# Mod fights over forum jurisdiction **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179 "2001-11-08T14:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/1 "2001-11-08T14:01:05Z")
I was just curious if “behind the scenes” the mods ever get in disagreements over where threads should be? For that matter do you mods ever argue about anything board related other than the content of a particular thread? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/2 "2001-11-08T14:06:02Z")
My understanding is that Vince McMahon has access to the Moderators’ Forum and takes copious notes. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/3 "2001-11-08T14:41:49Z")
We mostly just discuss where a thread should be, with various people saying “Ewwwwww, I don’t want that in MY forum!” We also discuss policy sometimes. I think that we get along amazingly well, considering that we all have pretty strongly held opinions on various issues. ---
**Author:** ![annalamerino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@annalamerino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annalamerino)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/4 "2001-11-08T14:52:04Z")
“behind the scenes” 😕 Whenever a board matter comes “center stage” here at the ATMB, every mod has their own take on things. It’s sometimes amazing when a thread garners 4 or more mods and they all come at the thing from a different angle, focusing on distinct aspects of the topic. And it’s scaring the smaller children, the ones who still think Mom & Dad will both have the same answer to “Can I have a cookie before dinner?” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/5 "2001-11-09T01:27:17Z")
I am in complete agreement with Lynn Bodoni and have nothing to add to what she said so eloquently. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/6 "2001-11-09T22:03:17Z")
Well said, Arnold! I couldn’t agree more. Even if I were Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/7 "2001-11-09T23:17:46Z")
I [sub]ow[/sub] am also in agree… [sub]ow, quit it[/sub] _complete_ agreement [sub]is that better, you bastards[/sub] with what the other mods have stated above. [sub]Can you _pleeeeease_ let me out of the stocks now?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/8 "2001-11-09T23:39:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Even if I were Switzerland. \*\* Wow **UncleBeer** I know alcohol is fattening, but to possibly be the size of a country albeit [sub]I love that word[/sub] a small one is just mind boggling Come on guys you aren’t giving us the dirt. We want the stories of when y’all had a knock down, drag out fight regarding something on this message board. So spill it. [sub]pretty please with sugar on it[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/9 "2001-11-10T01:02:22Z")
I dunno. At the post-Sept.11 pick-a-nick, the NY mods were bragging that they could beat the Chicago mods in a cage match… ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/10 "2001-11-10T01:07:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*I dunno. At the post-Sept.11 pick-a-nick, the NY mods were bragging that they could beat the Chicago mods in a cage match… \*\* … while the RI mods were busy nailing down the pay-per-view rights. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/11 "2001-11-10T01:13:24Z")
Well, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=96990) **Ukelele Ike** found some shit in the Cafe and dumped it MPSIMS instead of GQ because he was more afraid of **manhattan** and **JillGat** [sub]especially JillGat[/sub] than he was of **Coldfire** or **UncleBeer** (despite Unc’s shotgun). ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-fights-over-forum-jurisdiction/92179/12 "2001-11-10T01:21:03Z")
I beat David at air hockey and outwon Manhattan gambling in Vegas. (Also won a bet with Colibri, but he’s a Straight Dope Science Advisory Board expert - not a moderator). Ed Zotti falls for all my lies. Do those count? Jill I’d be ascared of debating with any of them, though.