board. Anywhere. They find it fun and insouciant. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ChordedZither](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@ChordedZither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChordedZither)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/69 "2001-05-17T17:35:09Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by **Hastur** _ > > \*\*73. Make a death threat on the board. Anywhere. They find it fun and insouciant. \*\* insouciant? Cool! I’ve always wanted to be insouciant. OK, here goes…(clears throat)… I’m going to kill a smiley! I don’t know yet if it will be 🙂 or 😉 or even :D. But they’ve been asking for it. Every time I turn around, they’re always grinning at me, like they just _know_ something they’re too smug to say out loud. I have a graphics editor (down)loaded and I’m not afraid to use it! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/70 "2001-05-17T20:00:42Z")
The root problem is funding. As long as we have a system based on property tax to fund public schools there will always be inequity. We build rich suburbs where the poor can not afford to move, and the children of the wealthy have a well funded school, while the children of the poor go to schools in buildings that are literally falling down. Hey Mods could you move this to the right thread? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/71 "2001-05-18T02:48:53Z")
Constantly claim you are not Serlin! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/72 "2001-05-18T07:17:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\ ***61.** do not use any punctuation do not capitalize the mods love word games and deciphering punctuationless run on posts is one of the funnest word games ever believe me everyone will love you for it not only the mods \*\* 61a donotuseanypunctuaiondonotcapitalizeandnospacesitisthesurestwaytomakesurethatnoonewhatsoeverwillreadwhatyouwantbecausetheywontwanttoandmostlikelywillnotbeabletoespeciallyifyouuselotsofsmallwordsthatcouldbedecryptedseveralwaysalthoughonanegativenoteitwillprobablyleadtoahighermedicalbillbothfortheposteeandforthereadertheposteehastheproblemwithtryingtoholdbackhisthumbsandwhichmaybesomewhatrelatedtocapaltunnelsyndromeandmayforthereaderseyessinceitmayleadtocataractsandotherfinethings 73 Post a ‘me too’ message to every thread. Or an ‘I concur’ or ‘I agree’ or ‘ditto’ or ‘wahat he said’ or ‘what she said’ or really anything along those lines. 74 Hijack as many threads as possible and take them off on only semi-related tangents. 75 Post in obscure foreign languages. Cherokee, Hawaiian Arabic etc. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/73 "2001-05-18T13:06:02Z")
1. Make sure you slur, insult, and upset every religious and ethnic group possible. Make Archie Bunker proud! 2. Make your sig 10 lines long, and use it every time you post in a thread - over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/74 "2001-05-18T13:35:52Z")
**76 Start a new thread about dancing hamsters . com or allyoubase** and **dont \* mess** you’re [url="blahbalah] links ps Mods seem to enjoy being insulted, but just in case, sorry about the “Je hebt grote neusgaten voor zulke kleine vent” Coldfire ---
**Author:** ![sford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@sford](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sford)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/75 "2001-05-18T13:44:11Z")
1. Start typing a reply, get distracted for several hours or days, finish your reply, and act surprised when your number is used by somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/76 "2001-05-18T14:16:33Z")
Geddy Lee is a g@ddam’ _panty-waist._ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/77 "2001-05-18T15:18:52Z")
No, Ty…that gets you a SMACK from me! Grrrrrr. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/78 "2001-05-18T18:02:35Z")
Hey, now… Everybody knows: [There is really only one Rush.](http://www.rushlimbaugh.com) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521/79 "2001-05-18T20:03:27Z")
start an email flame war, then take it to the boards. Post private email and shorten your enemy’s responses to make them more pithy, pathetic, and to try to garner support. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-ways-to-make-your-moderator-notice-you/54521.md?page=3)