# Biased mods, oh God no, not again. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588 "2013-10-29T20:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/1 "2013-10-29T20:13:39Z")
> **[Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695640)** > > She won’t rule it out, anyway. Does she have a chance? > **[2016 race has started](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703677)** > > At least here in NC the governor is already running ads for his 2016 race. They are by an “outside group” wink, wink. > **[Devin Nunes spills the beans on the Republican civil war](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703812)** > > Last night on CNN. This was near midnight and most people probably missed it, but wow this is devastating. Basically everything we thought and more. > **[Eric Erickson: Pubs' failure to block the ACA will lead to a "real third...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704497)** > > Story here. Oh, and he also says: So anything he says here should be taken with a mine of salt. But as for the TP faction (clearly what he means) going third-party, I’m sure he’s not the only one saying it. Is there any chance at all? Please? > **[raising debt limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705143)** > > I don’t understand why this is a good thing. We are trillions of dollars in debt already. Dosen’t this just prove that ALLpoliticians suck ? > **[Very cool U.S. election maps website](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705562)** > > Check it out - quite absorbing!: http://dsl.richmond.edu/voting/elections.html All have as little content or material in the same flugging area (Elections) and it is > **[How Fucked is the Dem Party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706364)** > > Should we start digging the grave for the Dem Party and have the embalmers on call and the head-stone makers in the wings? That gets whoever is behind the mask to use his “bold” modding? And you wonder why people think bias exists here? Yes it was so minor that it shouldn’t be a big deal but since it took me by surprise to see the modding at all in such a thread I took 2 minutes just highlighting the first page randomly and found other “link” “couple words” end post which didn’t earn the “bold” mod standard. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/2 "2013-10-29T20:18:07Z")
What??? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/3 "2013-10-29T20:22:17Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > [Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas? - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695640) > [2016 race has started - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703677) > [Devin Nunes spills the beans on the Republican civil war - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703812) > > [Eric Erickson: Pubs' failure to block the ACA will lead to a "real third party movement" - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704497) > > [raising debt limits - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705143) > > [Very cool U.S. election maps website - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705562) > > All have as little content or material in the same flugging area (Elections) and it is > [How Fucked is the Dem Party? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706364) > > That gets whoever is behind the mask to use his “bold” modding? And you wonder why people think bias exists here? Yes it was so minor that it shouldn’t be a big deal but since it took me by surprise to see the modding at all in such a thread I took 2 minutes just highlighting the first page randomly and found other “link” “couple words” end post which didn’t earn the “bold” mod standard. What in the name of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Left Nipple are you on about?? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/4 "2013-10-29T20:23:36Z")
I’ve always wondered: what IS the name of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Left Nipple? Ironically, I think the OP is about how the mods mod low-content OPs that are mostly links. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/5 "2013-10-29T20:25:21Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve always wondered: what IS the name of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Left Nipple? I’m sorry, but I promised never to reveal that secret…and most people aren’t worthy of such knowledge anyway. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/6 "2013-10-29T20:27:42Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > [Wendy Davis for Governor of Texas? - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695640) > [2016 race has started - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703677) > [Devin Nunes spills the beans on the Republican civil war - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=703812) > > [Eric Erickson: Pubs' failure to block the ACA will lead to a "real third party movement" - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=704497) > > [raising debt limits - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705143) > > [Very cool U.S. election maps website - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=705562) > > All have as little content or material in the same flugging area (Elections) and it is > [How Fucked is the Dem Party? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706364) > > That gets whoever is behind the mask to use his “bold” modding? And you wonder why people think bias exists here? Yes it was so minor that it shouldn’t be a big deal but since it took me by surprise to see the modding at all in such a thread I took 2 minutes just highlighting the first page randomly and found other “link” “couple words” end post which didn’t earn the “bold” mod standard. So which ones did you report? Or did you think that they read every post? And it is possible to have a valid OP that is short. As long as there is an actual question there. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/7 "2013-10-29T20:28:11Z")
I suspect the idea is that we tend to get a lot of wishful thinking threads about “The GOP: Are They Doomed Yet?” and those don’t get moderated. Possibly because the response to “what do you think” when addressed to the OP is nearly always “Yes, and I hope it is soon and I wish I believed in hell so I thought they would go there and I hate them and they kicked my puppy gollumgollumgollum”. Regards, Sho-damned ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/8 "2013-10-29T20:31:42Z")
Sho-damned nailed it in one, this is a moderator clearly using mod powers to flesh out an argument which he can then attack. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16801432&postcount=14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16801432&postcount=14) He was quite obviously using mod bold when acting as freaking poster PERIOD. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/9 "2013-10-29T20:31:50Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > Yes it was so minor that it shouldn’t be a big deal And yet here we are. I encouraged **IceQube** to try elaborating on his very short OP. His last couple of threads have been trainwrecks, so I told him to post some reasoning and a full argument. > [@RyJae](#): > > Sho-damned nailed it in one, this is a moderator clearly using mod powers to flesh out an argument which he can then attack. Oh my heavens! That’d mean that… wait, why is it a bad thing? He didn’t post much and I told him to do something better. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/10 "2013-10-29T20:33:54Z")
> [@Bob's Zombie](#): > > And yet here we are. I encouraged **IceQube** to try elaborating on his very short OP. His last couple of threads have been trainwrecks, so I told him to post some reasoning and a full argument. His past I do not know, but it sure seemed abusive when so many other half assed thread starters reside in Elections. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/11 "2013-10-29T20:35:03Z")
> [@Bob's Zombie](#): > > And yet here we are. I encouraged **IceQube** to try elaborating on his very short OP. His last couple of threads have been trainwrecks, so I told him to post some reasoning and a full argument. > > Oh my heavens! That’d mean that… wait, why is it a bad thing? He didn’t post much and I told him to do something better. Because you snarky fucker, you don’t do it to people who have opinions you agree with. Ban me you ignorant, power hungry, circle jerking fuck. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/12 "2013-10-29T20:35:43Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > His past I do not know, but it sure seemed abusive when so many other half assed thread starters reside in Elections. Now that you know it was more about a pattern of behavior from a particular poster, do you feel any differently about the situation? Edited to add: just saw the above-question withdrawn for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/13 "2013-10-29T20:38:15Z")
> [@Charredcasm](#): > > Now that you know it was more about a pattern of behavior from a particular poster, do you feel any differently about the situation? No dear moderator in waiting I do not. It still would not have happened if he had agreed with the opinion stated. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/14 "2013-10-29T20:40:27Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > No dear moderator in waiting I do not. It still would not have happened if he had agreed with the opinion stated. Cute. Old and childish at the same time-way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/15 "2013-10-29T20:44:12Z")
Moderator emeritus, surely. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/16 "2013-10-29T20:50:51Z")
> [@RyJae](#): > > Ban me you ignorant, power hungry, circle jerking fuck. You sure showed me. You’ve got three days to think of a better retort (or to wise up in general). ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/17 "2013-10-29T20:54:04Z")
> [@Innards Snacker](#): > > Moderator emeritus, surely. Hell no. I did my decade, which is longer than a lot of message boards even last. It was time to step aside and let the youngbloods run the place-I’m more than happy being a poster for the rest of my time on this board. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/18 "2013-10-29T22:54:06Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve always wondered: what IS the name of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Left Nipple? And did Anderson Cooper have his own names for them? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/19 "2013-10-29T23:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve always wondered: what IS the name of Gloria Vanderbilt’s Left Nipple? Rosebud And **Czarcasm** , that’s what “emeritus” means. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588/20 "2013-10-29T23:10:32Z")
> [@Sho-damned](#): > > I suspect the idea is that we tend to get a lot of wishful thinking threads about “The GOP: Are They Doomed Yet?” and those don’t get moderated. Possibly because the response to “what do you think” when addressed to the OP is nearly always “Yes, and I hope it is soon and I wish I believed in hell so I thought they would go there and I hate them and they kicked my puppy gollumgollumgollum”. > > Regards, > Sho-damned You know, there was just a thread on what people would like to have happen to the GOP, and it was absolutely nothing like what you posted. The OP of the warned thread probably wouldn’t be getting shit if his previous thread wasn’t an outright attack against non-libertarians by claiming they were inferior because they were like women, where he refused to acknowledge anyone’s posts and just kept repeating the same stuff over and over. Somebody who isn’t trying to promote honest debate is more likely to be cracked down on, as it should be. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biased-mods-oh-god-no-not-again/672588.md?page=2)