# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/41 "2016-09-23T05:06:29Z")
> [@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. Sometimes it’s even fun, like squashing roaches.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/42 "2016-09-23T05:18:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Sometimes it’s even fun, like squashing roaches.🙂 Some days it feels more like whack-a-mole. ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/43 "2016-09-23T05:24:28Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Some days it feels more like whack-a-mole. Those are the days **Whack-A-Mole** wishes he had chosen a different name. ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/44 "2016-09-23T13:16:29Z")
Interesting username / post combo considering your well-deserved reputation. You haven’t been giving him the old stink-eye have you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/45 "2016-09-23T13:57:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Spam isn’t anywhere near the worst part of the job. Sometimes it’s even fun, like squashing roaches.🙂 What _is_ the worst part of your job? /sounds like setup for joke, but serious, since you mention it ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/46 "2016-09-23T17:01:37Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > What _is_ the worst part of your job? /sounds like setup for joke, but serious, since you mention it Responding to complaints in ATMB.🙂 ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/47 "2016-09-23T23:03:15Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Wouldn’t be the first time. I was demoted from grade one to kindergarten over how I spelled my name. A friend of mine would got all of the words right in a grade 2 spelling test, but didn’t get a perfect score because she misspelt her own name. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/48 "2016-09-24T20:41:26Z")
I won my elementary school’s spelling bee, but lost the district one on “usury.” Fucking anti-Semites. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/49 "2016-09-25T01:03:23Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > You probably know this, but jut in case; ‘‘[The New York Times is partnering with Google Jigsaw to create a new moderation system that will help us review incoming comments based on decisions our moderators have made in the past. Our moderators will continue to protect these discussions, but once this new system is launched, we will have robot helpers.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/20/insider/approve-or-reject-moderation-quiz.html)’’ Well, SKYNET is taking over. It was a hellava fun ride you guys. I love you each. I love you all. Vote Nixon President of Earth. I’ll see you when Apocalypse comes. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Third applicant. “Easy, I subtracted banana from 488.” [Go Banana!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1h0Hf5uMs) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468/50 "2016-09-25T15:53:06Z")
Just now checking out this thread. I really appreciate the serious moderating here. I read some boards where there is either no moderating or the mods are so afraid of offending people that they let threads ramble off in all kinds of directions. One very active health-related board that I’m thinking of has threads that routinely run to 10,000 posts or more. When I suggested that possibly the threads could be cut off and new ones started, say, every month or so, a mod said, “Well, we don’t want people to think we’re censoring them.” Huh? (I’m not referring to something like the “novelty” threads on SDMB that are deliberately allowed to go very, very long.) It’s like being in a house where no one ever picks up anything, tidies up, or does the dishes–just a big pile of stuff you can’t find your way through. You have a question, you find a thread that deals with it, and it has 15,000 posts… The reader comments on the New York Times are well-moderated and a pleasure to read, even the dissenting, critical ones. The reader comments on The Atlantic, however, deteriorate swiftly into name-calling, snarkiness, ugliness, and spam ads. Apparently no one is watching the store. Ralph Waldo Emerson must be spinning in his grave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thank-you-to-posters-from-a-mod/766468.md?page=2)