# How many members have to die before the SDMB admins ask you to be a mod? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812 "2012-08-08T01:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/21 "2012-08-08T23:29:04Z")
Um, all of them? But by then, I won’t want to be a mod because every other mod died! It must be cursed! Besides, if every member were dead, I’d probably have started posting somewhere more happening a long time ago. Don’t die, everyone! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/22 "2012-08-08T23:32:02Z")
How many mods are there anyway? Are there a certain number per forum? Is there a hierarchy? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/23 "2012-08-08T23:50:31Z")
If asked I will not run, if elected I will not serve. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/24 "2012-08-08T23:54:03Z")
It’s quite simple to become a mod here. In fact, it’s so simple I’m wondering why no one has done it before. All one must do is buy the Chicago Reader. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/25 "2012-08-09T01:02:05Z")
What if you’re a rocker? Can you still be a mod? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/26 "2012-08-09T01:44:27Z")
Cecil keeps asking me on our weekly poker night, but I’m like, “Hey man, come on. Stop stalling - I’m not going to forget that you haven’t anted up yet.” ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/27 "2012-08-09T02:06:29Z")
All of them. Including me. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/28 "2012-08-09T03:09:31Z")
One, just to make me prove how bad I want it. Watch your back. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/29 "2012-08-09T03:10:32Z")
I think I’m next in line. I’m not sure, though. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/30 "2012-08-09T04:26:39Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > What if you’re a rocker? Can you still be a mod? I laughed outright. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/31 "2012-08-09T04:49:51Z")
Oh the gave me list of who has to die. I’m about half way through it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/32 "2012-08-09T12:42:40Z")
As many as it takes. _Looms threateningly_ ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/33 "2012-08-09T13:03:22Z")
I’m already a stealth Mod with secret Mod powers. So watch your ass. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/34 "2012-08-09T13:37:28Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > As many as it takes. _Looms threateningly_ [Well, then. . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661409) ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/35 "2012-08-09T14:41:39Z")
You think the kvetching over in ATMB is bad _now_? Try installing an unashamed revolutionary socialist as a mod (Great Debates, anyone?) and watch the fireworks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/36 "2012-08-09T16:47:23Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I don’t think it works down a list like the Presidency. If you want to be a mod, ask them. You can’t hear them \ on the internet anyway. If I asked whether they’d like me to be a mod, they’d probably laugh loud enough that I’d hear them in the pre-Internet, pre-telephone, etc. manner. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/37 "2012-08-09T17:26:54Z")
I am not a moderate, just stubborn. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/38 "2012-08-09T18:33:32Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I’m pretty sure I’m at the top of their list. Two terms and that’s it. Just like the Presidency. So you will have to bask in your former glory. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/39 "2012-08-09T18:43:26Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812/40 "2012-08-09T18:50:44Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. Don’t be all modding our mod thread about mods! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-have-to-die-before-the-sdmb-admins-ask-you-to-be-a-mod/630812.md?page=3)