# Bone - please explain this moderation note **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 22, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161 "2019-10-22T22:59:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/1 "2019-10-22T22:59:58Z")
Post: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21931667&postcount=45](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21931667&postcount=45) Thread: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21931667#post21931667](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21931667#post21931667) Bone issued a moderation note to **puzzlegal** for her response to **ftg** ’s response to my post regarding how to avoid getting bumped by the airlines. > [@Getting bumped off a plane question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-bumped-off-a-plane-question/842042/22): > > The easiest way to avoid being bumped is to establish very high frequent flyer status with the airline you are traveling on. They don’t bump customers who pay them a lot. > [@Getting bumped off a plane question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-bumped-off-a-plane-question/842042/23): > > “Easiest”??? So I have to fly dozens of times per year for no reason just to avoid being bumped for the once every two or three years times I fly for a purpose? > [@Getting bumped off a plane question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-bumped-off-a-plane-question/842042/41): > > The EASIEST way is to pay a little more for the flight. Upgrade to “more legroom” or for “early boarding” or something. Yeah, it will cost you more, but they rarely bump people involuntarily, and when they do, they generally start with the people who paid the least among those who have no status with the airline. > [@Getting bumped off a plane question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-bumped-off-a-plane-question/842042/45): > > > [@Getting bumped off a plane question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-bumped-off-a-plane-question/842042/41): > > > > The EASIEST way is to pay a little more for the flight. Upgrade to “more legroom” or for “early boarding” or something. Yeah, it will cost you more, but they rarely bump people involuntarily, and when they do, they generally start with the people who paid the least among those who have no status with the airline. > > No warning issued but the next time you post something similar your ass will get punted to Sweden. I’m still trying to determine **puzzlegal** ’s infraction or even marginal infraction. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/2 "2019-10-22T23:05:35Z")
**Bone** just posted a rather non-credible “[official warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21931672&postcount=165)” on me - and no warning has shown up on my profile. And “ **Bone** ” joined today and has only three posts. I suspect shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/3 "2019-10-22T23:06:09Z")
And doesn’t have the Moderator tag legit under the user name. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/4 "2019-10-22T23:07:27Z")
Ah yes, we have either a hacker, or a moderator-impersonator on our hands. The comment about someone getting “their ass punted back to Sweden” didn’t sound in the least like Bone’s real vernacular, either. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/5 "2019-10-22T23:08:16Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > **Bone** just posted a rather non-credible “[official warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21931672&postcount=165)” on me - and no warning has shown up on my profile. And “ **Bone** ” joined today and has only three posts. > > I suspect shenanigans. Yep, that ain’t Bone. Looks like the “o” is special character. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/6 "2019-10-22T23:09:23Z")
Well it looks like Bone’s account had been duped and someone is having a bit of fun! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/7 "2019-10-22T23:09:46Z")
Oops. They fooled me momentarily as well. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/8 "2019-10-22T23:12:28Z")
Yep, he certainly gave me pause. And has now been reported. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/9 "2019-10-22T23:15:29Z")
Fake moderation ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/10 "2019-10-22T23:17:04Z")
Color me (albeit not in moderator red) impressed with how well the hacker faked it. And for the fact that the “moderation” was, in retrospect, quite funny - especially the Sweden one - rather than offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/11 "2019-10-22T23:17:31Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I suspect shenanigans. It’s skullduggery. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/12 "2019-10-22T23:18:52Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > It’s skullduggery. No it isn’t! It’s [skulduggery](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skulduggery). ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/13 "2019-10-22T23:20:28Z")
Seems to be a trouble maker. I’ll take care of it. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/14 "2019-10-22T23:21:27Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Yep, that ain’t Bone. Looks like the “o” is special character. Apparently it’s Unicode Character “ο” (U+03BF) - Greek Small Letter Omicron ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/15 "2019-10-22T23:22:32Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Seems to be a trouble maker. I’ll take care of it. But which one is the real one? Quick, someone ask a question that only Bone would know! ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/16 "2019-10-22T23:25:58Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Seems to be a trouble maker. I’ll take care of it. [How do we know it’s you](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/397/C-658VsXoAo3ovC.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/17 "2019-10-22T23:27:47Z")
I say if the impostor manages to ban the original, he’s earned the right to take his place. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/18 "2019-10-22T23:28:58Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > The comment about someone getting “their ass punted back to Sweden” didn’t sound in the least like Bone’s real vernacular, either. For some reason, I was reminded of one of our former moderators, **manhattan**. He left a long time ago, though. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/19 "2019-10-22T23:29:50Z")
Gee, I wonder which poster banned by Bone today that might have been?.. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161/20 "2019-10-22T23:33:23Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Seems to be a trouble maker. I’ll take care of it. But who is _this_? The hacker seems smart enough that he might now have deleted his original posts, substituted a real “o” for the fake one, added the “Moderator” tag to his fake identity, and deleted all genuine moderator accounts. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bone-please-explain-this-moderation-note/842161.md?page=2)