# Shame on the SDMB admin **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730 "2011-12-01T18:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/21 "2011-12-01T20:56:39Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I’ll assume it was a typo, but I like the idea of LSD proselytizers. I’d even be inclined to let them in. You can let them in any time you like. But they can never leave. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/22 "2011-12-01T21:01:23Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > The same thing we do every night, Pinky. But where are we going to find a wetsuit and a bucket of soapy frogs? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/23 "2011-12-01T21:01:26Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > The same thing we do every night, Pinky. NM. Beaten to the punch with a better line from Smeghead. ---
**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 1, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/24 "2011-12-01T21:04:10Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, so the measure of whether a thread title is offensive is whether a member of that group find it so? I’m not Mormon but I thought it was an inflammatory way to phrase a question. No, of course it isn’t, and that’s not what I said. This doesn’t establish a precedent; I might decide to change or move a title even if no members of a group are posters this board. In this particular case, however, only one thread report indicated _anyone_ had taken offense. If I had received a bunch of reports from Mormons, though, or had some indication they were offended, I probably would have taken action sooner. If you thought it was inflammatory, you should have reported it. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/25 "2011-12-01T21:07:29Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Which just leaves “Reading For Comprehension: A First Course For Not-Mods Who Still Have To Stick Their Oar In”. Another zinger. I thought the one by Giraffe was good as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/26 "2011-12-01T21:11:11Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > If you thought it was inflammatory, you should have reported it. There was already a post from **KarlGauss** indicating that it had been reported, so I didn’t bother to do so. ---
**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 1, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/27 "2011-12-01T21:55:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > There was already a post from **KarlGauss** indicating that it had been reported, so I didn’t bother to do so. This was a judgement call. My initial evaluation of the situation differed from that of **KarlGauss**. Additional reports might have caused me to re-evaluate my decision sooner. (This is not, however, to indicate that we make decisions merely based on the number of reports.) In the case of spam, we encourage people to post “reported” in the thread so we don’t receive a large number of reports. In the case of other offenses or problems, however, we prefer that people _not_ post “reported” in the thread, since in some cases it can appear to be junior modding. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/28 "2011-12-01T22:18:03Z")
> [@elninost0rm](#): > > +1 +2. That was some serious funny! ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/29 "2011-12-02T01:18:49Z")
It seems to me a good test for sensitivity and/or potential for offense for a title like that would be to substitute “Blacks”, “Jews”, “Muslims”, etc., for the group in question. I can’t imagine that a thread title implying that any of those groups are all liars would be allowed to stand as is on this board. Now having said that, kudos to **Colibry** for a quick and just decision on the thread title in question. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/30 "2011-12-02T02:47:26Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > > [@Frank](#): > > > > Now what are we going to do to fill the last eight minutes of this thread? > > Bitch about the mods? He said eight minutes, not eight pages. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730/31 "2011-12-02T05:44:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > +2. That was some serious funny! +3. I snorted. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shame-on-the-sdmb-admin/604730.md?page=1)