# Is a Moderator allowed to attack a poster like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 30, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090 "2016-10-30T04:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/61 "2016-10-31T15:44:57Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Sheeple. > Sheeple. > Shee Nice to know what the mods really think of us posters. > [@hajario](#): > > Ha ha. Miller owned you in that post you little butt hurt baby. > [@hajario](#): > > Shit. I thought that this thread was in the Pit for some stupid reason. I apologize for this misplaced post. So if I use these magical words I can insult people outside of the Pit. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/62 "2016-10-31T16:07:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > So part of the problem is that there’s no uniform policy for how moderators should make explicit that they’re moderating - hence it’s understandable why someone would find it jarring to get called out by one. Posters pay attention to the poster name and the “Moderator” subheading; not necessarily to individualized tags or throat clears or Mod Hats or whatever else may be used. I think you’re greatly underestimating the acumen of Dopers. Sure, if they didn’t read the post properly and simply paid attention to the Mod name then they might misinterpret things but my guess is that very very few people make such an error and a quick post to ATMB woud soon clear things up in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/63 "2016-10-31T16:12:51Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So if I use these magical words I can insult people outside of the Pit. Sweet. Yes, under maritime law, provided you do not create joinder between freeman-on-the-land (natural person) **Drunky: of the Family Smurf** and the legal person **Drunky Smurf** , since only the latter is subject to moderator authority without consent. ETA: I just want to check, do moderators have Tasers? ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/64 "2016-10-31T16:17:44Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I see. So we’re just negotiating the price. And whether it’s going to be in a mud, pudding or jello pit. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/65 "2016-10-31T16:51:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > ETA: I just want to check, do moderators have Tasers? I have a cattle prod. Seriously. I bought it for doing some informal shock testing of industrial controllers that we design. It will motivate a 2,000 lb cow, so it definitely puts out a pretty decent electrical shock. I then made a sticker that I put on it that says “Engineer motivator”. 🙂 I intentionally keep the batteries hidden for it because if I didn’t, I know that sooner or later someone would end up zapping someone else here in the office with it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/66 "2016-10-31T18:02:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Siam Sam** : > > Are Mods allowed to date each other? At one point, we had a pair of mods who were in a long-term domestic relationship (this being before they were allowed to officially marry). **CajunMan** and **DrMatrix** , IIRC? And **JillGat** and **Colibri** knew each other from before the SDMB, but I have no idea if they ever dated. There might be other cases, but I have a hard enough time keeping track of who the mods are, and I’m terrible at being aware of relationships. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/67 "2016-10-31T18:28:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > I think it’s very reasonable that Mods be allowed to act as “normal citizens” in the Pit, but it would also be reasonable to at least update the Pit rules to reflect that a moderator in the Pit isn’t necessarily modding, and has the same right as anyone else to wade in. It’s so simple! The Mods just need to create a Sock that they use when they want to be a regular poster. 😃 And, apropos of nothing about the rule that Mods can’t _start_ pit threads about other posters … Just box up a case of Mr. Goodbars (I don’t drink … alcohol) and $50 in small, non-sequential, unmarked bills, and PM me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/68 "2016-10-31T18:50:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Are Mods allowed to date each other? **Asimovian** thinks bell bottoms are still in style. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/69 "2016-10-31T18:51:44Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Asimovian** thinks bell bottoms are still in style. Is that a point for or against? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/70 "2016-10-31T18:57:39Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Is that a point for or against? I _think_ it’s an argument for Capital Punishment. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/71 "2016-10-31T19:10:57Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Is that a point for or against? For, baby, for. See, we can bridge the chasm between us. Say, about midnight Eastern on Wednesday. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/72 "2016-10-31T19:19:12Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > For, baby, for. > > See, we can bridge the chasm between us. Say, about midnight Eastern on Wednesday. I appreciate your sense of camaraderie. After all, we’re all part of the same Tribe. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/73 "2016-10-31T19:45:19Z")
That’s funny. You don’t LOOK Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/74 "2016-10-31T22:15:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And **JillGat** and **Colibri** knew each other from before the SDMB, but I have no idea if they ever dated. Not so. I’ve never even met **JillGat**. When Jill was a moderator, she was so impressed by my erudite answers in CCC and GQ that she sent me a Question Too Dumb for Even Cecil to Answer from the mailbag. Since I was able to answer it, I was signed up for the SDSAB. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/75 "2016-10-31T22:16:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And **JillGat** and **Colibri** knew each other from before the SDMB, but I have no idea if they ever dated. Not so. I’ve never even met **JillGat**. When Jill was one of Cecil’s helpers, she was so impressed by my erudite answers in CCC and GQ that she sent me a [Question Too Dumb for Even Cecil to Answer](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2370/how-do-caterpillars-have-sex) from the mailbag. Since I was able to answer it, I was signed up for the SDSAB. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/76 "2016-11-03T06:34:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > **Asimovian** thinks bell bottoms are still in style. > [@Asimovian](#): > > Is that a point for or against? Just so you don’t also wear one of those neck scarfs too, like Fred in _Scooby Doo_. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090/77 "2016-11-03T10:19:46Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > For, baby, for. > > See, we can bridge the chasm between us. Say, about midnight Eastern on Wednesday. So it was a little pass midnight. Rain delays are like that. Eh, Asimovian? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-moderator-allowed-to-attack-a-poster-like-this/770090.md?page=3)