# If you were asked to be a moderator here, would you accept? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 27, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345 "2016-01-27T03:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/41 "2016-01-27T13:59:15Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > No way in hell I’d… > > …wait, what? It’s been a year, already? > > Well, crap. Happy anniversary to us! 1/27/15- the descent into madness began. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/42 "2016-01-27T14:02:40Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Happy anniversary to us! 1/27/15- the descent into madness began. It’s dark down here. And cold; so very cold. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/43 "2016-01-27T14:04:33Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > It’s dark down here. And cold; so very cold. And there are… things. With dead, cold, eyes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/44 "2016-01-27T14:11:20Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And there are… > > things. > > With dead, cold, eyes. Those are the Charter Members. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/45 "2016-01-27T14:20:12Z")
I wanted to years ago but now I wouldn’t do it if I you paid me. I cannot stand the people who decide to combat every. single. moderator action, sometimes for pages upon pages, arguing over some nitpicking pedantic little point. I think I’d up and murder someone. Besides, I am way more busy these days. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/46 "2016-01-27T14:24:52Z")
Barring weird yet unknown rules I probably would say yes. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/47 "2016-01-27T14:29:56Z")
Sure. But also pretty sure I wouldn’t be asked. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/48 "2016-01-27T14:35:11Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > It’s dark down here. And cold; so very cold. I’ve heard y’all float down there . . . ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/49 "2016-01-27T14:43:25Z")
Not interested. I’ve spent enough lifespan enforcing rules on others for pay that I don’t want to do it now for free (actually at all). Also, I’m just not good at wagon-circling. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/50 "2016-01-27T14:45:21Z")
I was a mod for a few years on a hobby board. Hell no. It was way too emotionally draining. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/51 "2016-01-27T14:50:51Z")
No. I wonder how many hours Idle has spent in 2016 comparing IP addresses. On the positive side, it does give make me appreciate all the effort. If I wanted that much reality in my life I would have become a cop. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/52 "2016-01-27T14:59:33Z")
Not a chance. I have to suffer fools in my job. No way would I want to do it for a volunteer gig. Besides, I rack up enough notes and warnings already. Give me a whiff of perceived power and I would abuse the snot out of it. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/53 "2016-01-27T15:46:32Z")
Not for all the tea in China. I’ve modded two forums and admin’d another, it was ridiculously time consuming, and I found I had little tolerance for moderating the behavior of grown adults who couldn’t be decent or respectful of others. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/54 "2016-01-27T15:46:50Z")
It sounds like a lot of work; and I would probably have to attempt to sound more intelligent than I am, so definite no. I would be flattered though if asked. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/55 "2016-01-27T16:04:58Z")
> [@DeepLiquid](#): > > Not for all the tea in China. You might wanna reconsider. China produces 855,190 metric tons of tea leaf annually. At commodity prices of $1.86 per kilogram, you’re missing out on at least $1,590,653,400. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/56 "2016-01-27T16:22:43Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You might wanna reconsider. China produces 855,190 metric tons of tea leaf annually. At commodity prices of $1.86 per kilogram, you’re missing out on at least $1,590,653,400. Well, in that case, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/57 "2016-01-27T16:37:06Z")
I’ll need to hear more about the party favors provided at the mod team orgies before I submit my response. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/58 "2016-01-27T16:51:43Z")
My professional life is too much like the moderator’s job. It would be a busman’s holiday and therefore not nearly enough fun to justify the time spent. As others have said, perhaps after retirement. I ran chatrooms for years. It’s exhausting and oftentimes highly unrewarding, the occasional highs of a Red Queen “Off with their heads!” moment aside. I’m happy as heck just writhing about here in the gutter with other lower life forms. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/59 "2016-01-27T17:02:25Z")
No, because I don’t spend enough time here, don’t know all the rules, and would not enforce the ones I do know. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345/60 "2016-01-27T17:17:38Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > No, because I don’t spend enough time here, don’t know all the rules, and would not enforce the ones I do know. It appears Barkis is UN-Willin’ 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-asked-to-be-a-moderator-here-would-you-accept/744345.md?page=4)