# So I got a warning for asking for clarificaton of moderator instructions. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 9, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860 "2017-09-09T02:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/21 "2017-09-09T11:22:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Well, I dunno, but I _do_ know that “take it to ATMB” does not mean that at all. It means shut up and drop it. If you _do_ take it to ATMB, you will get penalized. Especially when **Idle thoughts** says something like “use ATMB to discuss issues about it”. That really means, dont ever bring it back up again. Sure, see all the warnings he got for starting this thread! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/22 "2017-09-09T12:41:00Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > [This page has the relevant discussion](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=832386&page=3) > > I’m trying to run a fantasy football league. Someone accused me of a rules violation and using my power of commissioner to enable that rule violation. That’s very serious and requires resolution. Wow, this is just like that show! The one with the guys who are always feuding and giving each other shit, whose lives are all wrapped up in this fantasy competition that they take way too seriously, and all they care about is winning… I think it’s called _RuPaul’s Drag Race_? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/23 "2017-09-09T12:59:20Z")
Good fucking lord, I am never playing make believe football if that’s what it’s like. But, yes, reading through that part of the thread, I thought the warning was more than desevered, given the instructions to drop the topic or take it ATMB or the Pit. Frankly, I’m surprised the warning didn’t come earlier. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/24 "2017-09-09T13:11:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Wow, this is just like that show! The one with the guys who are always feuding and giving each other shit, whose lives are all wrapped up in this fantasy competition that they take way too seriously, and all they care about is winning… I think it’s called _RuPaul’s Drag Race_? Naw, it’s more like [this one](http://www.jammersreviews.com/st-tos/s1/alternative.php). But seriously, all this acrimony over flippin’ fantasy football? Is there someone’s real money at stake here, or what? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/25 "2017-09-09T13:44:36Z")
Having read that thread … Yes, Johnny Ace was being a huge jerk … but no the job of commissioner did not demand that those posts be answered. They could easily have been ignored. No other participant was asking for a ruling or anything. The game could just have continued. And … also … people really consider that fun? Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/26 "2017-09-09T14:03:02Z")
Fantasy sports can be fun. I’ve been playing one version or another of fantasy baseball for 25+ years. But, like D&D groups, it can devolve into bickering and complaining that ruins the fun for people. It’s best to avoid that sort of thing. Beef, it ain’t my forum, but I’d have warned you earlier. Your behavior was clearly out of line and IT was being patient. Learn from this. You seem to be harboring some sort of belief that because you’re the guy running that league that you have some sort of special authority in that thread…some sort of pass from moderation to behave in a way that is otherwise unacceptable. This is, of course, completely and utterly wrong. Had you believed that another poster was breaking the rules or hijacking the thread, the proper this to do is report it. Attempting to deal with it yourself has - and will continue to - lead you into trouble. I advise you to not do so in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860/27 "2017-09-09T17:37:21Z")
So Senor has a Beef. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-a-warning-for-asking-for-clarificaton-of-moderator-instructions/795860.md?page=1)