# Again, Our Mods Can Do Their Job **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 16, 2026, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696 "2026-07-16T00:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/21 "2026-07-16T16:42:25Z")
AAAAA Yup, same thing happened to me. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/22 "2026-07-16T16:44:28Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > That is `body_min_entropy` Can we ask an admin to defang this, please? We have an abundance of eager amateur copyeditors here and absolutely don’t need Discourse arbitrarily and ignorantly blocking legitimate communication. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/23 "2026-07-16T16:54:14Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Can we ask an admin to defang this, please? @engineer_comp_geek, your attention is requested. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 16, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/24 "2026-07-16T18:21:01Z")
Let me know how it’s working now. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/25 "2026-07-16T18:23:03Z")
👍 [result: “Post must be at least 5 characters”] ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/26 "2026-07-16T18:24:38Z")
ABCDE [result: also got the error message, but in a popup] ---
**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:** [July 16, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/27 "2026-07-16T18:31:10Z")
Post length and entropy are two different settings. Try it now. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/28 "2026-07-16T18:32:16Z")
👍 [It worked! My LORD, is that cathartic!!] ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/29 "2026-07-16T18:33:22Z")
ABCDE [post length minimum still in effect – feature, not bug] ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/30 "2026-07-16T18:34:19Z")
Turning off the entropy lets you post ‘AAAAAAA’; it is not the same as the minimum number of characters ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/31 "2026-07-16T18:40:08Z")
qwerty ---
**Author:** ![BannyMcBanface](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bannymcbanface/32/18858_2.png) [@BannyMcBanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BannyMcBanface)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/32 "2026-07-16T18:41:24Z")
1 ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/33 "2026-07-16T18:45:47Z")
It’s a lonely number. ---
**Author:** ![BannyMcBanface](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bannymcbanface/32/18858_2.png) [@BannyMcBanface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BannyMcBanface)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/34 "2026-07-16T18:45:55Z")
A ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/35 "2026-07-16T18:50:46Z")
Who opened the sock drawer? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/36 "2026-07-16T18:52:45Z")
Banny is a test account. We use him for moderator training (he’s been banned about 40 times or so IIRC) and to test things out. And, befitting his name, I just banned him again. (I’m the one who named him, if you are looking for who to blame) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/37 "2026-07-16T18:57:29Z")
AAAAA (that was surprise and alarm. I added this after the fact.) 👍 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/38 "2026-07-16T19:14:01Z")
A moot point now, but the reason AAAAA didn’t work before wasn’t a minimum character limit. Before ECG’s changes, Discourse did not allow a post with all caps. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/39 "2026-07-16T19:42:05Z")
Interesting. I’m glad ECG diagnosed that too. Truly, we don’t need the editor gatekeeping our posts. As the title days, let the mods moderate. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696/40 "2026-07-16T19:55:48Z")
> [@BannyMcBanface](#): > > 1 2 ETA: can be as bad as one, it’s the loneliest number since the number one. Thanks, Harry Nilsson and ECG. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-our-mods-can-do-their-job/1031696.md?page=3)