# I hereby accept the SDMB's offer of a moderator position **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449 "2012-04-01T05:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/1 "2012-04-01T05:56:30Z")
I know that these things are usually handled in private, but as this is the start of my new career as a moderator, I figured that I might as well make it public. Normally people have to apply for the gig, but evidently Ed was so smitten with me (thanks again big guy) that I received an offer about a week ago without even having to apply. It goes without saying that this is a big responsibility, and I really appreciate the trust that’s been placed in me. I promise to rule fairly and dispassionately on all issues. Except those where people are just being fucking stupid. Ed said I could ban those people. As this is my formal acceptance I don’t expect to have my Moderator tag for a little bit (and this is Sunday, after all). But that should be set up soon and I’ll be given dominion over Great Debates and About This Message Board. I can’t wait until I get my free coffee mug, it’ll truly make all the time I’ve spent on the Dope over the years worthwhile. Thanks again, looking forward to a great few years. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/2 "2012-04-01T05:59:17Z")
Congrats, **Finn**! I’ve always thought you’d be a great moderator, and that you’ll apply the rules fairly and all that other good stuff. please don’t ban me. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/3 "2012-04-01T06:07:13Z")
Wait a minute! I got that same email! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/4 "2012-04-01T06:15:08Z")
Happy April Fools! ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/5 "2012-04-01T06:24:27Z")
Nah ACM, I got the PM from Ed 8 days ago, it wasn’t an April Fools thing. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/6 "2012-04-01T06:30:29Z")
Did Ed ask you to provide your bank account details? Was his name “Ed Zottonkwo”? And was his address a box at the GPO in Lagos, Nigeria? If so, I think you’ve been scammed. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/7 "2012-04-01T06:52:24Z")
Shouldn’t the Pit have become The Corn Field so we could wish someone into it? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/8 "2012-04-01T11:09:21Z")
Is this for real? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/9 "2012-04-01T11:59:13Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Is this for real? If you build it, they will come. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/10 "2012-04-01T12:03:07Z")
I hereby accept the offer to become Revered and Accepted Secret Master of the Straight Dope and Lord Protector of the Dopelying Regions. I shall be just, fair, and, above all, utterly beholden to Drama and Lulz as I gleefully murder you all and ban you for no reason your puny minds can comprehend. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/11 "2012-04-01T12:54:06Z")
We previous mods are delighted to relax our stranglehold on the boards and turn them over to the new un-vetted overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/12 "2012-04-01T15:33:00Z")
I turned down the offer. I didn’t want to see my name in thread titles in ATMB every other day. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/13 "2012-04-01T15:48:43Z")
I demand that you mod me, bitch. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/14 "2012-04-01T16:05:26Z")
Is it a paying gig? And if so, how much? And if, “a lot,” then can I be a mod? I promise to be fair and impartial except to protected categories of people that I hate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/15 "2012-04-01T17:16:15Z")
You get paid in coffee mugs that never come. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/16 "2012-04-01T17:21:10Z")
> [@That's A-Maize-ing!](#): > > We previous mods are delighted to relax our stranglehold on the boards and turn them over to the new un-vetted overlords. I’m torn between “SUH-WEEEEEET!” and “It’s about damned time!” 😃 I’ve decided to accept the position of She Who Must Be Obeyed (and Fed Chocolate Regularly). PM me for details on where the chocolate must be sent. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/17 "2012-04-01T17:35:36Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > As this is my formal acceptance I don’t expect to have my Moderator tag for a little bit (and this is Sunday, after all). But that should be set up soon and I’ll be given dominion over Great Debates and About This Message Board. I can’t wait until I get my free coffee mug, it’ll truly make all the time I’ve spent on the Dope over the years worthwhile. I hope you brought some corn oil for the initiation. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/18 "2012-04-01T17:37:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You get paid in coffee mugs that never come. Do I get a 1099 for those? I have a bit of a tax problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/19 "2012-04-01T17:40:47Z")
Yes, but those never come either. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449/20 "2012-04-01T18:14:16Z")
So the coffee and the 1099s are also cursed? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-accept-the-sdmbs-offer-of-a-moderator-position/617449.md?page=2)