# Jonathan Chance, are you okay?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316 "2016-12-21T18:49:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/1 "2016-12-21T18:49:55Z")

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Just wanted to point out that it has been NINE DAYS since anybody started a “Jonathan Chance moderated me badly!” thread. 😃

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/2 "2016-12-21T19:26:08Z")

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Not sure this sort of thread is a good idea. I don’t want to communicate that we are mocking him. We just have problems with how he moderates. The lack of such threads is a good thing–it suggests he’s listening and/or helping people understand why he does these things.

It’s pretty simple: you get fewer threads if you give out fewer Warnings. Only give them out when absolutely necessary.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/3 "2016-12-21T20:11:14Z")

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> [@Kron](#):
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> Just wanted to point out that it has been NINE DAYS since anybody started a “Jonathan Chance moderated me badly!” thread. 😃

Not much happening in Gillette today?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/4 "2016-12-21T20:21:04Z")

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> [@GrandWino](#):
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> Not much happening in Gillette today?

Does much happen in Gillette any day? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/5 "2016-12-21T20:44:39Z")

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Nailed it! Nothing going on here in Gillette at all.

The thread is probably in poor taste, but I can usually rely on 100+ posts of new arguments about **JC** ’s moderation to entertain, and I felt compelled to point out that nothing new had been brought up.

Maybe my boredom has reached the threshold required for me to go home now…

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**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:** [December 21, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chance-are-you-okay/775316/6 "2016-12-21T21:10:58Z")

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**Moderator Action**

I know you meant this in a good-hearted jesting kind of way and not in a mocking way, but since it could be interpreted as mocking and might encourage mocking-type replies I think it’s best just to close this.