# Moderation of citations and breaking links

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-of-citations-and-breaking-links/937796>\
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**Created:** [March 12, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-of-citations-and-breaking-links/937796 "2021-03-12T20:01:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-of-citations-and-breaking-links/937796/13 "2021-03-13T20:07:46Z")

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> [@Knock-on effects of Biden's $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-on-effects-of-bidens-1-9-trillion-pandemic-relief/937696/49):
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> And then there’s the apology that’s not an apology.
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> > [@Knock-on effects of Biden's $1.9 Trillion Pandemic Relief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knock-on-effects-of-bidens-1-9-trillion-pandemic-relief/937696/49):
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> > Your post (slamming Obama) and link to an image site left me questioning the graph posted.
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> So what? It has never been the moderators’ role to take action, as moderator, for something that is clearly nothing like any kind of rule violation. I think it’s time for this moderator to take off his training wheels and go home.

Really, how can you “slam” Obama for something he actually did? Terrible non-apology apology. Apologizing means admitting your mistake, not admitting your mistake and then listing reasons you think explains away the mistake.

As I said above, stop using the “learning to mod excuse”. You have all been here for over a decade you should know the rules just from that.

And honestly, the explanation that you recognized the poster should mean you have some idea of his posting after 20 years and 25000 posts. How is this a community if you do not recognize long term posters? But instead of looking at his profile for 2 seconds, you chose to google a photo for 2 seconds. Bad decision.

Some people just aren’t cut out for moderating. Besides @What_Exit 's bad modding, you also have have a mod that still can’t figure out how to navigate the new board after 8 months, another mod that is so humor impaired he gives out mod notes for jokes he doesn’t understand. Maybe it’s time to consider new mods again.

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