# Moderator Name Calling In Regard To members **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387 "2011-05-10T13:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/61 "2011-05-11T20:46:47Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > 😕 Wouldn’t “innocently overlooked” = “simply oblivious”? Some people occasionally overlook things by accident. Others are just habitually oblivious; they simply don’t care about following board rules or paying attention to what has previously been said in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/62 "2011-05-11T20:50:22Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > If you’re reading too fast or carelessly to notice a moderator comment set off by mod tags, you’re too dumb to be taken seriously. It’s a good thing you cleared that up for everyone. I can’t tell you how many PM’s I’ve gotten wondering “why doesn’t **Inner Stickler** take me seriously?” I can now confidently tell them it’s because they read something too fast. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/63 "2011-05-11T20:54:13Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > It’s a good thing you cleared that up for everyone. I can’t tell you how many PM’s I’ve gotten wondering “why doesn’t **Inner Stickler** take me seriously?” > I can now confidently tell them it’s because they read something too fast. How many times have you posted in violation of a moderator’s instructions? If you haven’t, it suggests you’re not one of the people the remark was directed at. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/64 "2011-05-11T21:02:40Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > How many times have you posted in violation of a moderator’s instructions? If you haven’t, it suggests you’re not one of the people the remark was directed at. I don’t think I ever have. Just poking fun at **Inner Stickler’s** sweeping generalization that someone reading too quickly or carelessly is too dumb to be taken seriously. There are lots of reasons things can be missed, forgotten, misinterpreted, purposely ignored etc. etc. etc. - it’s funny to me that the conclusion is simply that in all cases they are “too dumb”. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/65 "2011-05-11T21:13:29Z")
I wouldn’t like to see a tagging ability I already enjoy (such as posting in whatever color I choose) taken away for the exclusive use of mods, but if vBB software supports a function only for certain members, I could see enabling that function only for mods. Just as a f’rinstance, enable avatars only for mods (I presume that if the software could enable them for members but not guests, it could be further filtered to enable them only for mods and admins). When the moderator wants to moderate a specific violation, he (or she) could stick his/her personal avatar on the offending post, and also put that avatar on the post that gives the instruction to knock it off. I’m no expert on the vBB software, of course, There may be any number of technical reasons why my specific example would not work. But in principle, I wouldn’t mind seeing official moderation tags on official moderation posts, and if it could be done without grossly inconveniencing Jerry Davis (and without incurring an extra expense to Creative Loafing), I think it should be considered, if only to free ATMB from threads complaining about the moderation being ambiguous. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/66 "2011-05-11T21:36:38Z")
I think that it wouldn’t matter _how_ a moderator post appeared, because some people won’t think it could possibly pertain to anything _they_ did, and it will remain unread. Add to these the number of posters that just _have_ to get the last word in, those that think “Them’s fightin’ words!” can excuse anything, and those that think that adding “I’m not arguing-I’m just saying…” means that they are exempt from moderator edicts to knock it off, and you can see that the problem has little to do with the appearance of the mod post. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/67 "2011-05-11T22:32:20Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Just as a f’rinstance, enable avatars only for mods (I presume that if the software could enable them for members but not guests, it could be further filtered to enable them only for mods and admins). When the moderator wants to moderate a specific violation, he (or she) could stick his/her personal avatar on the offending post, and also put that avatar on the post that gives the instruction to knock it off. Now if I _did_ have an avatar for issuing Moderator Warnings, it would definitely be [Huitzilopochtli,](http://www.sfmission.com/gallery_files/site_pics/Mexico/Art_and_History/Huitzilopochtli-sacrifice.jpg)the Southern Hummingbird, the Aztec god of blood and human sacrifice. Now _that_ would get their attention. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/68 "2011-05-11T22:55:32Z")
Maybe I’m overthinking the color issue, but, just for the sake of argument, what about color-blind people? Someone without the ability to process the color red wouldn’t see the text differently, anyway. And, of course, I realize that very few, if any, posters here are color-blind. But it could creatively give some people a loophole by saying they didn’t recognize the altered text. After all, how many people lie when pulled over for speeding or running a stop sign? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/69 "2011-05-11T22:58:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Just as a f’rinstance, enable avatars only for mods (I presume that if the software could enable them for members but not guests, it could be further filtered to enable them only for mods and admins). When the moderator wants to moderate a specific violation, he (or she) could stick his/her personal avatar on the offending post, and also put that avatar on the post that gives the instruction to knock it off. I don’t know if that specifically is possible, but features can be enabled for different user groups. So something like that can be doable. I really don’t think it’s necessary, though. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/70 "2011-05-11T23:43:45Z")
How about mods just not be jerks? Wouldn’t that kind of solve a lot of issues in ATMB? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/71 "2011-05-12T00:06:47Z")
You’re definitely new around here. 😉 Seriously, as far as the site rules go (“We have one guiding principle: Don’t be a jerk.”), neither **Miller** nor I were being jerks in that thread. It’s The BBQ Pit, and that’s how that forum works. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/72 "2011-05-12T00:14:36Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > How about mods just not be jerks? Why should everyone else have all the fun? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/73 "2011-05-12T00:25:14Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You’re definitely new around here. 😉 Seriously, as far as the site rules go (“We have one guiding principle: Don’t be a jerk.”), neither **Miller** nor I were being jerks in that thread. It’s The BBQ Pit, and that’s how that forum works. Oh, this thread has moved beyond what happens in The Pit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/74 "2011-05-12T00:30:45Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Oh, this thread has moved beyond what happens in The Pit. 😉 Then of course you know how the rules for behaviour in ATMB are different from the rules for behaviour in The BBQ Pit, and plan on acting accordingly, right? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/75 "2011-05-12T01:41:37Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I don’t think I ever have. > > Just poking fun at **Inner Stickler’s** sweeping generalization that someone reading too quickly or carelessly is too dumb to be taken seriously. There are lots of reasons things can be missed, forgotten, misinterpreted, purposely ignored etc. etc. etc. - it’s funny to me that the conclusion is simply that in all cases they are “too dumb”. True though. The board is a written medium, if you’re not going to devote 30 seconds to note if a moderator post is moderating then I’m not going to be sympathetic to your whiny cries of we need color we need large fonts we need someone to hold our hand. (Guess what, people don’t pay any more attention to color coded modding than monochrome. Just ask What Exit?) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/76 "2011-05-12T04:38:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Now if I _did_ have an avatar for issuing Moderator Warnings, it would definitely be [Huitzilopochtli,](http://www.sfmission.com/gallery_files/site_pics/Mexico/Art_and_History/Huitzilopochtli-sacrifice.jpg)the Southern Hummingbird, the Aztec god of blood and human sacrifice. Now _that_ would get their attention. 😉 Ummmm, yes. I never thought of hummingbirds being bloodthirsty before… ---
**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:** [May 12, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/77 "2011-05-12T05:14:01Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Ummmm, yes. I never thought of hummingbirds being bloodthirsty before… Ounce for ounce, they’re one of the feistiest critters on the planet - which is why the Aztecs chose one for their war god. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/78 "2011-05-12T13:18:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Ounce for ounce, they’re one of the feistiest critters on the planet - which is why the Aztecs chose one for their war god. Yeah. You should see what they do to a flower. Makes a bee yellow with envy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/79 "2011-05-12T14:13:58Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Yeah. You should see what they do to a flower. Makes a bee yellow with envy. 😃 It’s not the size that matters, but what do can do with it!😃 ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-name-calling-in-regard-to-members/581387/80 "2011-05-12T14:45:53Z")
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