# New moderator in General Questions -- GFACTOR **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 20, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764 "2007-06-20T21:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 20, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/1 "2007-06-20T21:06:04Z")
Gfactor is our new moderator, starting today. We are quite pleased to have him as our newest go-to guy in General Questions. Please be kind. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/2 "2007-06-20T21:15:54Z")
FRESH MEAT! FRESH MEAT! Err, I mean “Congratulations!” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/3 "2007-06-20T21:19:00Z")
I’m quite pleased as well but, like Tuba, I wouldn’t put it any stronger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/4 "2007-06-20T21:29:13Z")
What size jackboots did he take? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/5 "2007-06-20T21:45:08Z")
Does it say something good or something bad that until I read this thread, I thought he already was a moderator? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/6 "2007-06-20T22:04:26Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Does it say something good or something bad that until I read this thread, I thought he already was a moderator? [/QUOTE] He was already SDSAB, wasn’t he? I know I get “people with fancy titles” confused easily. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/7 "2007-06-20T22:08:10Z")
Yes, he was SDSAB before he became a moderator, he’s been one of our more prolific contributors to Staff Reports, which I hope continues. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/8 "2007-06-20T22:09:15Z")
Ah, he has gone over to the dark side of the Force. 😃 Congrats! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/9 "2007-06-20T22:15:16Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I know I get “people with fancy titles” confused easily. [/QUOTE] Funny coincidence there. I fancy confused people with titles. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/10 "2007-06-20T22:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Does it say something good or something bad that until I read this thread, I thought he already was a moderator? [/QUOTE] Just keep the checks coming and you’ll be fine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/11 "2007-06-20T22:54:21Z")
Prolific he is. 😃 Congrats, **Gfactor**. I figured it was only a matter of time. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/12 "2007-06-20T22:55:09Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] Just keep the checks coming and you’ll be fine. 😃 [/QUOTE] Not only do they keep coming, but now you can supplement that income, on a commission basis, with the “$ per banning” system. Not that I’m volunteering to be your first. 🆒 ---
**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 20, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/13 "2007-06-20T23:05:19Z")
For your baptism by fire, howzabout I start a thread on the legality of making available, at my favourite file-sharing website, a recipe for hash brownies pulled out of a copyright book that I stole from the public library? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/14 "2007-06-20T23:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=Gfactor] Just keep the checks coming and you’ll be fine. 😃 [/QUOTE] Sheesh! I KNEW we made a mistake. Didn’t you learn in Mod 101. that we only take C-A-S-H? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/15 "2007-06-20T23:17:05Z")
They’ll make anybody a moderator these days. Congratulations on your moderatorhood? moderatorship? moderization? Emodularity? Congrats on becoming a moderator. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/16 "2007-06-21T01:30:22Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/17 "2007-06-21T05:00:31Z")
_Bienvenue, **Gfactor**!_ ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/18 "2007-06-21T17:48:01Z")
Congratulations–Welcome to the exalted ranks of the Hall Monitors! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/19 "2007-06-21T21:20:36Z")
So if you get nailed by **Gfactor** it will be called a G-spot? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764/20 "2007-06-21T21:55:12Z")
I know there must be some secret personal bet going on on that “other forum” to see which new mod gets the higher post count to his thread. I’m just doing my part to keep it close. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-moderator-in-general-questions-gfactor/408764.md?page=2)