# I quit. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845 "2009-02-14T18:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/261 "2009-02-16T14:10:31Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Oy. Anything coming from On-High about all this any time soon? The way it works, I think, is that you find out policy by getting banned. Wait a bit. It shouldn’t take very long now. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/262 "2009-02-16T14:19:25Z")
Well damn, this is an unfortunate turn of events I must say. Giraffe you were an excellent Mod. Druid, I didn’t notice you so much, so that must have been a good thing. I’m sorry you both felt the need to step down though. I am glad to see you both are still sticking around. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/263 "2009-02-16T14:57:45Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I completely agree. But - for \*\*Ed \*\*to listen, he’s got got to know what the customers are saying. So, what do you all want? Abortions for some, tiny american flags for all! ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/264 "2009-02-16T15:07:44Z")
Yikes. **Ed** , seriously, the Pit is fine. Was fine, anyway. Before its two mods quit. Please stop tinkering with the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/265 "2009-02-16T15:15:32Z")
OK, folks, lets review: on the right, you got your pitchforks. Over here, you got your torches. We march, we grumble, and we brandish in a threatening manner. What we do not do is set fire to the pitchforks. That is _soooo_ embarassing! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/266 "2009-02-16T15:22:04Z")
well, crap. **fluid druid** , too? Damn. damn damn. Your cool head here will also be missed. Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/267 "2009-02-16T15:30:32Z")
What I want to know is: Of all the fora on the SDMB, the Pit seemed to have the least problems. What is/was so “broken” about it\* that it required Ed to dive in. Frankly, from the time **Giraffe** got input from the SDMB members and revised (or ditched) a bunch of the stupid rules that had accumulated over time, the Pit was (from my POV) just fine. I think my main source of confusion is: What’s Ed trying to “Fix” with this tinkering. \*Other than the “Lynn decides that hyperbole about Planned Parenthood is a mod-smackdown-worthy offence” debacle that prompted the once-since-then “Non-Pit Rules Thread” rule. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/268 "2009-02-16T15:43:43Z")
:eek: ☹ I’m sorry to hear that, **fluiddruid** - you, too, were an excellent mod. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/269 "2009-02-16T15:50:24Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > I might as well chime in now that I am stepping down from moderating the Pit. I will stay on as a moderator in my other forums. I’ll step in here if it’s needed until staff is reallocated, so feel free to PM me if you need help. Holy shit! Sorry to hear that you are stepping down as well, Fluid. Methinks this exodus of mods is not a good sign for the future… ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/270 "2009-02-16T15:51:48Z")
This is clearly a sign of the apocalypse. The end is near… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/271 "2009-02-16T15:52:32Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > What I want to know is: Of all the fora on the SDMB, the Pit seemed to have the least problems. What is/was so “broken” about it\* that it required Ed to dive in. Ed got pissed off at a particularly nasty bout of mod criticism. I forget what the incident that sparked the criticism was (and don’t particularly wish to remember), but he decided he needed to take hold of the reins himself. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/272 "2009-02-16T15:53:44Z")
[QUOTE=fluiddruid] I might as well chime in now that I am stepping down from moderating the Pit. I will stay on as a moderator in my other forums. I’ll step in here if it’s needed until staff is reallocated, so feel free to PM me if you need help. [/QUOTE] DAMN! Wait. I already said that. Several times, in fact. I’m sorry to hear this, and you really deserved your own thread, our **druid**. You did a great job and did it so suavely you scarcely raised ripples. Your easy-going common sense will be missed in the Pit. Thanks for everything. This all sounds distinctly ominous. Ed running the Pit. Oh holy crap, we _so_ screwed. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/273 "2009-02-16T15:57:50Z")
Geez, this damn recession’s spilling over everywhere. My hat’s off to anyone and everyone who’d take on pit moderation. Seriously, thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/274 "2009-02-16T15:59:55Z")
I’m sorry to see you go, **Giraffe**. A class act, in what little time I’ve had to observe you. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/275 "2009-02-16T16:13:04Z")
> [@Risha](#): > > :eek: ☹ I’m sorry to hear that, **fluiddruid** - you, too, were an excellent mod. Yes. Yes, she was. This has gone from majorly sucks to _ **holy frikkin shit we’re all doomed!** _ sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/276 "2009-02-16T16:19:41Z")
OK, mods, stop quitting! Nah, don’t pay attention to me. Been there, done stuff similar to what you do, reached the point where I figured I had to step down or go postal and there’s no intrawebs in prison. Thanks for the job you’ve both been doing in the Pit. You’ll have to excuse me, but I can’t think of a way to insert cusswords into a “thank you.” Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/277 "2009-02-16T16:24:48Z")
I’m also going to stop modding the pit. Not that I was ever a mod, I just like following trends. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/278 "2009-02-16T16:37:40Z")
I stopped lurking back in 2005 to take part in a pit thread that **Frank** (then a mod, I believe) started about long-gone **Scott Plaid**. I haven’t posted all that much in the pit since, but I have enjoyed reading the threads. I think that the moderating by **Giraffe** and **fluiddruid** has been outstanding, and that **Ed** ’s brief career in moderating has had anything but a moderating influence. Thanks to both former mods for excellent work in the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Grossbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@Grossbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grossbottom)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/279 "2009-02-16T16:46:52Z")
Man I just started reading these boards again and Giraffe leaves, that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845/280 "2009-02-16T16:53:31Z")
Thanks for all the kind words. Contrapuntal, in particular, I appreciate what you said. I know we’ve been at odds several times over the years, and I was honored by your feedback. Just to be clear, I’m still moderating (currently over The Game Room and The Barn House), so I’ll still be around. You shouldn’t feel much of a change - I’ve stepped back from reported posts for several months now, this just makes it official. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit/485845.md?page=15)