# OK, mods, this is getting Orwellian **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977 "2006-12-20T22:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/21 "2006-12-21T04:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] “Are you gellian?” “I’m so gellian, I’m Orwellian! And so’s my daughter, the hellian.” [/QUOTE] May your feet suffer intractable soreness. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/22 "2006-12-21T04:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit] But you do come up with interesting complaints for the pit that show a weird lack of Board common sense recently. This thread and the [This ATMB thread should not have been locked!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398462) really leave me scratching my head. [/quote] See my last post in that thread. [QUOTE=What Exit] I was also wondering if you noticed that you have started 422 threads in the last year? That is an amazing amount. More amazing as so many are interesting. [/QUOTE] I accept your tribute/criticism in the same spirit as would Stephen Colbert. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/23 "2006-12-21T10:03:00Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I was also wondering if you noticed that you have started 422 threads in the last year? That is an amazing amount. More amazing as so many are interesting. [/QUOTE] Interesting, and yet his motive still remains unclear. I very much get the feeling he’s trying to press an agenda; he, however, seems to rather be sneaky about it rather than come out and ask people what they think about his agenda. Personally, I’m voting socialism, but I guess we’ll see when he eventually implodes. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/24 "2006-12-21T11:58:57Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Posters banned for other reasons are not wished into the cornfield. [/QUOTE] Uhh – just what does this mean? Could you repeat that in plain english that even us simple-minded folk can understand, please? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/25 "2006-12-21T12:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] Uhh – just what does this mean? Could you repeat that in plain english that even us simple-minded folk can understand, please? [/QUOTE] I think what he’s referring to is the practice of deleting posts of those banned for sockery. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/26 "2006-12-21T12:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] Uhh – just what does this mean? Could you repeat that in plain english that even us simple-minded folk can understand, please? [/QUOTE] Being “wished into the cornfield” is a reference to [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Good_Life_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29) Twilight Zone episode. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/27 "2006-12-21T15:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Of course I **acknowedge** it. I don’t **accept** it. That is the whole point of this thread. [/QUOTE] A “favorite banned posters” lists only encourages trollish, jerkish, and rule-breaking behavior in order to get attention. Users are banned only in extreme cases and we do not need to call attention to their misbehavior. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/28 "2006-12-21T15:12:27Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] On this Board, a train-wreck is **not** a bad thing. [/QUOTE] Explain, please. Are you simply arguing for your right to troll? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/29 "2006-12-21T15:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] On this Board, a train-wreck is **not** a bad thing. [/QUOTE] While I enjoy watching people looking like idiots as much as the next guy (admit it, I’m not the only one who clicks on locked threads to see why they were locked), I don’t blame the admins for not wanting to encourage trolls, trainwrecks and so forth, as they’re disruptive, mean a lot more work for the mods, and can cause a lot of hurt feelings and ill will on the board. If you’ve ever spent time at discussion boards less moderated than this one, you’ve probably seen how a few malicious board members are able to disrupt coversation and pretty much ruin a board. So, yeah, train wrecks are a bad thing on this board. Sometimes an entertaining thing, but nevertheless a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/30 "2006-12-21T16:13:06Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I’m so gellian, I’m Orwellian! [/QUOTE] You’re my hero. ---
**Author:** ![Senor\_Pina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@Senor\_Pina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senor_Pina)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/31 "2006-12-21T17:44:52Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] I don’t blame the admins for not wanting to encourage trolls, trainwrecks and so forth, as they’re disruptive, mean a lot more work for the mods, and can cause a lot of hurt feelings and ill will on the board. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it must wear the moderators’ fingers to the bone to have to click the mouse three times in order to ban someone. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/32 "2006-12-21T18:09:06Z")
[QUOTE=Señor Piña] Yeah, it must wear the moderators’ fingers to the bone to have to click the mouse three times in order to ban someone. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] I’m certainly spent. Now fuck off. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/33 "2006-12-21T18:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] On this Board, a train-wreck is **not** a bad thing. [/QUOTE] Only to those juvenile enough to be amused by pointless acrimony. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/34 "2006-12-21T18:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=my messed-up post] Last edited by Giraffe : Today at 11:49 AM. Reason: fixed coding [/QUOTE] Hey, thanks. Now you’re my hero. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/35 "2006-12-21T19:12:08Z")
Just keep on fighting the power, **BG**. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/36 "2006-12-21T19:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] I’m certainly spent. Now fuck off. [/QUOTE] Fine demonstration as to how such threads attract trolls and their socks. I do think there’s two letters missing off the end surname, though. Ta! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/37 "2006-12-21T19:50:38Z")
That should have read: “I do think there’s two letters missing off the end of the surname, though. Ta!” ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/38 "2006-12-21T21:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] **Must…not…make…obvious…joke…** [/QUOTE] Obvious or not, I still got it. Wheeeee! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/39 "2006-12-22T03:39:09Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] Uhh – just what does this mean? Could you repeat that in plain english that even us simple-minded folk can understand, please? [/QUOTE] Spammers (people posting adverts, etc), socks (people with multiple screen names) and returnees (banned folks who try to sneak back in) are banned and their posts are moved out of sight. This is done to discourage them: if they figure out that their posts will vanish, we hope they’ll give up their little game. We pretend they didn’t exist: they’re pushed out of sight and out of mind. When people are banned for other misbehaviors (continually insulting other posters despite warnings, say, or trolling), their posts are not disappeared. They’re part of the record and history. Immediately following a banning, some discussion is permitted; however, since the person is not around to defend themselves, we disapprove of further comments. That clearer? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977/40 "2006-12-22T03:39:09Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] Uhh – just what does this mean? Could you repeat that in plain english that even us simple-minded folk can understand, please? [/QUOTE] Spammers (people posting adverts, etc), socks (people with multiple screen names) and returnees (banned folks who try to sneak back in) are banned and their posts are moved out of sight. This is done to discourage them: if they figure out that their posts will vanish, we hope they’ll give up their little game. We pretend they didn’t exist: they’re pushed out of sight and out of mind. When people are banned for other misbehaviors (continually insulting other posters despite warnings, say, or trolling), their posts are not disappeared. They’re part of the record and history. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-mods-this-is-getting-orwellian/384977.md?page=3)