# Requesting this mod note be reviewed and removed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 7, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019 "2025-05-07T16:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/1 "2025-05-07T16:53:27Z")
> [@Any New Theories on the "Mary Celeste"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987/31): > > Moderating: Please attack the post, not the poster. This response is completely inappropriate in IMHO. My post that got modded: "Which brings up the question: can AI fabricate false stories like this? I don’t think this account (the lifeboat) is true but it does seem very specific. ETA: and why post shit like this if it isn’t true?" Puzzlegal note: “Please attack the post, not the poster. This response is completely inappropriate in IMHO.” I’m not sure who she thought I was attacking but it should have been clear I was attacking the Youtube poster. Anyway, I’m sure it was an honest mistake, but I don’t want any bad marks against me. Is it possible to remove this mod note? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/2 "2025-05-07T17:03:03Z")
FTR: mod _notes_ don’t go on any sort of permanent record, as it were. They are just friendly guidance. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/3 "2025-05-07T17:09:39Z")
Yeah, a mod note is no big deal. Think of it as a cop letting you off with a warning instead of giving you a speeding ticket. It’s just a friendly reminder, nothing more. It doesn’t get put on your permanent record. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/4 "2025-05-07T17:25:06Z")
Good to know, I’m sure it was a misunderstanding. But I was _not_ attacking anyone in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/5 "2025-05-07T17:26:03Z")
Yeah? Don’t believe that crap. There’s a mod that doesn’t like me. I’m sure they remember every note. And apply, at “their discretion”. You have no recourse. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/6 "2025-05-07T18:37:50Z")
“It’s unfair that people remember the things I’ve done/said!” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/7 "2025-05-07T18:39:06Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/8 "2025-05-07T18:41:58Z")
**Moderating:** 3 flags on this post already and probably more coming in. This thread is not about you, don’t try to make it about you. **Just don’t post in this thread any further.** Stay on topic, you were just thread banned for making a thread about you. Apparently it should have been a warning. Please no one reply to @Beckdawrek in this thread. There is a chance that @engineer_comp_geek might change this moderation, it could be worse or he could rescind my note. But until you hear from him, do not hijack this or any other thread please. * * * * * * @Lucas_Jackson, I’ll discuss this with the other #In My Humble Opinion Mods. I see your point. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/9 "2025-05-07T18:59:32Z")
This topic was automatically opened after 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/10 "2025-05-07T19:20:03Z")
It was a misunderstanding. Your post was very unclear to me, and appeared to be hostile and directed towards other posters. As others have said, there is no permanent record of mod notes, beyond searching for “moderating” and your name, i guess. But yes, given your clarification, the mod note wasn’t warranted. I will go post a clarification in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/11 "2025-05-07T19:23:46Z")
Thank you. Sorry if my language was confusing. I will strive to be clear in the future. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/12 "2025-05-07T19:33:57Z")
Stuff happens. That’s why we have ATMB. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/13 "2025-05-07T20:21:34Z")
This entire thread was handled very well. Kudos to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/14 "2025-05-07T21:07:53Z")
Well, now I want to make some pithy comment, but I’d get mod noted for it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/15 "2025-05-07T21:15:28Z")
Why be pithy, when it was handled so reathonably? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/16 "2025-05-08T01:37:27Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Why be pithy, when it was handled so reathonably? - I LOL-ed. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/17 "2025-05-09T14:15:00Z")
I have been contemplating the weirdness about all this. And in _more_ than one way. (I was the member that **Lucas\_Jackson** replied to alleged regarding thread sh\*\*\*\*g.) I reported it to the mod **puzzlegal**. The exchange that followed was _incredibly_ baffling. I don’t think I’m allowed to post such an exchange without permission. E.g., **puzzlegal** repeatedly failed to understand who posted what. I would like to think that a more senior mod would be able to review that exchange as it concerns me quite a bit. * * * The “explanation” as to what **Lucas\_Jackson** meant also baffles and concerns me, as well as the posts who don’t see the obvious problems. The word “thread” was used. To claim that YouTube itself is the “thread” doesn’t make any sense to me. The “explanation” also suggests the **Lucas\_Jackson** doesn’t know why people post videos with fake information on YouTube. Which would be an incredibly naïve stance. I am not remotely satisfied by this explanation. I think the mod note should stand. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/18 "2025-05-09T14:23:07Z")
I’m not senior to her, but I and another Mods did look it over and thought the Modnote should not stand. @Chronos is senior in time and @engineer_comp_geek is basically the Senior Mod. So this is my method of calling them. I just removed you from the Flag exchange so I can call them there also. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/19 "2025-05-09T14:33:05Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The word “thread” was used. To claim that YouTube itself is the “thread” doesn’t make any sense to me. I don’t understand your complaint. He didn’t mention a thread in his post that you are concerned about. The only mention of the word was the older post when he said he was bumping the thread. Lucas\_Jackson’s response about “posting shit” was clearly not about your post; he was agreeing with you. The only possible confusion would be if he was complaining about the person who posted the link to the BS video on the thread. Given that that person was him, I feel confident in his assertion that it wasn’t his intent. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019/20 "2025-05-09T14:39:34Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The “explanation” as to what **Lucas\_Jackson** meant also baffles and concerns me, as well as the posts who don’t see the obvious problems. > > The word “thread” was used. To claim that YouTube itself is the “thread” doesn’t make any sense to me. I wonder if you’re misremembering. Here’s the exchange: > [@Any New Theories on the "Mary Celeste"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987/16): > > Anywho, I was randomly listening to YouTube channels while getting dressed for work and stumbled across this one [[DarlkFind]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvBpR2q1Htg) (somewhere around to 12 minute mark) > [@Any New Theories on the "Mary Celeste"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987/22): > > That looks like a quickie video, possibly made by an AI. > [@Any New Theories on the "Mary Celeste"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-theories-on-the-mary-celeste/663987/30): > > Which brings up the question: can AI fabricate false stories like this? I don’t think this account (the lifeboat) is true but it does seem very specific. > > ETA: and why post shit like this is it isn’t true? To paraphrase: Lucas: Here’s a video someone posted! FTG: That looks like maybe an AI video. Lucas: Can AIs make false stories like this? Also, why would someone post a shitty false video? I think you read the final sentence as, “You’re wrong that it’s an AI video. Why would you post some obviously untrue shit like that?” But I don’t think that’s a clear reading, given Lucas’s calling the video a “false story.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-this-mod-note-be-reviewed-and-removed/1018019.md?page=2)