# Any info on how former mods are doing? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 29, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840 "2016-12-29T12:58:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/21 "2016-12-30T08:58:54Z")
It’s nice to know that most old mods are in fine fettle, and that some in fact still actively help, if in an invisible way. _Still round and round the ghosts of old mods glide, And haunt the place where once they did preside._ (With apologies to Pope.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/22 "2016-12-30T08:59:37Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > The immortal fucking hall monitor, [manhattan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2744558&postcount=26), is a regular poster at the Giraffe Board under another name. Is it **staten island**? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/23 "2016-12-30T09:35:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Is it **staten island**? No. Think of a potent potable. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/24 "2016-12-30T13:29:59Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Yep. We have no control over that. If you change your name or your title, vBulletin displays your current info. It can get a bit confusing at times, especially when name changes are involved. Could you guys perhaps change their titles to Mod Emeritus or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/25 "2016-12-30T14:20:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Could you guys perhaps change their titles to Mod Emeritus or something like that? Or _Finally Sober_? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/26 "2016-12-30T14:23:25Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Could you guys perhaps change their titles to Mod Emeritus or something like that? It has been discussed. But having “moderator” in the title would cause confusion in implying they still might have moderator authority and powers. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/27 "2016-12-30T14:56:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **bibliophage** , **Ukelele Ike** , **Spectre of Pithecanthropus** , and **Jillgat** are all active posters or have at least posted recently. I overlooked **Czarcasm** and **MEBuckner**. I see **Gfactor** , **Gary Robson** , and **twickster** and a couple of others Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/28 "2016-12-30T15:01:05Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Could you guys perhaps change their titles to Mod Emeritus or something like that? I would not want any such title. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/29 "2016-12-30T15:01:19Z")
Fleeting images of finger-painting … ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/30 "2016-12-30T15:05:16Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > No. Think of a potent potable. Roy Rogers? Lime Rickey? Sloe Comfortable Screw? ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/31 "2016-12-30T15:43:53Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > They don’t even let us keep our jackboots. You do get to keep your mug and all the other swag that comes from holding such an exalted position, right ? 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/32 "2016-12-30T16:02:40Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > You do get to keep your mug and all the other swag that comes from holding such an exalted position, right ? 🙂 The mugs get passed to the new mods. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/33 "2016-12-30T16:53:03Z")
Actually, they don’t. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/34 "2016-12-30T16:56:08Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Actually, they don’t. 😛 You can’t have my whiskey mug, but I’ve got a spare pair of practically new Moderator Underoos…😃 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/35 "2016-12-30T16:59:33Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Actually, they don’t. 😛 I would say a little bird told me but it wasn’t **Colibri.** ---
**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:** [December 30, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/36 "2016-12-30T17:04:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The mugs get passed to the new mods. Eeeeeewwwwwww! What about the cooties? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/37 "2016-12-30T17:16:40Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Eeeeeewwwwwww! What about the cooties? The cooties will survive. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/38 "2016-12-30T18:31:57Z")
**Chronos** is a mod again I see. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/39 "2016-12-30T18:32:00Z")
Sure everyone asks how the former mods are doing. Does anyone ask how I’m doing? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840/40 "2016-12-30T19:04:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sure everyone asks how the former mods are doing. Does anyone ask how I’m doing? How _you_ doing? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-info-on-how-former-mods-are-doing/775840.md?page=3)