# Heavy-handed hijack moderation **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 29, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303 "2023-06-29T18:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/101 "2023-07-04T19:42:13Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Who sent it to you? I don’t see anything in the logs. It shows “System”. and it was sent today with this time stamp (July 4, 2023 5:03 am) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/102 "2023-07-04T20:32:05Z")
Plus I just earned the “Read Guidelines” badge. 🕶 ---
**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:** [July 4, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/103 "2023-07-04T20:45:25Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > It shows “System”. and it was sent today Ah. Found it. It looks like @What_Exit was fixing a typo in your thread title and accidentally hit the wrong button and deleted your thread. He immediately un-deleted it, so no biggie. But that must have triggered the system to send you an automatic message to read the site guidelines (which is just the Discourse default). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/104 "2023-07-04T20:47:15Z")
Weird that sent a message like that. It is a lot harder to undelete a thread/post on a phone then to delete. That is come to think of it a bug. But I figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/105 "2023-07-04T21:15:20Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Ah. Found it. It looks like @What_Exit was fixing a typo in your thread title and accidentally hit the wrong button and deleted your thread. He immediately un-deleted it, so no biggie. That makes sense. I couldn’t figure out why it said my post was deleted when it was still there with no mention in the thread of what was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/106 "2023-07-09T17:38:03Z")
Another vote for “@What_Exit is too heavy-handed”. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/107 "2023-07-09T18:53:13Z")
I vote @What_Exit is, for the most part, handling it very very well ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/108 "2023-07-09T19:05:16Z")
Are we voting? I vote for “doing a good job”. (I can quibble about what the rules should be and still appreciate the referees) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/109 "2023-07-09T19:17:37Z")
I already voted in the thread where most of us voted that WE is doing great. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/110 "2023-07-10T21:15:40Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Just for clarification, are we to conclude that all jokes at Trump’s expense are forbidden in the thread? This is not SNL. One joke can be funny. Once the shtick is beaten to death, then no longer funny. If it had been the one joke, it wouldnt have been moderated, I will bet. > [@squeegee](#): > > Seconded. I get tired of “yuk yuk yuk” in threads that may have interesting information about important stuff. Yep. One sly thing slipped in is one thing, yokyukyuk is another. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > If what you want is just a bunch of off topic Trump jokes, then the Pit is custom made for that. I disagree. IMHO, or MPSIMS is better. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/111 "2023-07-20T15:16:28Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > My point is when a large chunk of the participants in a thread are having fun, maybe letting them have their fun wouldn’t be the end of the world. Mob rule!! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/112 "2023-07-20T16:41:56Z")
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**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:** [July 20, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-handed-hijack-moderation/986303/113 "2023-07-20T16:42:40Z")
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