# Marley23, what was this merge all about? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943 "2008-10-14T20:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/1 "2008-10-14T20:14:32Z")
There’s a perfectly good[thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=487072) about Palin’s political future that had been going on for two days. Somebody starts a new one. Instead of closing the new one, with a link to the existing one, as would be sensible, you chose to [merge](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10304659) them. The new thread doesn’t even kick in until post #94. Is this a new policy? Whenever anyone starts a related thread, you’re going to merge them no matter how long they’ve been going or what havoc it wreaks with both of them? If you’re going to pretend to be a GD mod, at least you could pretend to be a competent one. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/2 "2008-10-14T20:25:14Z")
\*\*Frank’s \*\*becoming one of us! One of us! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/3 "2008-10-14T20:26:54Z")
> [@Lionne](#): > > \*\*Frank’s \*\*becoming one of us! One of us! He’s been one of us for quite a while. Removing the mind-control nanites will do that. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/4 "2008-10-14T20:27:20Z")
Frank, I like you. I liked you as a mod, and I like you as a poster. But I’m kinda surprised you stuck around after your mod retirement. It’s like you know how the sausage is made, you don’t like how the sausage is made, you’ve been pretty vocal about not liking how the sausage is made, but you keep eating the sausage. Although, I’m also rather intrigued by your somewhat acrimonious relationship with your former-fellow sausage-makers, er, mods. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/5 "2008-10-14T20:34:05Z")
This sausage definitely has some lips in it. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/6 "2008-10-14T20:36:37Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > But I’m kinda surprised you stuck around after your mod retirement. It’s like you know how the sausage is made, you don’t like how the sausage is made, you’ve been pretty vocal about not liking how the sausage is made, but you keep eating the sausage. I like the board; what can I say? > [@](#): > > Although, I’m also rather intrigued by your somewhat acrimonious relationship with your former-fellow sausage-makers, er, mods. Frankly, I think that almost all of the mods do good work almost all the time, and some of them do excellent work almost all the time. The time I spent in the loop only gave me a greater appreciation of those mods. Being exposed to their thought processes and arguments was impressive. And on that, I shall not name names; I’d forget someone and hurt their feelings. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/7 "2008-10-14T23:53:59Z")
Mods don’t have feelings. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/8 "2008-10-15T00:08:52Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Is this a new policy? Whenever anyone starts a related thread, you’re going to merge them no matter how long they’ve been going or what havoc it wreaks with both of them? I don’t see the havoc. It’s an anti-Palin circle jerk and it doesn’t appear anyone even noticed the merge. I’m all for merging similar political threads. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-what-was-this-merge-all-about/467943/9 "2008-10-15T07:18:14Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Frankly, I … Heh. Sorry, I am easily amused. I like new Frank, btw.