# Curious modding in MPSIMS

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**Created:** [August 31, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-modding-in-mpsims/970683 "2022-08-31T22:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-modding-in-mpsims/970683/4 "2022-08-31T23:27:34Z")

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Here’s a link to the thread in question

> [@General car talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-car-talk/970611):
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> Continuing the discussion from [What's the most interesting car you saw today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/4582): (Splitting rather than continuing hijack.) I think that’s about right. People either want a small, efficient commuter or a large vehicle that can carry all their stuff. The traditional problem with smaller cars, that they had an underperforming engine, doesn’t really apply with electric motors. It’s the battery (and thus range) that’s limited by vehicle size in that case. And with current batteries, even a small …

And @3AxisCtrl , if you want someone in particular to see something (and here, i think you want me to read your post) it’s helpful to use the @, as in @puzzlegal . Then I’ll get a notification and come check it out next time i log on. I happened to see this, but i don’t read every thread in ATMB, and might well have missed it.

I moderated because:

1. the post was reported, so it bothered someone
2. the poster had made two very long posts about a topic that didn’t seem to have attracted other interest. And has made other, similar posts elsewhere
3. the tone of the post really seemed out of place in that thread. I could see why those posts bothered others.
4. there are other threads on EVs, i know because I’ve participated in them. And it would have fit much more comfortably in some of those. Or in an all-new thread, where it might spark an interesting debate.

But yes, it was a judgement call, and maybe i made the wrong call. I’m really swamped at work, and not reading as much context as i usually like to before moderating. Knowing that it was a judgement call, i didn’t warn, or threaten, and tried to give very gentle guidance. i just requested the poster post future content asking those lines in a different thread. I try to take “first, do no harm” as a guideline in moderating.

I’m interested in how other posters feel about this, and whether there are other posters who feel i crossed the line into excessive moderation there.

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