# Q for Mods?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145 "2005-02-21T07:49:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/1 "2005-02-21T07:49:02Z")

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Hey Moderators

Ain’t [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303482) a thinly veiled solicitation pitch? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/2 "2005-02-21T11:54:43Z")

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IANAMod, but since he doesn’t name the company and focuses on the situation, why would you think that? Also, don’t the mods request email on this kind of stuff?

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**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:** [February 21, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/3 "2005-02-21T12:42:04Z")

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I’ve stepped in, but I’m not a GQ Mod. The best way to get a moderator’s attention, and usually the most efficient way, is to hit the REPORT THIS POST button (the little exclamation point [!] in the upper right corner). That gets an email to the Moderator, and an appropriate Moderator is more likely to see such an email than to stumble across this post in another forum.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/4 "2005-02-21T17:56:33Z")

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IANAMod either but if this is a solicitation pitch then it’s veiled to the point of opaqueness. The guy’s asking a question and giving a little background to that question. _C’est tout!_

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/5 "2005-02-21T18:06:35Z")

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Yeah, his basic question is simply, “Why is investment capital so hard to raise in India”? The rest of it just provides a vague context so people wouldn’t say, “What makes you think it is?”.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-mods/291145/6 "2005-02-22T01:08:51Z")

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I reopened the thread, and NO, I didn’t perceive it as a solicitation. The minute I do, I’ll close it. If a member perceives it that way, email a GQ mod.

Closed.

**samclem** GQ moderator