# A Day in the Life of a Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821 "2008-11-21T14:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/41 "2008-11-23T02:32:10Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I actually haven’t received the shirt or calendar yet. (Unless they send it soon, they may as well wait for 2010. ;)) > Compensation in the form of hookers and blow has long been discussed but is yet to materialize. Thanks to a postal delivery error, there is a fellow out there somewhere wearing only a T-shirt, receiving a BJ while leafing through a calendar wondering when he will receive his next delivery of blow. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/42 "2008-11-23T03:00:17Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I always figured that is what happened with **Frank** I quit. I’d had enough of modding, and I quit. That’s all there was to it. The only mods I’ve ever heard of problems with were **Melin** and **TubaDiva** , and I never heard of those within the mod loop, only as a poster. (Both were, anyway, before my time as a mod.) ETA: Wasn’t there a mod whose girlfriend got in trouble with Child Support, and another mod blasted him? Also before my time as a mod. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/43 "2008-11-23T03:25:44Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I quit. I’d had enough of modding, and I quit. That’s all there was to it. **Frank** , I’m sorry. I was only joking. I really thought I made that clear but if not now I am making it clear. I was only joking. I thought what I said was silly enough that no one would take it serious and you were the only recent mod to step down and keep posting. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/44 "2008-11-23T03:36:04Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I thought what I said was silly enough that no one would take it serious and you were the only recent mod to step down and keep posting. Given that I have Pitted both **TubaDiva** and another mod (not **Giraffe**!) since I stepped down, I was wondering if you were confused. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/45 "2008-11-23T04:11:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I am only aware of one case in which a moderator was fired, and that happened more than eight years ago, before I joined. > > Two moderators got into a rather acrimonious debate about a topic unrelated to modding. Ed told them to knock it off the public dispute. One refused to let it go, and was fired as a moderator. Oh yeah, I do vaguely recall that hullabaloo (well, hearing about it, anyway - I think it was a little before my time). > [@](#): > > The only posters we “disappear” entirely are spammers, socks, and trolls. Attempting to remove the posts of a former moderator would disrupt the fabric of the space-time continuum. Hmm, yes, I see. Sort of like making a black hole on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/46 "2008-11-23T04:14:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > But if things are borderline or I think they might go south, I’ll report the thread to call it to the locals’ attention. It’s their forum so that stuff should be their call. For me, that’s the most true in GD and the Pit. _snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/47 "2008-11-23T04:46:03Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > _snort_ You’re welcome to your opinions on my modding, just like everybody was welcome to their opinions on yours, but keep it out of here. One would think you’d be more aware of the rules than that. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/48 "2008-11-23T04:50:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You’re welcome to your opinions on my modding, just like everybody was welcome to their opinions on yours, but keep it out of here. One would think you’d be more aware of the rules than that. What rule, precisely, forbids me to post “_snort_” in IMHO? ETA: Did you, by the way, report my post to the IMHO mods? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/49 "2008-11-23T05:06:37Z")
Did I fucking stutter, or do you think I’m stupid? In case I was not clear before, this is a formal warning to knock it off, **Frank**. Comments and complaints on mod actions go in ATMB or the Pit. Stop crapping up this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/50 "2008-11-23T05:11:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Did I fucking stutter, or do you think I’m stupid? In case I was not clear before, this is a formal warning to knock it off, **Frank**. Comments and complaints on mod actions go in ATMB or the Pit. Stop crapping up this thread. Very well, see you tomorrow. I note, with interest, that you did not answer either of my questions. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/51 "2008-11-23T13:57:02Z")
Wow! I love the live action skits that take us through the process and really get to the heart of a day in the life of a mod! You fellas didn’t have to go through the trouble on my account, but I 'preciate it! How often do you guys (mods) start threads of your own and are you encouraged to? I imagine you are pretty good at finding the answers to any curiosities you have on your own, but even the brightest Dopers are still inquisitive. Do they advise against you all starting threads in IMHO? Or the Pit? Or for the Game Room Mods, do you strictly moderate and if, for example, you’re dying to know something about Call of Duty, do you wait and hope someone else posts it and then give your 2 cents? Or can you start threads of you own on any board? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/52 "2008-11-23T14:39:35Z")
Mods are posters, first. There is no ban on and not even a strongly implied feeling against Mods starting threads (or posting to others’ threads, obviously). Depending on Forum, topic, and Mod personality, there are Mods who have started many threads and Mods who have started very few threads. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/53 "2008-11-23T16:02:55Z")
The only restriction I’m aware of is that we’re not supposed to pit individual members. Or maybe that’s just a guideline, but I think it’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/54 "2008-11-23T16:27:31Z")
Which types of discussions would you prefer not to moderate if you have a choice and which do you enjoy the most? Mine least favorites would be politics (never again) and philosophy if thread splits are included as mod duties. I still have nightmares about budding philosophers going on for pages of tl;dr arguments about which posts should be split out to which threads. My favorites were religion/atheism and the fun lightweight forums. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821/55 "2008-11-23T22:46:00Z")
I avoid TMI threads unless something in there gets reported. Some things I just don’t need to know. 😛 Other than that, I’ve come to like the variety of stuff that comes up in MPSIMS and there isn’t any type of thread I totally avoid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mod/473821.md?page=2)