# Any mods on duty? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 31, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750 "2019-10-31T11:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/86 "2019-11-01T11:23:43Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/87 "2019-11-01T11:33:20Z")
The persistence is strong with this one. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/88 "2019-11-01T11:36:53Z")
Hopefully this isn’t some Doper’s kid doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/89 "2019-11-01T11:54:19Z")
Doper kids are smarter than this. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/90 "2019-11-01T11:59:28Z")
> [@LeaffanCunt](#): > > \ Dude, he’s just not into you. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/91 "2019-11-01T12:39:50Z")
So, I don’t post on any other sites. I have a profile on the other “long-necked” board, but don’t visit or post there. Some of you know me on Facebook. I steer clear of politics and religion there. This is starting to get tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/92 "2019-11-01T12:47:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > So, I don’t post on any other sites. I have a profile on the other “long-necked” board, but don’t visit or post there. > > Some of you know me on Facebook. I steer clear of politics and religion there. > > This is starting to get tiresome. I’m sorry it’s happening to you. You’re a good egg. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/93 "2019-11-01T13:02:54Z")
I’m guessing that either this under-bridge inhabitant is mistaking our Leaffan for someone else, or is assuming he’s an easy target. Other than that, I got nuthin’ Of course, random crazy could be acting crazy in a random manner. Don’t worry **Leaffan** , we know you’re a good egg. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/94 "2019-11-01T13:24:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The insults are also often homophobic. Well, yes, but that’s just standard practise for trolls. They send things like “u r so gay u fag” without necessarily believing the target is actually gay. The accusation that Leaffan banned him is somewhat less usual. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/95 "2019-11-01T13:25:20Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Agreed. Usually its been a several posts spread over a week or a flurry or 5-10 in a couple hours. I’m pretty sure we’ve never seen anything quite like this. And for some reason I don’t get a feel its someone who knows **LEAF** from here (one of us) or really much at all. I don’t know if we’ll ever know much of anything about it all but there is almost a general vandalism feel to it all. I’m thinking this. Just trying to sow mistrust, exasperation, and fear in the board in general, perhaps…all the more effectively (potentially) because it SEEMS directed at a particular poster, without an obvious cause, so any of us “could be next.” Sounds a bit like the next tactic someone might try after giving up on inane, rude political shit-stirring — those couple of jerks (or one jerk with a couple of names) in the impeachment threads a couple weeks ago. Whether all of this is coming from the great country occupying northern Asia and easternmost Europe, who knows? ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/96 "2019-11-01T13:52:30Z")
Perhaps halt new users for a couple days? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/98 "2019-11-01T14:38:06Z")
It’s amazing how assholes want so badly to let everyone know what they are. How pathetic is this guy? Barely literate, nothing better to do than make himself a target of ridicule and disgust. Donald Trump, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/99 "2019-11-01T14:40:22Z")
Maybe if new members had to be here for a time before posting? Had their posts reviewed? Certainly would be extra work for mods, though. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/100 "2019-11-01T14:48:06Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Maybe if new members had to be here for a time before posting? Had their posts reviewed? Certainly would be extra work for mods, though. As much work as removing all those posts? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/101 "2019-11-01T14:53:14Z")
I thought I’d read somewhere that legally, a mod is always on duty. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/102 "2019-11-01T14:55:11Z")
As I said in another thread - it’s like a cross between whack-a-mole and stamping out a brush fire before it gets fully started. Extra thanks (and sympathies) to the mods who have to take care of the fruitloop. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/103 "2019-11-01T15:01:34Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > …Whether all of this is coming from the great country occupying northern Asia and easternmost Europe, who knows? The mods do, since they can see the IP, which can be disguised, but we have smart mods. But perhaps the less discussion we have about this in the open, the better. > [@TriPolar](#): > > …As much work as removing all those posts? Removing all posts by one poster along with banning is a simple op, if I remember my vBulletin manual. Which I didn’t read, of course. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/104 "2019-11-01T15:04:25Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Removing all posts by one poster along with banning is a simple op, if I remember my vBulletin manual. Which I didn’t read, of course. They mentioned some limit on the number of posts they can delete at once that way. Plus they probably want to remove all the ‘reported’ posts. I’m not sure it’s worth reporting more than one post for this moron who keeps using the same name. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/105 "2019-11-01T15:17:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I thought I’d read somewhere that legally, a mod is always on duty. They’re always on duty, like Inspector Gadget. ---
**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:** [November 1, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750/106 "2019-11-01T15:18:46Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They mentioned some limit on the number of posts they can delete at once that way. Plus they probably want to remove all the ‘reported’ posts. Mod employment security! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mods-on-duty/842750.md?page=6)