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.
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.
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.
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.
