# A thank you to posters, from a mod. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 20, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468 "2016-09-20T23:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/21 "2016-09-22T00:26:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Thanks for the work you’re doing for the SDMB, Idle Thoughts et ali mods. > > Oh shit, that was foreign language. Please don’t ban me. > > Wait, that was a swear word. Please don’t ban me. > > So if you don’t ban me, thanks for not banning me, and thanks for keeping the SDMB ticking and whirring along. Huh. He can’t even spell foreign words right. Ban him for bad spelling! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/22 "2016-09-22T00:26:24Z")
What if I find some legitimately awesome sites that stream sporting events and am dying to share them with this place? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/23 "2016-09-22T00:36:21Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Huh. He can’t even spell foreign words right. Ban him for bad spelling! Oh, if only… Can I get that for using leetspeak, too? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/24 "2016-09-22T01:04:29Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > In point of fact, I consider it a strong indicator that something’s truly wrong. > > If I check my email and see five or six reports all coming at the same time it moves to top priority to get in there and see what’s going wrong. One report might make me do something else before checking but multiple ones? Think of it as expressing the wisdom of crowds. He was referring to duplicate posts being deleted, not duplicate reports. But yes, when I open my inbox and see a few dozen reports it usually means a mass spam attack is in progress. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/25 "2016-09-22T01:05:10Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > What if I find some legitimately awesome sites that stream sporting events and am dying to share them with this place? We shoot first and ask questions later. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/26 "2016-09-22T05:10:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > We shoot first and ask questions later. SDMB 2nd amendment solutions, baby!! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/27 "2016-09-22T13:11:54Z")
I wonder if we can hire **Duterte** as a mod after he’s eventually deposed in the Philippines? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/28 "2016-09-22T13:46:29Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I wonder if we can hire **Duterte** as a mod after he’s eventually deposed in the Philippines? 😃 Hire? No, there’s a test they must pass before getting the position. Test: What is 5 x 5? First applicant: “It’s 488” Second applicant: “It’s banana” Third applicant: “It’s 25” Excellent third applicant, how did you arrive at that answer? Third applicant. “Easy, I subtracted banana from 488.” Ed: “Perfect, you’re a mod, you’ll easily be able to figure out and explain all our rules” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/29 "2016-09-22T16:20:03Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Hire? > > No, there’s a test they must pass before getting the position. > > Test: What is 5 x 5? Incorrect, the test is “What is the response to \.” If malware issue: “Send screenshot” and then forget about it 😛 If about an regular user (aka peasant): note, warn, ban. :eek: If about a mod (aka dominus et deus): remind reporter that mods are dealt in super-secret fashion … then take mod in question out for a beer. 😃 But I will say this for Idle Thoughts, I’m glad she broke the glass ceiling for all the women on the board that want to be mods. This post is meant to be joking. The mods do a thankless job. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/30 "2016-09-22T16:43:54Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > And so, I just wanted to thank a few…posters like **running coach** , **cochrane** , **John Mace** …too many to list, really. Wow. I reported 6 spam threads in the last 5 weeks, and I didn’t even make the Honorable Mention list. I wonder how many these Top Men reported. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/31 "2016-09-22T16:49:59Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Wow. I reported 6 spam threads in the last 5 weeks, and I didn’t even make the Honorable Mention list. I wonder how many these Top Men reported. I’m sure **running coach** has reported more than that in an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/32 "2016-09-22T17:06:19Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Hire? > > No, there’s a test they must pass before getting the position. > > Test: What is 5 x 5? > > First applicant: “It’s 488” > > Second applicant: “It’s banana” > > Third applicant: “It’s 25” > > Excellent third applicant, how did you arrive at that answer? > > Third applicant. “Easy, I subtracted banana from 488.” > > Ed: “Perfect, you’re a mod, you’ll easily be able to figure out and explain all our rules” Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! That was great! I’m totally stealing it! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/33 "2016-09-22T19:30:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m sure **running coach** has reported more than that in an hour. Yeah, I was about to say. Quadruple that number and then MAYBE you’ll start getting close to how much spam **running coach** reports. And **Cochrane** , I think he’s the current “this topic is in the wrong forum” record holder. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/34 "2016-09-22T20:10:53Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Yeah, I was about to say. Quadruple that number and then MAYBE you’ll start getting close to how much spam **running coach** reports. Then our spam problem is much worse than I thought. And **running\_coach** is running a “new posts” script. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/35 "2016-09-22T22:07:42Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Then our spam problem is much worse than I thought. And **running\_coach** is running a “new posts” script. If you only ever see 1% of it, why is it a problem? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/36 "2016-09-22T22:23:58Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Then our spam problem is much worse than I thought. And **running\_coach** is running a “new posts” script. Why? There’s a “new post” link available for clicking. Though mine is looking a mite worn. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/37 "2016-09-22T22:25:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Huh. He can’t even spell foreign words right. Ban him for bad spelling! Spelting is overratted. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/38 "2016-09-22T23:26:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Why? There’s a “new post” link available for clicking. > > Though mine is looking a mite worn. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with clicking on the “new post” link. Or running a script. Yeah. > [@Colibri](#): > > If you only ever see 1% of it, why is it a problem? Not a problem for me. I can ignore it jes’ fine. It’s _your_ problem. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/39 "2016-09-23T00:55:53Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Huh. He can’t even spell foreign words right. Ban him for bad spelling! Wouldn’t be the first time. I was demoted from grade one to kindergarten over how I spelled my name. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/40 "2016-09-23T05:05:39Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Not a problem for me. I can ignore it jes’ fine. It’s _your_ problem. Spam isn’t anywhere near the worst part of the job.🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468.md?page=3)