# Mod Snark on other Boards **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 7, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293 "2009-12-07T04:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 7, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/41 "2009-12-07T07:18:02Z")
Well, as far as I can tell, a mod can do whatever the hell he wants on another board, as that is outside this board’s jurisdition. If you have a problem, bring it up on the board in question. If you’ve already done so, then you’ve exhausted your options. It’s unfortunate, but you’ve developed a level of notoriety around here. A lot of people actively dislike you. Unless you are trying to get banned, I think it would do you good to try and calm down. I’m sorry that you feel it unfair, but if you rub a bunch of people the wrong way, they can get tired of it, and you’ll reap the consequences. That’s just how things work in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/42 "2009-12-07T07:20:50Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Well, as far as I can tell, a mod can do whatever the hell he wants on another board, as that is outside this board’s jurisdition. If you have a problem, bring it up on the board in question. If you’ve already done so, then you’ve exhausted your options. > > It’s unfortunate, but you’ve developed a level of notoriety around here. A lot of people actively dislike you. Unless you are trying to get banned, I think it would do you good to try and calm down. > > I’m sorry that you feel it unfair, but if you rub a bunch of people the wrong way, they can get tired of it, and you’ll reap the consequences. That’s just how things work in the real world. Who the hell are you, and why should I take your advice? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/43 "2009-12-07T07:30:53Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Who the hell are you, and why should I take your advice? My name is statsman1982. I’m a doctoral student living in West Texas. Now that I’ve told you who I am (because that matters to you for some reason), maybe you’ll take \*this \*bit of advice: Replies like the one I quoted above don’t exactly endear you to anyone. If you were to lay off the invective perhaps your objections would be taken more seriously. But who the hell am I, right? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/44 "2009-12-07T07:40:12Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Oh look, attempts at evasion. It’s simply not kosher for an SDMB mod to go to a splinter board and snark on other members. Does anyone agree? For the record, no I don’t agree. What happens off board stays off board. You are trying to start a board war. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/45 "2009-12-07T08:07:23Z")
Carol Stream ([according to a past post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9030450&postcount=182)) is a woman. She mentions her husband and that she goes to the ladies room. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/46 "2009-12-07T08:34:22Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Would you call Johanna, or Kelly M, or heaven forfend, Eve, “man-hands”? Didn’t think so. Yes, yes I would. I could not care less what the offenderati think. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/47 "2009-12-07T11:08:18Z")
Could this be the glorious demise and flame out to Carol Stream? _Grabs popcorn_ ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/48 "2009-12-07T13:00:00Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Who the hell are you, and why should I take your advice? I thought you were “done” a few posts ago. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/49 "2009-12-07T13:07:50Z")
> [@ajb867](#): > > Could this be the glorious demise and flame out to Carol Stream? [Mod Hat]This (and comments like it) are not appropriate in ATMB.[/Mod Hat] > [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > That’s what you, and Gfactor, apparently, don’t get. FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT RIDING HIS ASS. I disagree. > [@](#): > > I think the POSTERS should be responsible for posting in the general style of the message board, and in the right forums as appropriate. Not the mods. Does anyone have a problem with that? As I see it, people take issue with something else: the way you address other posters, and your requests that the mods hand out more warnings and enforce the rules (as you see them) in a stricter manner. > [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > You can’t have it both ways. Either mod emails are none of my business, OR they are, since the mod posted about them on a snark board, which make them everybody’s business, by default. The Giraffe Board is not a snark board, and the comment is not snark on you. He said he found the situation funny. _Posts_ are everybody’s business in that everybody can see them. Our emails, chats, and so on, are not, even if they get mentioned or ferred to on a board. It sounds like you’re implying you have a right to subpoena the discussion and get a transcript. What can I say? You don’t. We’re not a court or a lawmaking body, we’re a group of volunteers on a message board. > [@](#): > > Also, if you don’t report to the admins, who do you report to? **Ed Zotti**. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/50 "2009-12-07T13:13:52Z")
ETA: missed **Marley** ’s comment on preview; snark deleted. (For now.) ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/51 "2009-12-07T13:32:09Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The Giraffe Board is not a snark board, and the comment is not snark on you. He said he found the situation funny. Yes, **Gfactor** clearly didn’t start that thread to snark on anyone. I thought he handled the questions with aplomb, certainly nothing which would cast him or the moderators of this board in a bad light. I spend a lot of time laughing at posts in the Pit from posters like **Boyo Jim** and I assume he does too, that’s why I asked the question. No snark was expected and none was delivered. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/52 "2009-12-07T14:26:42Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > No, that’s what children like you don’t understand. If it’s on the internet, it’s automatically EVERYBODY"S business, because you put it there. IOW, you can’t post your whole life on facebook, and then whine when people comment on how much of a douchebag you are. Likewise, you can’t build a legacy of harsh and rude posts, then be surprised when people treat you ‘mean’. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/53 "2009-12-07T16:49:03Z")
**reads thread, dies laughing** My, all this and **Fenris** is _mean,_ too! **wipes tear** ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/54 "2009-12-07T17:31:09Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Also, if you don’t report to the admins, who do you report to? Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/55 "2009-12-07T17:31:43Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Who the hell are you A poster. > [@](#): > > - and why should I take your advice?\* “POSTERS should be responsible for posting in the general style of the message board, and in the right forums as appropriate.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/56 "2009-12-07T17:43:37Z")
Amidst all the gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts, there was an interesting question in there that still hasn’t been answered - what is the position of this board on mods from this board snarking on posters from this board on a different board (using their mod name from this board)? ---
**Author:** ![wmfellows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@wmfellows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wmfellows)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/57 "2009-12-07T17:47:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Amidst all the gnashing of teeth and beating of breasts, there was an interesting question in there that still hasn’t been answered - what is the position of this board on mods from this board snarking on posters from this board on a different board (using their mod name from this board)? I hope there isn’t one, as there’s quite enough rules on this board without yet another band-aid to assuage the hyper-sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/58 "2009-12-07T17:50:59Z")
The post isn’t snark. But leaving that aside, we don’t police what SDMB posters do on other boards. I don’t remember the mods as a group ever discussing what we can or can’t say on other boards - and I’m not sure why we would need any kind of policy on that. **Gfactor** is speaking for himself to a different reading audience. If he did something and said it was on behalf of the board maybe there would be an issue. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/59 "2009-12-07T18:01:15Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Carol Stream (which is the name of a suburb somewhere) My ISP is Earthlink. It’s the town that used to appear on my Earthlink bills. e.g. [http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=28802](http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=28802) Remit To: Earthlink, Inc. P.O. Box 6452 Carol Stream, IL 60197-6452 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293/60 "2009-12-07T18:29:05Z")
This has nothing to do with what **GRactor** did or did not do and the propriety thereof. And, I hasen to add, it has only the slightest of tangential reference to **Carol Stream** the SDMB member. As explained on the town’s website, the town of Carol Stream, IL, is one of only a few, perhaps the only, towns to bear the full name of a living person. Ms. Carol Stream was at the time the town was first laid out the teenage daughter of the developer, a Mr. Stream, who was involved in a major automobile accident and lay comatose for quite a long time. The town was named after her and she was told about it while she was in coma in an effort to bring her out of it. Ms. Stream the eponym lives in Arizona, and reportedly never fully recovered from the accident, but occasionally visits her namesake town for community celebrations. The town of Carol Stream is of course a Chicago suburb, as has been mentioned. While I have no certain knowledge, I presume from **Carol Steam** the poster’s stated location (IL) that she adopted the town’s name as her username, and is not the actual Ms. Carol Stream for whom the town was named, who now lives in Arizona. I only went into this because of the convergence of “Carol Stream” as 1. a living person’s real name, 2. the name of a town named after her, and 3. the username of a board member, presumably referencing the town – and the potential for confusion that could result. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-snark-on-other-boards/520293.md?page=4)