# Ask the Mod **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106 "2008-05-21T14:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/101 "2008-05-24T20:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=Muffin] They are able to send a real mug via teh intrawebs forums? [/QUOTE] Yes. Using java. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/102 "2008-05-24T20:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] The spammers are really getting on my nerves today. I must’ve jinxed myself earlier when I said they come and go in bunches or when I called them names, because I’ve had to kill 16 of them today. [/QUOTE] Has anyone ever thought about creating a sub-moderator position, whose authority would be strictly limited to banning spammers? Might help take the load off. No way in hell I’m volunteering for that, but I bet there are quite a few Dopers who have the time and would love to have some apprentice mod powers. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/103 "2008-05-24T22:09:40Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] Yes. Using java. [/QUOTE] 😃 ---
**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:** [May 24, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/104 "2008-05-24T22:16:05Z")
In the beforetime when you were not a mod, did you receive any mod warnings yourself? That question may be answered by any mod in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/105 "2008-05-24T22:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=levdrakon] Has anyone ever thought about creating a sub-moderator position, whose authority would be strictly limited to banning spammers? Might help take the load off. [/QUOTE] It’s a nice thought, but doesn’t really seem necessary. Either you’re on when they sign up, or you’re not and somebody else does it, so it’s rare that a piece of spam stays visible for more than a couple of minutes. It did happen last night because the guy showed up while most of us we were asleep, six or seven people reported it in 20 minutes, and it was gone in less than an hour. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/106 "2008-05-24T23:04:16Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] In the beforetime when you were not a mod, did you receive any mod warnings yourself? . [/QUOTE] I think I was warned twice. Got in a heated argument with **DDG**. She, of course, was wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/107 "2008-05-24T23:06:31Z")
I don’t have any formal warnings, but I remember a ‘knock it off’ in GQ for a joke about the two-dollar bill. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106/108 "2008-05-25T00:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] In the beforetime when you were not a mod, did you receive any mod warnings yourself? That question may be answered by any mod in this thread. [/QUOTE] No warnings that I recall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mod/450106.md?page=5)