# "Guest" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 14, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127 "2019-03-14T15:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/41 "2019-03-15T17:28:07Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > On a more serious note, you need to have a personality and temperament that are suited to moderation… How do you explain [deleted], [deleted] and [deleted], then? Edit - names deleted on legal advice. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/42 "2019-03-15T19:37:47Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Don’t discount the advantages of no ads. My membership lapsed once, and OMG, the horror. I don’t know how you guys do it. Ad block. The board management should be terminally embarrassed by the ads they force on the unsuspecting. As should the people making those ads. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/43 "2019-03-15T20:05:06Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > You need to be reasonably thick-skinned. Nobody will ever tell you that you are doing a good job. Generally, the only feedback you are going to get is people telling you that you are doing things wrong. If you think the job has a lot of prestige and respect associated with it, think again… You’re doing a great job. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/44 "2019-03-16T22:19:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yes, sorry. I mistook requirements for US presidency for mod requirements, as the two are fairly similar.🙂 In the type of people attracted to the office/post? 😃 At my age I am mostly thinking Nixon. In jack-boots. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/45 "2019-03-16T22:26:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And a certain State Trooper. 😉 > > **Beck** , I think the reason you got a pass with the squid and the goat is because you didn’t just enter our forums; you took them by storm. We didn’t have time to prepare the squid and the goat. I’m glad you came in as you did; I like your posts. Why, thank you.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/46 "2019-03-17T00:08:23Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Ad block. > > The board management should be terminally embarrassed by the ads they force on the unsuspecting. As should the people making those ads. I’ve always visited the site with ad block, I don’t think I’ve ever seen them. I assume they’re pretty bad based on comments I’ve heard over the years. I subscribed because I spend a lot of time here and it seemed like the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/47 "2019-03-17T00:26:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Yes, sorry. I mistook requirements for US presidency for mod requirements, as the two are fairly similar.🙂 Except our MODS here seem more “hip” and “with it” than our current POTUS. cheers… ---
**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:** [March 17, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/48 "2019-03-17T01:22:00Z")
For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/49 "2019-03-17T02:14:51Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > You need to have some reasonable computer skills and you need to be accessing the SDMB from a device that can operate the moderator control panel. A reasonably sized tablet can do it, but a small cell phone won’t work. Now I’m picturing all you mods in a secret, James Bond villain like secret lair deep down in the ground with a gigantic screen above, all trigger happy to push the big red _BAN_ hammer. The “moderator control panel”, you know… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/50 "2019-03-17T02:25:22Z")
I like to picture them in a Mystery-type van. With a little control room in the back. Wandering around the world minding their forums and banning bad guys. I think they all dress like hippies and eat fast food. It’s silly I know. It makes me happy.🙂 groovy man! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/51 "2019-03-17T05:19:11Z")
I like to picture them as Street Judges, patrolling Mega-City One on their “Lawmaster” motorcycles. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/52 "2019-03-17T05:32:43Z")
I became a member today. I have to admit, it was kind of a thrill to see my username with “Member” under it. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/53 "2019-03-17T10:09:03Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I like to picture them as Street Judges, patrolling Mega-City One on their “Lawmaster” motorcycles. I’m an old-school Harley guy. Dredd can keep his Lawmaster rice-rocket. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/54 "2019-03-19T02:15:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone. So the Powers that Be gave zero shits about our computers getting infected from the shitty ads until Google told them they could possibly make more money by not letting our computers get infected from the shitty ads? Yeah, that’s worth paying for. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/55 "2019-03-19T19:04:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For what it’s worth, the Powers that Be have recently cleaned up the ads a fair bit, because word came down from Google that bad ads were one of the reasons we were getting downgraded. In particular, the dreaded “popunder” is now gone. So they don’t care that their own users are getting malware, but they do care when Google says that some ads are reducing their ranking. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127/56 "2019-03-20T04:01:23Z")
Isn’t that how businesses are though? “Sir, our product has injured a dozen children this year.” “Who cares? It’ll build character and think of the thousands of other kids NOT injured.” “But sir, the media is calling it one of the biggest consumer risks of the year…” “Good, so more people will hear about our product!” “…and shares have dropped 15% this quarter.” “By gum, we need this fixed post-haste! Get manufacturing on the line!!!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/831127.md?page=2)