# Moderating **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 1, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602 "2000-12-01T17:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/21 "2000-12-03T19:37:31Z")
110,895 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/22 "2000-12-04T16:03:16Z")
This **Astroboy** intrigues me… Esprix ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/23 "2000-12-04T20:58:10Z")
So, **Tuba** , you _are_ going to tell us who said, “Who is this Cecil Adams guy everybody keeps talking about, anyway?” aren’t you? 😃 BTW, whoever it was… ya think (s)he’s still sitting around, waiting for your reply? Do you guys ever send out ‘Thanks, but no thanks’ letters? ---
**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 4, 2000, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/24 "2000-12-04T21:52:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HannibaIV \* > Ha Ha. Just kidding. You are usually one of the fun mods. I’d just hate to see you become one of the bitter ones. (No names!) Well it looks like TubaDiva took dibs on being the bitter moderator, so I guess I’ll be the [umami moderator](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mumami.html). Classifying the other moderators according to their taste sensation is left as an exercise to the alert reader. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/25 "2000-12-04T23:55:18Z")
Y’all can always make me the Nerdy Moderator. Remember, one of these days Cecil is gonna get asked the “Enterprise vs. Star Destroyer” question… and then who’ll you turn to for an answer? Coldfire? Pish-posh! ---
**Author:** ![Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adriatic_Ionian_AEgean)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/26 "2000-12-05T00:05:17Z")
I know you’re joking, **Mr.MSG** but I’m guessing TubaDiva isn’t so much bitter as tired. (Unfortunately for the analogy, that is not a taste sense category.) In a recent thread she said > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*I’ve been inundated with other stuff both here and irl \*\* The result is that she’s posting only adminstrative rulings, and not much else, so she comes off as “tense”, when a more charitable interpretation would be “distracted”. Maybe the FAQ update will solve much of that. All the common answers (like why we don’t have Napster and HTML and paid memberships and copyrighted material) can be in one place. Then she won’t have to look like Judge Judy when every repeat question comes along. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/27 "2000-12-05T01:13:08Z")
I want to be an Administrator. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sue)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/28 "2000-12-05T01:24:27Z")
\*\*sub         [/sub]O         º       sub)[/sub]         +         A         " \*\* ---
**Author:** ![User\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@User\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_10K)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/29 "2000-12-05T02:06:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by handy \* > \*\* > I want to be an Administrator. \*\* I want to be User #1. Let me know when there’s an opening there, please 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/30 "2000-12-05T02:57:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Adriatic Ionian Ægean \* > \*\*The result is that she’s posting only adminstrative rulings, and not much else, so she comes off as “tense”, when a more charitable interpretation would be “distracted”. > > Maybe the FAQ update will solve much of that. > All the common answers (like why we don’t have Napster and HTML and paid memberships and copyrighted material) can be in one place. Then she won’t have to look like Judge Judy when every repeat question comes along. \*\* I’m sure Tuba herself will be here shortly to do the same, but let me be the first to thank you on your broad and in-depth psychological analysis. I don’t know what we would do without your insights. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/31 "2000-12-05T03:22:01Z")
If we’re all going to be flavors, can I be Strange? And I’m going to stay out of the debate on who’s Charm, Truth, or Beauty. ---
**Author:** ![\_hijack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/c0e974/32.png) [@\_hijack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_hijack)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/32 "2000-12-05T03:55:20Z")
I guess strange is a taste, but what about those others 😕 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2000, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/33 "2000-12-05T07:46:47Z")
## I suspect one reason Tuba is posting mainly administrative rulings is because of this: ## You give up some of your right of self-expression when you come to work here; by the nature of the gig you have to able to see most points of view and administer evenhandedly. It means not speaking sometimes when you want to slap somebody for a week or two solid, or not getting to use that incredibly clever riposte. It also means sometimes taking horrendous abuse and not being able to do anything about it but bear up under it. In an earlier life I’ve seen Tuba post an honest answer to an angry group that didn’t want an honest answer…they wanted to rain a ton of grief on the first moderator in their gunsites. Fighting ignorance may be the motto of the board but when ignorance is chosen by large groups it’s often better to practice the discretion of silence. ---
**Author:** ![HannibaIV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@HannibaIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibaIV)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/34 "2000-12-05T09:45:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by HannibaIV \* > > \*\* Ha Ha. Just kidding. You are usually one of the fun mods. I’d just hate to see you become one of the bitter ones. (No names!) \*\* > > Hey! HEY! > > your humble TubaDiva > I resent that! \*\* I was never talking about YOU. Not everything is about you. I was talking about Coldfire. I thought that was obvious. He tries for a reputation of, shall we say, grump. As seen here. However, now that you have volunteered as bitter, and Alphagene and Coldfire and Arnold all agree, that’s among yourselves to analyze. I was just trying to say Arnold should forget Righteous, since bringing that up all the time made him sound harsh, and he is usually so funloving. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/35 "2000-12-05T10:24:23Z")
Hannibal, your quote above seems to refer to Arnold Winkelried. I _try_ for a reputation? Dude, I am a pretty happy guy by nature. Of course, there are a few things that can indeed get me grumpy. Don’t flatter yourself. You’re not among them. Awfully opinionated for a newbie, BTW. 'T was but last week I saw your eloquent “Ummmm… hi” thread in this very forum. What have I done so far to make your life miserable, hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/36 "2000-12-05T11:42:55Z")
hhmmmm. Hannibal… why is it that every time you post is to moan about something? And if you think that Coldy is just grumpy, you obviously haven’t seen him with a hangover. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/37 "2000-12-05T16:37:34Z")
So Cecil is an Administrator? Cecil is an imaginary person. One thinks they would choose real people, eh? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/38 "2000-12-05T16:39:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HannibaIV \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by HannibaIV \* > > > \*\* Ha Ha. Just kidding. You are usually one of the fun mods. I’d just hate to see you become one of the bitter ones. (No names!) \*\* > > > > Hey! HEY! > > > > your humble TubaDiva > > I resent that! \*\* > > I was never talking about YOU. Not everything is about you. > I was talking about Coldfire. I thought that was obvious. > He tries for a reputation of, shall we say, grump. As seen here. > > However, now that you have volunteered as bitter, and Alphagene and Coldfire and Arnold all agree, that’s among yourselves to analyze. > > I was just trying to say Arnold should forget Righteous, since bringing that up all the time made him sound harsh, and he is usually so funloving. > > \*\* Ya know, sometimes we can make a joke. Or maybe not. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/39 "2000-12-05T17:33:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by [hijack] \* > \*\*I guess strange is a taste, but what about those others 😕 \*\* Properties of Quarks and Leptons. They have something like 6 “flavors” (aka properties)each The Quarks are: Charm Strange Up Down Top Bottom The Leptons have boring names like “Muon-Neutrino” and I don’t remember them. Somehow, I remember that a proton is made up of two Up quarks and a Down quark. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602/40 "2000-12-05T18:24:11Z")
First one to make a crack about me being either the top or bottom moderator gets hurt, and not in a desirable way… Esprix [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderating/43602.md?page=3)