# A poster's join date doesn't invalidate/validate their position

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 13, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-posters-join-date-doesnt-invalidate-validate-their-position/683605 "2014-03-13T12:48:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-posters-join-date-doesnt-invalidate-validate-their-position/683605/103 "2014-03-15T18:03:16Z")

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> [@Frank\_Merton](#):
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> I don’t know that its your job to tell the mods what to do.

Yet that’s precisely what you did here.

> [@Dream reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-reports/683597/5):
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> > [@Dream reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dream-reports/683597/3):
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> > Welcome to the SDMB, **Frank Merton**. Cafe Society is our forum for discussing the arts – which we define fairly broadly, but which don’t really include dreams. I’ve moved your thread to MPSIMS, our “miscellaneous” forum.
> > 
> > Again, welcome – enjoy your stay.
> > 
> > **twickster** , Cafe Society (and MPSIMS) moderator
> 
> Where something goes is bureaucracy, but I do think dreaming is most definitely an art form; and reporting them is another art to avoid getting bogged down in the uninteresting parts.

So, the rules only apply to others when it’s to your benefit?

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