# I thought it was decided some time ago that mods should always state when they're a mod?

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**Created:** [August 27, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-decided-some-time-ago-that-mods-should-always-state-when-theyre-a-mod/696697 "2014-08-27T22:36:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-decided-some-time-ago-that-mods-should-always-state-when-theyre-a-mod/696697/21 "2014-08-28T11:22:21Z")

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ASIDE:

> [@hajario](#):
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> It’s not that bad. There is no need to insult yourself in that manner.

I assume this refers to my earlier comment in a thread now closed? Just to clarify: I did NOT say that accusing someone of inconsistency was NECESSARILY an insult, only that in that particular situation, it could be read as such (and I chose not to.) The thread was closed before I had a chance to clarify.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-it-was-decided-some-time-ago-that-mods-should-always-state-when-theyre-a-mod/696697/22 "2014-08-28T12:02:35Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Because he’s arguing with things **tom** has said as a poster, not as a moderator.

Not in this exchange -

> [@"Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/9):
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> Nope. The BBQ Pit.
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> You think cops are too aggressive. OK. That is not an argument or a discussion.
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> It might have gone in IMHO, (since you are only asking for opinions, not facts and logic), but with the hostility of the OP, it is going into The BBQ Pit.
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> [/Moderating]

> [@"Cops" show comes to Omaha; 1 dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-show-comes-to-omaha-1-dead/696680/12):
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> Sad, just sad. My “hostility” ? I guess some must be of the opinion that police brutality and racial inequities are trivial matters. They are not. Put this thread wherever it comforts you. Yea, there too.

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