# Should a Moderator be allowed a post party?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 19, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978 "2000-08-19T18:30:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978/21 "2000-08-22T00:46:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Satan \*  
> \*\*If you prick them, doth them bleed? \*\*

{said with a naturalist’s interest}: I’ve been waiting for a Brit poster to zing in something about “bleedin’ pricks”.}

Handy? Shaddup. Moderators and admins are no less “dopeizens” just because they’ve accepted the fame, riches and glory of keeping this place liveable.

Yes, I’m quite sure reading all the blather here with a responsible eye totally deadened them to any sense of community that lured them to join the asylum in the first place. Hey, those wild and crazy folks just wanna moderate cause it’s _fun!_. They _enjoy_ being stoned to death with popcorn! Those control freaks prowl message boards in search of boards in search of order!

They’re Dopers, m’kay? Valuable voices and minds that lend themselves to _keeping the goddamned board running_. Why the _hell_ should they be slotted as second-class citizens for serving? The post count thing is mostly a joke; the parties, the “newbies”, the whole enchilada.

Am I missing something or is this basically, humanly, functinally stupid and _wrong_?

Veb

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**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978/22 "2000-08-22T01:11:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TVeblen \*  
> \*\*Am I missing something or is this basically, humanly, functinally stupid and _wrong_?
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> Veb \*\*

Nope, you’re not missing anything. Post parties are just silly things to amuse ourselves and to pass the time. Why moderators shouldn’t be allowed to be silly and pass the time is beyond me.

I always wonder why people feel that because moderators move threads around to appropriate forums and keep their forums cleaned up, they (the moderators) are a different species or something.

I’d say they are the same as you and me, only a bit more giving (than I) because they are willing to spend their free time keep the board a great place to be.

trisha

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**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978/23 "2000-08-23T02:11:30Z")

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Thanks, handy.

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**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-moderator-be-allowed-a-post-party/29978/24 "2000-08-23T02:15:20Z")

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Should a moderator be allowed a post party?

Only if he does it in moderation.

::fleeing::

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