# \[b\]tomndebb\[/b\]'s Outrageous Behaviour **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 16, 2017, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-tomndebb-b-s-outrageous-behaviour/793762 "2017-08-16T05:28:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-tomndebb-b-s-outrageous-behaviour/793762/29 "2017-08-16T16:00:44Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Why did I have a mod - who has a history of messing with people’s posts in order to improve his appearance - threaten me with dismissal for giving factual numbers, in context, with a reputable source, that **tomndebb** spat right back at me pretty much verbatim, threaten me with sanction. He pretty clearly means he’s going to dismiss _your argument_. “Dismissing” posters isn’t something we actually do as mods. Note, warn, suspend, or ban, but not “dismiss.” > [@](#): > > At the very least this is worth a warning for junior modding since he isn’t the mod in the Pit. That’s not what junior modding means. There’s no rule forbidding mod from moderating outside their assigned forum. Also, from the linked thread: > [@Heritage? Nah, just hate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heritage-nah-just-hate/793487/303): > > I’ve discovered that I now want to dance the edges of banning. > > I will not troll (defined as promoting or advocating something that I do not believe) > I will not break the rules - even if the overrated and adored by calcified fossils proto-boyband the Bleatles come > I’m going to see how long I can skirt until I get bounced. [Moderating] I would advise against that. [/Moderating] --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-tomndebb-b-s-outrageous-behaviour/793762)._