# Clarification of "junior modding" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703 "2014-08-03T10:32:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [August 11, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/61 "2014-08-11T17:17:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I actually specifically avoid that one. I think, if the trolling is obvious enough to say it blatantly outside the Pit or ATMB, just saying “Reported” will be enough. > [@Colibri](#): > > IMO, that would be against the rules except in the Pit. Agreed with both. Since it’s against the rules to call people trolls except in the Pit, I’ll not risk a warning. I’ll just use the report icon and quietly report it. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/62 "2014-08-11T18:33:20Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > It used to seem snarky and rather high-handed to me until I realized what the intent almost always was. I’d think it would be useful for the reporter to say something like “This looks like it goes in this forum over here rather this current one because _x_.” I mean, most of these come from first-time posters who might be confused as to what is going on. > [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > I think **Irishman** hit it: terse can be seen as harsh. […] Ya know, I think I’m gonna put in for a name change to something like **Potted\_Plant**. Check out these posts from the _StarTrek Continues_ thread, originally opened in MPSIMS yesterday : > [@Star Trek Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-continues/695274/2): > > Reported for forum change > [@Star Trek Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-continues/695274/3): > > Hi Silenus > > where would you have put this? > [@Star Trek Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-continues/695274/4): > > I think he probably thinks it should be **Café Society** because it deals with cultural things (videos). > > ETA : Don’t worry. A moderator will see the report and move it for you. Haven’t met you before - welcome! At least 2 takeaways from this. 1. I’m a cool, helpful guy. 2. People _do_ wonder about this. So, to me, what **Irishman** (and others ;)) suggest _is_ useful and costs relatively little in additional typing time. This is a practice I will be following. (What - no “smugness reigns supreme” smilie? We _need_ one. It’s the current word de, well, not _jour_. What’s French for “short, rather undefined unit of time” but longer than a day?) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/63 "2014-08-11T18:35:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > IMO, that would be against the rules except in the Pit. That was my understanding as well. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/64 "2014-08-12T00:47:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Re: “Reported for trolling”] IMO, that would be against the rules except in the Pit. Yes, you are quite right, it was a crummy example on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/65 "2014-08-12T19:02:32Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Ya know, I think I’m gonna put in for a name change to something like **Potted\_Plant**. I think my post was more specific about why it comes across that way. Or maybe it was more terse. 😉 > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It’s never seemed sarcastic to me. Am I alone in seeing it that way? To clarify, there are times when it is meant to be helpful, and there are times when it is meant in a sarcastic and snarky manner. The times it is meant to be snarky are generally times when there are no rules violations, but someone is asserting something is annoying and thus should be a violation of the rules, or something is being snarked as if it is an insult, etc. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703/66 "2014-08-12T19:48:02Z")
Acknowledgement! I _do_ exist. Thank you, thank you! 😃 Actually, come to think of it, it may just have been more of a timing issue on **Dex** ’s part. (i.e. - he had just started his day, yours was the most recent post about the subject, etc. Trying to be understanding here, sounds like he’s been having it rough, upon reading some other threads here.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-of-junior-modding/694703.md?page=3)