# Thanks, Bone! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905 "2017-01-23T01:01:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 23, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/1 "2017-01-23T01:01:28Z")
I’ve been involved in more than one thread here that complains about moderation in Great Debates and Elections, specifically suggesting that moderators moderate too often with their finger inside the trigger guard, handing out warnings when a note would do the trick. So in fairness I wanted to say that since **Bone** has come on board, I’ve watched him moderate with a light touch, handing out notes even when he could have defended a warning. And I appreciate it. I think that his moderate-civilly approach improves the tone of the threads he’s in. Thanks, **Bone**! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/2 "2017-01-23T03:10:35Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve been involved in more than one thread here that complains about moderation in Great Debates and Elections, specifically suggesting that moderators moderate too often with their finger inside the trigger guard, handing out warnings when a note would do the trick. > > So in fairness I wanted to say that since **Bone** has come on board, I’ve watched him moderate with a light touch, handing out notes even when he could have defended a warning. And I appreciate it. I think that his moderate-civilly approach improves the tone of the threads he’s in. > > Thanks, **Bone**! I’ll second that. His moderation is both quiet and effective. An impressive start. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/3 "2017-01-23T03:15:58Z")
He’s a relative infrequent poster prior to being a moderator too. Not a trait you typically associate with Mods. (Not saying that a good or bad thing. Just an observation) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/4 "2017-01-23T06:32:48Z")
I’ll toss my hat in as well. He doesn’t stand out but he gets the job done and you can’t ask for much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/5 "2017-01-23T17:00:14Z")
I was pleasantly surprised, and I had already thought that Bone would be good, since I saw he seemed to think the same way as the mods. Taking a lighter touch is nice. Sure, I disagreed at least once, but I’d rather disagree with too few Warnings than too many. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/6 "2017-01-23T17:38:21Z")
I’ll take a share of these free brownie points … **Bone’s** been great, no urge to mark him as my territory yet !!! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/7 "2017-01-23T17:39:07Z")
I think he’s been good as well, even though I just started a thread criticizing a mod note. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-bone/777905/8 "2017-01-23T19:36:32Z")
Thanks, guys. I consider myself successful if I’m primarily unnoticed. Though I must say, I do have something like 6K posts in in 14 years. Not as prolific as some but c’mon, that’s not infrequent! I do have a regular job 🙂