# Questions about Jr Modding **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 31, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359 "2010-05-31T06:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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 1, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/21 "2010-06-01T14:59:26Z")
**Dex** said it well, but just to clarify: > [@aruvqan](#): > > Im not a mod, but pointing out that someone has just insulted you and that is against the rules of the forum seems ok to me, it would be if you told Quasi he was rude to Sampiro and that it was against the rules of the forum it would be junior modding. This raises a good point. If someone is insulting _you_, it’s fine to tell them either publicly or privately not to do so – “Meet me in the Pit if you want to continue this” is a common refrain. Generally speaking, though, when two other people go at it outside the Pit, you should let us know (“report this post”) and stay out of it. We can put a thread back on track when we have to break up one argument, but when it turns into a massive pile-on train-wreck, there’s often no way to recover. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/22 "2010-06-01T15:11:57Z")
Thanks. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/23 "2010-06-01T16:03:58Z")
Thanks, Dex. I guess I’m trying to tell the difference between politely encouraging board standards and something that is a rules violation. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/24 "2010-06-01T16:14:45Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/25 "2010-06-01T16:15:52Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Thanks, Dex. I guess I’m trying to tell the difference between politely encouraging board standards and something that is a rules violation. That line, like so many around here, isn’t always crystal clear – but saying to someone “you seem to be getting pretty wound up here, maybe you should take a deep breath” would be okay, but “what you just said to so-and-so is a jerkish personal insult” would be junior modding. Does that help? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/26 "2010-06-01T16:17:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Reported. Don’t even say that you’re reporting someone. It’s up to the mods to decide whether a report was even necessary. I’ve reported you. And myself. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/27 "2010-06-01T21:44:52Z")
Sometimes the Junior Mods are so good they should be drafted to be on call. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/28 "2010-06-02T00:43:16Z")
I think the junior moderators have earned more respect than they’re getting here, they’re altruistic volunteers doing their best to assure things run smoothly. They deserve free beer. Yet they’re constantly under attack - this thread is another classic example. I’m willing to bet that if for some reason they all went away, the very same people in this thread who are putting them down would be the first to beg them to come back. It’s a case of damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Please! Stop picking on the junior mods! Go on! Go home, people. Go home and sit in judgment against yourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/29 "2010-06-04T00:48:04Z")
Not as good as Junior Mints. ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/30 "2010-06-04T01:06:07Z")
_ **I am the Lord, your Mod.** _ _ **Thou shalt have no other Mods before me** _! This is the commandment, this is the law. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/31 "2010-06-04T01:23:08Z")
Isn’t there an exception for explaining certain board practices to new posters? If I posted something like “This board generally prefers people start a new thread on a subject rather than post on an old thread” or “We prefer people don’t post all in caps” or “It’s generally good to post a link to the thread you’re commenting on” would these be considered junior modding? It would seem petty to report minor infractions like this just so a moderator can explain the procedure. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/32 "2010-06-04T03:05:06Z")
No, all of those examples seem helpful to me – if I saw any of those in a forum I moderate, I wouldn’t have a problem with them. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359/33 "2010-06-04T11:40:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > As opposed to the _Fucking_ Hall Monitor, who would be **manhattan**. I always get a laugh at that, except I always think of **Giraffe** (which I know is not correct). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-jr-modding/541359.md?page=1)