# I Don't Understand Some Mod Interventions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-some-mod-interventions/927779 "2020-12-10T17:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [December 10, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-some-mod-interventions/927779/4 "2020-12-10T17:48:31Z")
Simple, the thread was specifically about draft avoidance/dodging during Vietnam. Part of what mods do in GD is to try and keep threads focused on the Op. He started talking about WWII. Thus the intervention. Also, only a note. Here is the part from the GD rules: > [@New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726/1): > > **Hijacks.** This is, perhaps, the single largest and most important change to the rules in Great Debates and Politics and Elections made in 2020. Staying on topic is a strong goal of Great Debates and Politics and Elections moving forward. Threads exist for a reason. Presumably, the original poster wants to discuss a specific topic. Posts which pull the thread away from that topic are hijacks. Some of these are inadvertent, some are not. Posts that seem intended to steer a discussion away from the original topic may be sanctioned. Hijacks may be, but are not limited to, posts that lead away from a topic, endless questioning, repeatedly asking the same or similar questions once they’ve been answered, and other maneuvers. Whether or not such is occurring is at the sole discretion of the moderation staff and may lead to official sanction. If I felt he was trying to derail the topic on purpose, I would have given a warning. I see no reason to believe that and so just a note. * * * As I got ninja’d let me add. We are enforcing rules more that in the past as there is more coverage now. But these rules have existed for the last year. Here is the GD rules > [@New Rules for Great Debates and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-great-debates-and-elections-january-2020/845726): > > Moderation in Great Debates and Politics and Elections In general, Great Debates and Politics and Elections are the most contentious fora on the SDMB. Because of that, you’ll find that moderation is more active and prone to sanctioning posters. You can compare it to sitting at the holiday dinner next to the crazy uncle who can’t help being unpleasant. Please don’t be that guy. Be aware that most rules are not ‘bright line’. This is intentional on our part as we believe such encourages poor … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-some-mod-interventions/927779)._