# Mods, move as you see fit **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823 "2010-06-11T18:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/1 "2010-06-11T18:53:13Z")
Doesn’t this go without saying? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/2 "2010-06-11T18:59:10Z")
[moderating] Moving this thread off to MPSIMS… [/moderating] (just kidding :D) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/3 "2010-06-11T19:00:30Z")
Seriously, though, I’ve always taken that as shorthand for, “Moderators, I’m not really sure about where to place this thread. Would you please take a look at it and move it for me if it belongs elsewhere?” Perfectly reasonable, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/4 "2010-06-11T19:14:52Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:3, topic:542823”] Seriously, though, I’ve always taken that as shorthand for, “Moderators, I’m not really sure about where to place this thread. Would you please take a look at it and move it for me if it belongs elsewhere?” [/QUOTE] That’s certainly how I mean it. And a smidgen of, “I promise not to be one of those whiny people if you _do_ move it, I get that I’m clueless here.” Not that I expect you \*not \*to move something because I might whine, but it just seems polite, y’know? Like handing a credit card to the cashier with a, “this \*should \*go through…” and a small laugh and a smile. Yeah, it should, but it if doesn’t, I’ve let her know I won’t pitch a fit if it doesn’t. Totally my bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/5 "2010-06-11T19:21:42Z")
To me it’s a little bit of everything. - I’m not quite sure I put this right. - I’m not going to whine about it if you move it. - I’m cognizant enough of internet forums that I know threads are moved and how to find them if they are. - A mixed thanks and apology in advance for the effort it takes. At any rate, that’s how I use the phrase, on other boards. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/6 "2010-06-11T20:32:16Z")
I think the reverse should also be stated where necessary. As in “Mods, do not even _think_ of moving this thread, if you do I will hunt you down like a dog.” Then the staff know where they stand. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/7 "2010-06-11T20:38:33Z")
Ghod-am _I_ embarrassed. I always thought it meant that I didn’t have to sit still while reading the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/8 "2010-06-11T21:51:33Z")
**Wombat** , please change the title of this thread to “Mods: Move until you get fit.” Feel better **Czar**? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/9 "2010-06-11T22:54:29Z")
No good. Now I’m picturing all the mods doing the Funky Chicken. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/10 "2010-06-11T22:56:59Z")
As usual. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/11 "2010-06-12T00:57:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ghod-am _I_ embarrassed. > I always thought it meant that I didn’t have to sit still while reading the thread. Yeah, well that’s why you’re an _ **ex** _-mod!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/12 "2010-06-12T01:02:11Z")
daisies pushed up…check metabolic process history…check off twig…check bucket kicked…check mortal coil shuffled off…check curtain run down…check bleedin’ invisible choir joined…check Yes, it’s confirmed 'e’s an ex-mod!! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/13 "2010-06-12T03:17:01Z")
Wait. Does that mean if he re-ups, he’d be a zombie mod? 'Cause then I’d have to close him. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/14 "2010-06-12T16:37:25Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:13, topic:542823”] Wait. Does that mean if he re-ups, he’d be a zombie mod? 'Cause then I’d have to close him. [/QUOTE] No, actually I believe it would be _ **his** _ responsibility to close himself. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-move-as-you-see-fit/542823/15 "2010-06-12T17:43:14Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > No, actually I believe it would be _ **his** _ responsibility to close himself. Now that’s what I call “suicide by mod.”