# Bannings.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannings/218851>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 13, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannings/218851 "2003-12-13T23:29:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 7

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**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannings/218851/121 "2003-12-19T02:25:01Z")

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He’s joking.

I think.

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**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannings/218851/122 "2003-12-19T20:14:01Z")

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Fenris, I think that’s one of your best yet. Oh, BTW, _is_ there a difference between a Mod and an Admin? Of course they have the same powers, but is there a hierarchy?

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bannings/218851/123 "2003-12-19T21:23:25Z")

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Administrators have more powers than moderators do. I can change various options about the message board itself, for example. I WON’T, because in this organization, there’s more than one admin and we’d all pretty much have to agree that a change was needed. I can also do things like give people custom titles. Usually I won’t do that, either, as there’s just too many people who want one for me to accommodate everyone.

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