# manhattan will co-moderate GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 28, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818 "2000-01-28T02:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/1 "2000-01-28T02:40:00Z")
We’re happy to announce that **manhattan** has been appointed co-moderator of the General Questions forum. He’ll share moderating duties with Nickrz, who plans to stick around but wants to reduce his time commitment. We plan to name co-moderators for some of our other busy forums soon. We’d have done it before now, but it wasn’t possible until this latest MB software upgrade. If you’ve already applied to become a moderator, don’t worry, we’re still slowly trolling through the applications. If you’d like to apply, contact [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com) for more info. **manhattan** has been an active poster and we’ve been impressed by his intelligence, fair-mindedness, and unflappable sense of humor. We’re sure you’ll join us in welcoming him. And please, go easy on him. We don’t want him to quit the first day. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/2 "2000-01-28T02:45:00Z")
Let me be amongst the first to congratulate Manhattan . . . and also to commiserate. Ain’t the easiest job, but sometimes y’all make it really really fun. I would say “respect him like you do me,” but he deserves better. 🙂 your humble TubaDiva “Welcome to heaven, here’s your harp. Welcome to hell, here’s your banjo. Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, here’s your scooper.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/3 "2000-01-28T02:47:00Z")
Congratulations, Manny! Way to go! Now _you_ get to be the next target for the psycho poster who wants to take out his aggressions on a moderator who deigns to take a position opposite of his! Don’t you feel lucky? (I’d ask what the ? in front of the message means, whether it’s indicative of an uneasy nature in giving Manny this wonderful benny, but I think questioning Mr. Zotti’s typing skills is the surest way to get my butt fragged.) * * * JMCJ Just confirming that my ass is, in fact, the wisest part of my body. ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/4 "2000-01-28T02:48:00Z")
Can I be the first to complain about the standard of Manhattan’s moderating? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/5 "2000-01-28T03:02:00Z")
Congratulations, Manny, it’s well-deserved. For your first trick … doesn’t this topic belong in ATMB? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/6 "2000-01-28T03:18:00Z")
\\Congratulations, manhattan!\\ And to think I was kissing up to you in the [posters you’d like to date](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004065-3.html) thread before I even knew you were going to be a moderator! That ought to qualify me for _some_ kind of special consideration, don’t ya think? 😉 Just kidding, of course. Or wait - maybe I’m not kidding. [kissing up again]Manhattan, oh wise and sensible one (and sexy, charming, and adorable, too), do you think you could use your new position of power to talk the adminstrators into adding a preview option for our replies??? I’m willing to work out a trade. Just name your price.[/kissing up] 😃 All kidding aside, I know you’ll do a great job for all the reasons stated. Congrats! * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/7 "2000-01-28T03:31:00Z")
Hm. And here I thought I was so clever, being the “first to realize” that there was another name up by Nick’s…anyhoo, there’s a congratulatory thread started over in MPSIMS (didn’t want to sully the GQ forum with emotion). Congratulations, Manny, quite an achievement. PS: If they don’t hire me, can I have your coffee cup? * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/8 "2000-01-28T03:33:00Z")
So its true, you can buy your way into a Moderatorship, Have a big gala New Years blast, invite everyone, there ya go, You are a moderator. That being the case, I gotta start planning for 2001. Just kidding, Manny, Big Time congrats! You are obviously a great choice, based on your posts, and your personality. Good Job! pat ---
**Author:** ![Mrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Mrunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrunner)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/9 "2000-01-28T03:43:00Z")
I too would like to take this opportunity to point out that Manny rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Mrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@Mrunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrunner)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/10 "2000-01-28T03:44:00Z")
And it’s not just because adding a “Calavera” to the shortening of his name brings a tear of nostalgia to my eye, either. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/11 "2000-01-28T03:57:00Z")
Manny – ## Don’t believe a thing Nickrz has to say about me. Besides, all _those_ posts have been deletes. Congrat on joining the rarified stratus of blah, blah, blah, yadda-yadda-yadda, and so on. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Smilie and you smilie alone (with my contempt). – missdavis ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/12 "2000-01-28T04:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > So its true, you can buy your way into a Moderatorship Now we know what he did with that ten grand! Congrats, Manny. I’m sure you’ll do a great job. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/13 "2000-01-28T04:18:00Z")
Congratulations, Manhattan, I’ve enjoyed your reading your input. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/14 "2000-01-28T04:39:00Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/15 "2000-01-28T04:42:00Z")
**Ed Zotti** : > [@](#): > > we’re still slowly **trolling** through the applications. Not to disrupt the many pleasant (and deserved) congratulations/condolences to **manhattan** , but was _no one_ troubled by this remark? Will Phaedrus be our new GD moderator? NewtonsApple in charge of MPSIMS? Oh, the humanity! (text bolding mine, of course) * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![brooklyn44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@brooklyn44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brooklyn44)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/16 "2000-01-28T08:31:00Z")
I’d like to add my congrats to Manhattan. It’s a pleasure to read his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/17 "2000-01-28T09:22:00Z")
Congrats, Manny! Couldn’t happen to a better guy! Now that you got some pull, howzabout helping a native New Yorker ovah here? I always thought **Satan** would be a GREAT moderator for The Pit! 🙂 * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/18 "2000-01-28T12:53:00Z")
Kudos! ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/19 "2000-01-28T13:16:00Z")
Way to go manhattan. You’re always a good read, so this ought to work out well. * * * The post below mine will most likely be occupied by LauraLee. ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818/20 "2000-01-28T14:10:00Z")
Hey, ALRIGHT, Manny! This is a great excuse to celebrate! When I get back from Hawaii, I’m taking you out. * * * Formerly unknown as “Melanie” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-will-co-moderate-gq/6818.md?page=2)