# How are moderators appointed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568 "2024-05-14T17:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/21 "2024-05-14T22:20:40Z")
No, she still hasn’t accepted the Easter Bunny situation. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/22 "2024-05-14T22:33:39Z")
Exactly. Don’t you like presents from Santa? 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/23 "2024-05-15T11:47:46Z")
Well, Santa is real. The idea of a bunny delivering baskets is just preposterous. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/24 "2024-05-15T11:53:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If I tell you, I’d have to… > well…um…NM. > You’ll know if it happens. AH! 😈 I think they are dedicated volunteers with thick hides who are crazy enough to take on a thankless job. LOL ---
**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:** [May 15, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/25 "2024-05-15T18:11:47Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Once we all agree on a candidate, we contact them and ask them if they are interested, Oh great, this whole time I’ve been on a “I wouldn’t do it even if they asked me to” high horse and it turns out y’all haven’t been asking all along. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/26 "2024-05-15T18:34:06Z")
“If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve.” ---
**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:** [May 15, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/27 "2024-05-15T21:53:45Z")
It’s the Tooth fairy I worry about. Who knows what weirdo is all about. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/28 "2024-05-16T01:13:46Z")
Yes!!! Like a shoe fairy coming for your worn out sneaks. Fetishes are weird (except for the satin sheet one, that’s totally normal). ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/29 "2024-05-16T14:25:29Z")
They’re grown in large tanks — a la Dr. Krieger — in the back of Cecil’s lab in the basement somewhere. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/30 "2024-05-16T14:38:45Z")
I been after him to clean out that basement. It’s kinda disgusting. Something’s growing back there is unhealthy. That man!! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/31 "2024-05-16T15:35:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > When I did it, I had to fill out an application, then have a phone interview with Ed Zotti Then you have to keep an eye on the Chicago Sun Times building to see if the smoke is black or white. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/32 "2024-05-16T15:39:14Z")
They’re sentenced, not appointed. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/33 "2024-05-16T15:47:01Z")
Hey, that’s not accurate, we’re committed, you know like to an asylum. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/34 "2024-05-17T02:30:44Z")
The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Loach, was to carry Excalibur. _That_ is why I am your Moderator. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/35 "2024-05-17T02:32:38Z")
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords sounds like an _excellent_ basis for forum moderation. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/36 "2024-05-17T03:27:14Z")
Well, I didn’t vote for you. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/37 "2024-05-17T05:37:39Z")
Quoting/adapting Monty Python when it comes to Moderator duties is _always_ appropriate, because so much of their work involves the internet’s [favorite theme song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq1x9MU9Cbc): > Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! > Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! (yes, I know Discourse catches a good bit of it, but everyone once in a while I’m flagging something that pops up at weird hours when more-sane moderators are resting their wearied minds and souls) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/38 "2024-05-17T12:31:56Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > yes, I know Discourse catches a good bit of it, Well, there’s spam egg SDMB and spam, that’s not got much spam in it. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/39 "2024-05-17T12:42:49Z")
There’s also a lot that Discourse doesn’t outright block but flags as “likely spam”. If i wake up before @What_Exit , i usually delete a bunch of random spam that Discourse helpfully flagged for review. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568/40 "2024-05-17T12:47:12Z")
@engineer_comp_geek is the other often early riser that wipes out the spam and spammers that Discourse doesn’t catch. I think we all collectively took over from **Colibri** ☹ who I believe use to do the bulk of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-moderators-appointed/1001568.md?page=3)