# A Thread That Was Closed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912 "2016-03-04T12:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/1 "2016-03-04T12:11:05Z")
It was the one about Moderators having sticks up their rings or whatever. I have no issue with that. There is a difference between actions and being a Mod. The Mod who closed it made this comment [though](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19149192&postcount=3). What I would like to clarify is if I want to bitch about a Mod as a poster rather than the actions. This post seems to imply I can’t. Yet Mods can easily post with “Mod Hat off” or even easier don’t even mention that they are acting as a Mod. One more point- if a member is pitted prior t becoming a Mod, is that pitting allowed to stand? Or is it silently removed to the catacombes under the Vatican. Czarcasm, please don’t feel obliged to get on your white charger and defend everything management. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/2 "2016-03-04T12:24:55Z")
Two things: 1. It’s allowed to Pit mods for non-moderator posts. You want to take issue with my opinion that Scott Pilgrim vs the World is the greatest film of the last ten years, go wild. 2. It’s not my forum, but your last sentence is wholly inappropriate and potentially actionable. You should really know better. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/3 "2016-03-04T12:37:44Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Yet Mods can easily post with “Mod Hat off” or even easier don’t even mention that they are acting as a Mod. If they don’t note that they’re acting as a Mod, my assumption is that they’re not acting in their capacity as a moderator. The mods as a group seem to be pretty good at making that clear. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/4 "2016-03-04T13:45:04Z")
When I said that you can’t pit mods, it was in the context of the thread that you linked to, where mods were being referred to for their moderation. This is the rule from the Pit: [QUOTE=Revised Forum Rules for the BBQ Pit: read this before posting] All comments or complaints about SDMB administration should go in the About This Message Board forum, not in the Pit. Pitting of SDMB staff is permitted for views they express as ordinary posters. [/QUOTE] So to clarify, if you want to bitch about a mod as a poster, that’s perfectly fine and within the rules. Generally speaking, anything a mod posts prior to becoming a mod is obviously not an action taken as a moderator, and so that is also still fair game. And **Jonathan Chance** is correct. Your last sentence isn’t appropriate for ATMB. If you have a problem with **Czarcasm** , take it to the Pit. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/5 "2016-03-04T15:08:49Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > One more point- if a member is pitted prior t becoming a Mod, is that pitting allowed to stand? Or is it silently removed to the catacombes under the Vatican. Since that poster could not have been acting as a mod beforehand, the pitting can’t be about his/her moderating behavior. Almost certainly, the thread would survived his/her promotion/punishment. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/6 "2016-03-04T15:23:33Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Since that poster could not have been acting as a mod beforehand, the pitting can’t be about his/her moderating behavior. Almost certainly, the thread would survived his/her promotion/punishment. 😉 I was Pitted for actions as a mod before the policy was changed to move complaints to ATMB. Those threads of course are still around (as for the other mods whose appointments predate the change). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-that-was-closed/747912/7 "2016-03-08T16:12:49Z")
So can I pit a current mod for junior modding before (s)he was a mod? 😉