# The moderation here is getting ridiculously heavy handed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 23, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869 "2014-07-23T19:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/181 "2014-07-24T17:00:24Z")
Hurray and thanks! ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/182 "2014-07-24T17:05:07Z")
Uh, can i bring up [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17556113&postcount=32) pointlessly rude mod note as well? Not sure why a second, unprovoked note in that thread was needed, accusing me of “laying low” (wtf?) because of some 2 year old posts - after I was responding to another user’s _three_ pointlessly rude messages, after starting out just trying to have a normal conversation in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/183 "2014-07-24T17:11:35Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yes. Now remember, you only have one wish left. Can I suggest something that rhymes with “erld peace?” Don’t do that! I’ve seen what happens. You get a little wooden sign that says “World Peace.” ---
**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:** [July 24, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/184 "2014-07-24T17:11:37Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > 'Kay, then more genies. This is obviously the correct wish. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/185 "2014-07-24T17:13:10Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Uh, can i bring up [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17556113&postcount=32) pointlessly rude mod note as well? > > Not sure why a second, unprovoked note in that thread was needed, accusing me of “laying low” (wtf?) because of some 2 year old posts - after I was responding to another user’s _three_ pointlessly rude messages, after starting out just trying to have a normal conversation in that thread. Obviously, you can bring it up, but I wouldn’t expect much sympathy for your actions and treatment in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/186 "2014-07-24T17:13:59Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This is obviously the correct wish. Yeah…if you want a roomful of garage door openers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/187 "2014-07-24T17:16:22Z")
Hey, wait… they just reversed the polarity, so everyone who didn’t get a warning now has one! :mad: ---
**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:** [July 24, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/188 "2014-07-24T17:32:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Yeah…if you want a roomful of garage door openers. 😃 I have a lot of garages. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/189 "2014-07-24T17:47:38Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Obviously, you can bring it up, but I wouldn’t expect much sympathy for your actions and treatment in that thread. Point taken, sir! I promise not to talk about either the Leafs or Weird Al around you either. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/190 "2014-07-24T17:51:41Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Uh, can i bring up [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17556113&postcount=32) pointlessly rude mod note as well? Another thread might be a better idea. > [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Point taken, sir! I promise not to talk about either the Leafs or Weird Al around you either. That was your second mod note for harassing the same poster over a period of about two years. Are you sure you want to make jokes about it? Implying that you don’t take that warning seriously is a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/191 "2014-07-24T18:02:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That was your second mod note for harassing the same poster over a period of about two years. Are you sure you want to make jokes about it? Implying that you don’t take that warning seriously is a bad idea. No such implication intended. But it’s a mistake to call my replies in that thread “harassment”. If someone starts it by writing an unprovoked message like [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17554913&postcount=16) and others, my responses were positively mild in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/192 "2014-07-24T18:03:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > As mentioned previously (by **Clockwork Jackal** and **samclem** ), Marley tried that before. It didn’t work. 🙂 Correction: It worked perfectly. It just didn’t _last._ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/193 "2014-07-24T18:13:04Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > No such implication intended. But it’s a mistake to call my replies in that thread “harassment”. You’ve been modded on two separate occasions for that exact behavior. You have emphatically lost this argument. I don’t really care if you agree with the mods’ judgment of your behavior, but you’d best not repeat that behavior. That’s what I was trying to communicate to you in no uncertain terms. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/194 "2014-07-24T18:16:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yes. Now remember, you only have one wish left. Can I suggest something that rhymes with “erld peace?” > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Don’t do that! I’ve seen what happens. You get a little wooden sign that says “World Peace.” It could be worse. The last time I asked for world peace I got whirled peas instead. And don’t ask about the 12 inch pianist. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/195 "2014-07-24T18:34:55Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > This one? Any would have worked, but **kayaker** got it in one… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/196 "2014-07-24T18:37:36Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > There’s a certain Al Pacino movie which has a quote which is oh, so, very very apropro to paste in here (most of the movie buffs in this thread will instantly know which quote I am referring to), but since I don’t want 3 week’s probation for quoting it here (and a mod finally chimed in with a voice of reason), I must hereby hold my tongue… Never mind. I know the quote, just not the name of the movie. :o ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/197 "2014-07-24T19:15:29Z")
Well, my reading of the tortuous length of these threads hasn’t been in vain. Thanks to all those posters who made reasonable and positive contributions! And thanks **Marley** and the other mods for letting in the clear cool light of reason. I feel a whole lot better about this place than I did yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/198 "2014-07-24T20:37:41Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Dammit, Dex, you had to go and post that while I was composing! 😉 If I’d posted it while you were erasing it, it would have been while you were decomposing, and we’ve had enough zombie threads recently. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/199 "2014-07-24T21:56:57Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [This is the thread, right](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=729222)? FWIW, I had no idea the thread even had anything to do with the moderation on this board, and I still couldn’t tell you who Sam, Bell, or anyone else is representing. Maybe I’m in the minority there. Right, that’s the parody thread that resulted from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728869) which was also closed. So now apparently TPTB wants separate threads for each complaint against the moderation here. It gets quite confusing and all these threads seem to be the result of some multiplying mod virus. Instead of suggesting more new threads, I would propose opening the two threads which were closed inappropriately. But perhaps “they” have achieved their apparent purpose of dividing and conquering. Now we have to keep up with multiple overlapping threads - I think it’s not possible to have unique boundaries between a bunch of separate threads. Has some final edict been proclaimed about the obvious fact of bullying being ignored? What about the random consequences of commenting in a non-Pit way on the same? The answers to those two things would be a good start. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/200 "2014-07-25T14:44:38Z")
Thanks, Marley, for the review. I do have one followup, though. Could you or Dex reply to my specific comment: > [@](#): > > Dex, a lot of people are confused over this warning. Where is the insult? Is this being interpreted as an insult against Czarcasm (how?) or an insult against the moderators (that they are showing favoritism and dereliction of duty?)? Am I on the right track when I say > [@](#): > > but don’t make unsupported blanket accusations of moderator bias because that can’t be easily rebutted and is, therefore, character assassination. > [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > No such implication intended. But it’s a mistake to call my replies in that thread “harassment”. If someone starts it by writing an unprovoked message like this and others, my responses were positively mild in comparison. First off, no your response wasn’t mild in comparison. Second, whatever hostility to your opinion was expressed in that thread, it still doesn’t give you permission to dig up topics from the past that you have been explicitly instructed to drop. Respond to the comments made, or pit his ass, but don’t do what you did do, which was continue harassing behaviors you were previously instructed to stop. And joking about it in this thread doesn’t help your position at all. One might just interpret that as a backhanded way to slip in more of the same harassment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869.md?page=11)