# Test thread for moderating purposes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 25, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125 "2013-08-25T13:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/21 "2013-08-25T19:44:18Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Tapatalk helpfully made a great big giant ban button in the moderator tools … so I suggest you people watch your step. 😃 But does it DO anything? I bet it’s a decoy. \ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/22 "2013-08-25T19:58:26Z")
You know I’ve been so tempted to try it all day. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/23 "2013-08-25T20:01:48Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > You know I’ve been so tempted to try it all day. WWMD? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/24 "2013-08-25T20:14:40Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Tapatalk helpfully made a great big giant ban button in the moderator tools … so I suggest you people watch your step. 😃 Is it hammer-shaped? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/25 "2013-08-25T20:29:05Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Is it hammer-shaped? Just the one For You. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/26 "2013-08-25T22:45:45Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > See if you can do a Marley. There’s gotta be a one-click app for that. And **Ellen Cherry** could put it in her crontab too, to be run automatically on every night of the full moon. (Once in a blue moon wouldn’t be nearly often enough.) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/27 "2013-08-25T22:48:12Z")
Test, test RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY YRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYR Short count follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 End test ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/28 "2013-08-26T03:04:08Z")
This post is not a test. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/29 "2013-08-26T03:05:31Z")
Wrong thread, then. Take your non-test posts and post them in a non-test thread. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/30 "2013-08-26T03:10:19Z")
I have just added TonTeen to my ignore list. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/31 "2013-08-26T03:12:23Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Wrong thread, then. Take your non-test posts and post them in a non-test thread. Are you testing me? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/32 "2013-08-26T03:14:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Are you testing me? Calm down, no need to get testy. It was just a test tickle. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/33 "2013-08-26T03:19:01Z")
I normally don’t just let anyone tickle my … oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/34 "2013-08-26T06:30:30Z")
This post is intentionally blank. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/35 "2013-08-26T07:14:42Z")
You misspelled “poster.” ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/36 "2013-08-26T11:38:02Z")
Well, did we pass the test? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/37 "2013-08-26T12:23:19Z")
How come there’s never a test thread for moderating porpoises? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/38 "2013-08-26T12:47:43Z")
Multiple choice or short answer? I forgot my pencil. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/39 "2013-08-26T13:21:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > There’s gotta be a one-click app for that. … Don’t give 'em any ideas! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125/40 "2013-08-26T13:49:47Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Tapatalk helpfully made a great big giant ban button in the moderator tools … so I suggest you people watch your step. 😃 The **Ctrl W** mod tool access hotkey is still there right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-for-moderating-purposes/667125.md?page=3)