# Demoting mods... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 19, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605 "2003-01-19T07:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SilentSpeak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SilentSpeak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentSpeak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/1 "2003-01-19T07:26:12Z")
Have any mods been banned or de-modded? And if so, why? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/2 "2003-01-19T07:37:53Z")
There was one that I know of. [Melin.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=8465) ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/3 "2003-01-19T07:54:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey G \* > \*\*There was one that I know of. > > [Melin.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=8465) \*\* Man, what an ugly thread. ---
**Author:** ![SilentSpeak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SilentSpeak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentSpeak)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/4 "2003-01-19T08:05:47Z")
It’s interesting… but kinda confusing because it’s two years old… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/5 "2003-01-19T08:06:42Z")
There have been several mods that have voluntarily stepped down for one reason or another. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/6 "2003-01-19T08:08:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SilentSpeak \* > \*\*It’s interesting… but kinda confusing because it’s two years old… \*\* Thankfully, that kind of thing doesn’t happen often. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/7 "2003-01-19T13:02:06Z")
I believe that **JillGat** , **Chronos** and **Nickerz** have voluntarily stepped down as mods. Or rather by yelling, screaming and threatening to hold their breath until they turned blue, got the admins to unchain them. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/8 "2003-01-19T21:28:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billdo \* > \*\*I believe that **JillGat** , **Chronos** and **Nickerz** have voluntarily stepped down as mods. > > Or rather by yelling, screaming and threatening to hold their breath until they turned blue, got the admins to unchain them. \*\* But scandal still roils beneath the surface. Oh, sure, _they_ escaped. ::laughs bitterly:: No more ankles chafed by chains, no more moldy bread crusts tossed into the cage. (Crust day! Is it crust day yet?!) And the lash,the _lash_, the cruel taunts of “troll kibble”… They broke free but left us behind. 'S’okay. Really. No prob. But they didn’t even return their _mugs_, man! That’s wrong, that’s just so wrong. At least we still have the goat. Veb ---
**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:** [January 20, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/9 "2003-01-20T21:13:44Z")
**Veb** , do you really think that they let us escape? It’s just a trade of a kennel for a leash. Don’t you get Dex’s reminders three times a week to write more Staff Reports? Oh, rest assured, they’ve got us chained securely. Remember, **Jill** thought that _she_ had escaped, but when they needed her again, the leash got pulled back in. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/10 "2003-01-20T21:29:40Z")
Well, I guess someone will mention the time that **manhattan** was ‘demoted’ for a while, so it might as well be me. I won’t link to any threads, though. The diligent dirt-diggers among us can find it for themselves I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/11 "2003-01-20T21:35:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > **But they didn’t even return their _mugs_, man! That’s wrong, that’s just so wrong.** **Jill** even gloats about the fact that she has not one, but _two_ mugs! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/12 "2003-01-21T00:51:11Z")
**manhattan** went crazy when people started posting drug-related things in GQ _en masse_. The `gravity bong’ thread was the final straw, IIRC, after which he needed time to rest and regroup away from the board. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/13 "2003-01-21T03:13:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > **Well, I guess someone will mention the time that manhattan was ‘demoted’ for a while, so it might as well be me. I won’t link to any threads, though.** We would probably be better off if you did, otherwise people are going to torture the hamsters with vague searches. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/14 "2003-01-21T04:37:48Z")
Mods don’t get released. They just get longer leashes. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/15 "2003-01-21T14:28:49Z")
\<\< Mods don’t get released. \>\> Hell, we don’t even get leased. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/16 "2003-01-21T14:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > \*\*They broke free but left us behind. 'S’okay. Really. No prob. \*\* I take issue with this. Has anyone ever _seen_ an escaped Mod? No. The reason, IMHO, is because Cecil (the Master vampire) has got to feed, and Mods are a good source of protein/blood. Not to mention, Cecil would be killing two birds with one stone, since all the Mods know about his dark need to sustain himself on fresh blood and an a Mod that is on the loose could be very dangerous.😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demoting-mods/149605/17 "2003-01-22T05:12:09Z")
And all along I thought that was a hickey. Dang. your humble TubaDiva