# Moderator's regularity – a concerned voice.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 14, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174 "2001-08-14T10:40:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/1 "2001-08-14T10:40:20Z")

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When growing up we abbreviated anything massive to ‘mass’. This appears to have caught on given the ‘Admin Options’ at page, bottom right and, I have to say, it gladdens my heart.

Just how massive are these prunes, how do you get them delivered and do they keep you all regular ?

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/2 "2001-08-14T10:49:33Z")

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But did you notice that “Mass Move” is before “Mass Prune”.  
Shouldn’t the prune be BEFORE the move?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/3 "2001-08-14T11:05:38Z")

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Actually, prune, in this context, means: _to make a facial expression exhibiting ill temper or disgust._ As in, “Their faces prune at the slightest provocation.”

That hyperlink allows any mod/admin to send a mass e-mail notifying all other staff members of a particularly ignorant, or egregious post.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/4 "2001-08-14T11:17:59Z")

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Thanks for the ‘backstage tour’, UB!  
I was wondering (really) what that meant.

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**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/5 "2001-08-14T14:26:06Z")

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Actually, it specifically refers to our ability to cut Catholic services short.  
(Oh, dear Lord, how I _wished_ for that power when I was ten.)

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-regularity-a-concerned-voice/76174/6 "2001-08-14T14:51:03Z")

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Why only Mass? Nobody wants to move, say, Rhode Island?