# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/121 "2014-07-24T02:43:07Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > See, this is the conundrum right here. Taking the issue at hand, for example, if you see someone junior modding in a thread, we’re encouraged to report it and not say anything ourselves, lest we be junior modding also. From there, the mods can do what they wish and we may never know the outcome if something isn’t posted in the thread. So, how _does_ one search for instances of that to compare and contrast against warnings that others have received for similar rules violations? About the only way that would work is if someone had a lot of times on their hands and could follow **Czar** around, catch him doing it, then look for specific instances of anyone else being modded over the same thing, compile a list and then share their findings. I have no idea if anyone would be up for that, but I suppose if we’d like to revisit this issue in five years or so… > [@faithfool](#): > > Are there any mods still around to answer our questions? I’m sorry, **Bear** , but I’d rather appreciate hearing from an authority here at the boards than just another poster. I’m sure you understand. …thats all well and good: but what do you want them to say? People have stated that Czarcasm is moderated differently. Who do you think should provide evidence that Czarcasm has been moderated differently? I think that it is just common sense that the people making the accusations should be the ones making the case. It isn’t about “catching Czarcasm doing it.” Its about providing instances where Czarcasm has broken the rules, been reported, and it not being actioned. If you are going to accuse the moderating team (not Czarcasm) of something, you should have at least some evidence to back the accusation up. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/122 "2014-07-24T02:45:41Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …the complaint in the other thread was that Czarcasm is moderated differently. I would suggest if there is no evidence that Czarcasm is moderated differently, that there is nothing to complain about. I would imagine having a well founded complaint would be a pre-requisite to making a complaint in ATMB, otherwise it isn’t a well founded complaint, but an unfounded rant. But your rule would simply discourage people from commenting on moderator actions in ATMB because if someone found their complaint “unfounded” then that is worthy of a warning. The very idea of allowing complaints will mean that several will be without merit. If the people who are the subject of complaints can simply decree that some are without merit and hand out warnings for even bringing them then that will stifle dissent. Maybe that’s the goal, but if it is, just have a rule that says “no complaints about the mods.” How can a person make a complaint without fear of being warned? ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/123 "2014-07-24T02:54:05Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > But your rule would simply discourage people from commenting on moderator actions in ATMB because if someone found their complaint “unfounded” then that is worthy of a warning. > > The very idea of allowing complaints will mean that several will be without merit. If the people who are the subject of complaints can simply decree that some are without merit and hand out warnings for even bringing them then that will stifle dissent. > > Maybe that’s the goal, but if it is, just have a rule that says “no complaints about the mods.” How can a person make a complaint without fear of being warned? …this isn’t “my rule.” I’m specifically and narrowly addressing the point I made, and the one that you addressed, that Czarcasm is moderated differently. If you want to complain that Czarcasm is moderated differently, but you have no evidence at all that Czarcasm is moderated differently, that is not a well-founded complaint. That complaint is still allowed to be made, and it has been, and the mods addressed it. But at this point it is starting to look pretty obvious there is no great case to be made that Czarcasm is moderated differently. If you feel the complaint is actually valid, feel free to prove it. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/124 "2014-07-24T03:01:19Z")
If you want to demand that someone make a case to you perhaps that deserves its own thread. As it stands nobody has to prove anything to you, especially not in this thread, which is ultimately not about whether anyone actually receives preferential treatment. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/125 "2014-07-24T03:03:21Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …thats all well and good: but what do you want them to say? People have stated that Czarcasm is moderated differently. Who do you think should provide evidence that Czarcasm has been moderated differently? I think that it is just common sense that the people making the accusations should be the ones making the case. It isn’t about “catching Czarcasm doing it.” Its about providing instances where Czarcasm has broken the rules, been reported, and it not being actioned. If you are going to accuse the moderating team (not Czarcasm) of something, you should have at least some evidence to back the accusation up. I’ll ask you this then I’ll go back to addressing my concerns to someone who can help me, but do you think there’s a vast conspiracy somewhere to _malign_ **Czar** for no reason? These accusations, if you will, have hounded him since he stepped down, occasionally by even new posters with no axes to grind (as evidenced by this thread) and others who never fight against the administration. So, _WHY_?? If they are totally unfounded, why does this persist? And although you’ve brushed off my previous questions, I’ll put it to you again… If the onus is on the using populace to “prove” that he’s junior modding, how exactly are we supposed to go about it? You can’t prove a negative and if he never is reprimanded for it, there’s no way to do so. And question two… Why isn’t anyone concerned about being accused of bias, in the same exact situation (like I said, it happens now with **Der** , before it had been Dio), but no one cares. Sure, every once in a while, some bristle at the suggestion that there’s preferential treatment, but in no way or no how is there anything even remotely like this. As a matter of fact, for the most part, they laugh when people say they do that. What’s such the big deal that it appears no one can criticize **Czarcasm**? Bizarre. Finally, I’m not sure what you’re investment in all this is. You have almost twice as many posts (or more) as those of us who’ve actually been warned. I understand railing against injustice, but what we have here is a bunch of baffled folks who’d greatly benefit from hearing from the actual PTB on some sort of ruling. You’re just offering unsubstantiated opinions unlike those of us who actually have a stake in this. ---
**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, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/126 "2014-07-24T03:13:22Z")
[Oprah] You get a warning! And you get a warning! And you and you and you get a warning! Everyone gets a warning! [/Oprah] ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/127 "2014-07-24T03:17:35Z")
I have a confession: I read the Forbidden Thread of Satire. Not only did I read it but, God help me, I found it amusing. So where do I report for my re-education sessions and random suspensions? * * * I’d also like to say the moderators involved in this thread are not idiots. That would be insulting the poster. Instead, I’ll say the moderators’ \*posts \*are idiotic. Neither are the moderators thin-skinned, humorless cry-babies who abuse their power. But their _posts_ make me think of thin-skinned, humorless cry-babies who abuse their power. Seriously, the posters who have tried to have sober, thoughtful conversations about the rules have been slapped down. People who approached it with humor have been slapped down. People who reacted with outrage have been slapped down. Ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/128 "2014-07-24T03:23:14Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > If you want to demand that someone make a case to you perhaps that deserves its own thread. As it stands nobody has to prove anything to you, especially not in this thread, which is ultimately not about whether anyone actually receives preferential treatment. …feel free to do so. I’m not demanding anything. As everyone seems to be in agreement as to the mod actions that took place in the pit thread: I’m simply responding to the questions and comments that people are directing my way. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/129 "2014-07-24T03:52:00Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > I’ll ask you this then I’ll go back to addressing my concerns to someone who can help me, but do you think there’s a vast conspiracy somewhere to _malign_ **Czar** for no reason? These accusations, if you will, have hounded him since he stepped down, occasionally by even new posters with no axes to grind (as evidenced by this thread) and others who never fight against the administration. So, _WHY_?? …Czarcasm was an abrasive and direct moderator, and his posting style is pretty much the same. I’m not claiming conspiracy theory. This really isn’t about Czarcasm at all. Its about the moderators: and the claim that they do not moderate him the same as other posters. > [@](#): > > If they are totally unfounded, why does this persist? You tell me. Just because a meme persists, doesn’t mean its true. > [@](#): > > And although you’ve brushed off my previous questions, I’ll put it to you again… If the onus is on the using populace to “prove” that he’s junior modding, how exactly are we supposed to go about it? You can’t prove a negative and if he never is reprimanded for it, there’s no way to do so. The onus has to be on the person making the accusation. Isn’t that obvious? “Czarcasm is junior modding.” “Can you provide some examples?” “NO!” That doesn’t make any sense at all. The moderators cannot action something they don’t know about. And this isn’t about “junior modding.” The accusation is that Czarcasm is moderated differently. If that is true: then surely you could find some examples of that. And if you can’t: then perhaps the accusations aren’t as true as some people might think. > [@](#): > > And question two… Why isn’t anyone concerned about being accused of bias, in the same exact situation (like I said, it happens now with **Der** , before it had been Dio), but no one cares. Sure, every once in a while, some bristle at the suggestion that there’s preferential treatment, but in no way or no how is there anything even remotely like this. As a matter of fact, for the most part, they laugh when people say they do that. What’s such the big deal that it appears no one can criticize **Czarcasm**? Bizarre. People are free to criticize Czarcasm in the pit. You know that as well as I do. That criticism cannot cross the line into criticizing the moderators. The latest pit thread obviously and blatantly did that. You can open a thread here in ATMB with examples of Czarcasm breaking the rules and not being moderated and I’m pretty sure that that would be allowed. But if you open a thread here in ATMB to simply rant about Czarcasm’s alleged behaviour then that would be against the rules. > [@](#): > > Finally, I’m not sure what you’re investment in all this is. You have almost twice as many posts (or more) as those of us who’ve actually been warned. I understand railing against injustice, but what we have here is a bunch of baffled folks who’d greatly benefit from hearing from the actual PTB on some sort of ruling. You’re just offering unsubstantiated opinions unlike those of us who actually have a stake in this. I have as much investment in this thread as I do in any other thread that is posted on this messageboard, and it is offensive for you to claim that I do not have a stake. This messageboard is about fighting ignorance. That is the primary mission. This all started because the claim was made that Czarcasm is moderated differently to other posters. In several different threads this statement is simply assumed to be true, including this thread and the pit thread that preceded this. But there is no evidence that it is true. And I don’t think that I am wrong to point that out. In fact, in the battle against ignorance, I think that it is important that I do point it out. If you think I am wrong, please feel free to show me how exactly I am wrong. I have more posts in this thread because I have taken the contrarian view, and people are responding to me, and I am responding to them. This is normal messageboard behaviour. For example in this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728983) Bricker has more posts than anyone, because he has more people to respond to. This happens all the time. Thanks for the recommendation, but I’ll post in what threads I like, in response to whomever chooses to respond to me, if I have the time, and if it falls within the boundaries of the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/130 "2014-07-24T04:16:03Z")
Having great difficulty in fathoming or following what has been going on here today. However there’s one thing I’m sure of and that is that I must be a jerk too. I am a jerk, even though I am British and we do not use jerk in this way. I am a jerk because I thought the responses to the original apple polisher thread were funny – even though I didn’t spot that it was a parody at first. I am a jerk because I really don’t care about how Czarcasm is moderated but i am mentioning it anyway. I am a jerk because I am posting in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/131 "2014-07-24T04:23:41Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …Czarcasm was an abrasive and direct moderator, and his posting style is pretty much the same. I’m not claiming conspiracy theory. This really isn’t about Czarcasm at all. Its about the moderators: and the claim that they do not moderate him the same as other posters. Sure. It’s because he’s abrasive and direct that people accuse him of _unior modding_. Interesting take though. > [@](#): > > You tell me. Just because a meme persists, doesn’t mean its true. Or because it’s true and there no way to prove it, as has been pointed out to you many times. > [@](#): > > The onus has to be on the person making the accusation. Isn’t that obvious? > > “Czarcasm is junior modding.” > > “Can you provide some examples?” > > “NO!” > > That doesn’t make any sense at all. The moderators cannot action something they don’t know about. Unless they _do_ know about it and choose to do nothing. Just as likely as your theory, really, because that makes more sense than posters out to get him because he’s “abrasive and direct.” > [@](#): > > And this isn’t about “junior modding.” The accusation is that Czarcasm is moderated differently. If that is true: then surely you could find some examples of that. And if you can’t: then perhaps the accusations aren’t as true as some people might think. Of this we can agree… this isn’t really about **Czar** at all. But you can’t argue both sides. Just repeating a meme from your end doesn’t make it true either. 🙂 > [@](#): > > People are free to criticize Czarcasm in the pit. You know that as well as I do. That criticism cannot cross the line into criticizing the moderators. The latest pit thread obviously and blatantly did that. You can open a thread here in ATMB with examples of Czarcasm breaking the rules and not being moderated and I’m pretty sure that that would be allowed. But if you open a thread here in ATMB to simply rant about Czarcasm’s alleged behaviour then that would be against the rules. I don’t think anyone has done any of that… no threads here just to _criticize_ him, but to understand moderator action _about_ him. And the catch-22 has also been explained to you repeatedly, so at this point I’m going to have to assume you’re being disingenuous. Regardless, after this post, I’m done wasting my time with someone who doesn’t have anything to do with all this. > [@](#): > > i have as much investment in this thread as I do in any other thread that is posted on this messageboard, and it is offensive for you to claim that I do not have a stake. This messageboard is about fighting ignorance. That is the primary mission. This all started because the claim was made that Czarcasm is moderated differently to other posters. In several different threads this statement is simply assumed to be true, including this thread and the pit thread that preceded this. > > But there is no evidence that it is true. And I don’t think that I am wrong to point that out. In fact, in the battle against ignorance, I think that it is important that I do point it out. If you think I am wrong, please feel free to show me how exactly I am wrong. > > I have more posts in this thread because I have taken the contrarian view, and people are responding to me, and I am responding to them. This is normal messageboard behaviour. For example in this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=728983) Bricker has more posts than anyone, because he has more people to respond to. This happens all the time. Thanks for the recommendation, but I’ll post in what threads I like, in response to whomever chooses to respond to me, if I have the time, and if it falls within the boundaries of the rules. I made no recommendations whatsoever. I couldn’t give a shit’s less difference where you post. I’ve seen you all over most ATMB threads and your desire to be the contrarian against any complaints of the staff has been duly noted. I personally think you should keep it up. It’s been amusing, to say the least. And just so you know, people are only responding to you because there’s no one else here. Now, I truly am done with this hijack. To TPTB, I’m not stating any belief in what **Czarcasm** does or doesn’t do one way or another. Like others, I was simply responding to people that we’re directing comments at me. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/132 "2014-07-24T04:48:04Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Sure. It’s because he’s abrasive and direct that people accuse him of _unior modding_. Interesting take though. …but this has nothing to do with the accusations against the moderators. > [@](#): > > Or because it’s true and there no way to prove it, as has been pointed out to you many times. Of course there are ways to prove it. How can you claim something with no proof? > [@](#): > > Unless they _do_ know about it and choose to do nothing. Just as likely as your theory, really, because that makes more sense than posters out to get him because he’s “abrasive and direct.” I didn’t claim posters were out to get him because he’s abrasive and direct. You asked where the accusations were coming from. I suggest that people have an impression of Czarcasm in their head, that the meme he is moderated differently was started by someone, and that the meme is simply believed because everyone keeps repeating it. That is much more likely than a bunch of claims with no evidence. > [@](#): > > Of this we can agree… this isn’t really about **Czar** at all. But you can’t argue both sides. Just repeating a meme from your end doesn’t make it true either. 🙂 This isn’t about choosing a side. > [@](#): > > I don’t think anyone has done any of that… no threads here just to _criticize_ him, but to understand moderator action _about_ him. And the catch-22 has also been explained to you repeatedly, so at this point I’m going to have to assume you’re being disingenuous. Which moderator action regarding Czarcasm did you want to discuss? > [@](#): > > Regardless, after this post, I’m done wasting my time with someone who doesn’t have anything to do with all this. I have everything to do with this. I’m not going to break the rules though so that I get warned and then “have a stake.” That would be a foolish action. > [@](#): > > I made no recommendations whatsoever. I couldn’t give a shit’s less difference where you post. I’ve seen you all over most ATMB threads and your desire to be the contrarian against any complaints of the staff has been duly noted. I personally think you should keep it up. It’s been amusing, to say the least. And this is precisely what I am talking about. I don’t know what Banquet Bear you are talking about, but it most certainly isn’t me. I am not all over ATMB threads defending the mod staff. If you are this wrong about my posts, it isn’t a giant leap to see that you are wrong about someone elses. > [@](#): > > And just so you know, people are only responding to you because there’s no one else here. Thats nice. > [@](#): > > Now, I truly am done with this hijack. To TPTB, I’m not stating any belief in what **Czarcasm** does or doesn’t do one way or another. Like others, I was simply responding to people that we’re directing comments at me. Bye! ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/133 "2014-07-24T05:20:39Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > But at this point it is starting to look pretty obvious there is no great case to be made that Czarcasm is moderated differently. If you feel the complaint is actually valid, feel free to prove it. I truly have no opinion at all on the Czarcasm debate. None at all. But if I did, that opinion should be posted in ATMB and whether or not I have a great case or a poor one, it belongs in that thread, whether or not you (or the mods) think it has merit. Let the other posters tell me that I’m full of shit. I was never made aware that the rule regarding posting about mod actions needed a minimum threshold of veracity first. What are those standards? If it has already been argued? So much for guns, abortion, gay marriage, and pretty much the whole of GD under that standard. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/134 "2014-07-24T05:25:33Z")
Ironically, do you know what you call people who hold a position of power, and flaunt it and abuse it merely to stroke their own egos? Jerks. This is like watching a bunch of small-town cops beat the shit out of a group of kids because one of them flipped off the squad car driving by, and then try to justify it by claiming the kids were “disturbing the peace” and “resisting arrest”. In other words, breaking the rules. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/135 "2014-07-24T05:33:53Z")
I keep forgetting what board I’m on and expecting to see “you have been banned from /r/Pyongyang.” Or “You are now a moderator at /r/Pyongyang”, I’m not sure which. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/136 "2014-07-24T07:38:44Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > The satire was pretty clever, honestly No, it wasn’t. Great call by **Marley**. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/137 "2014-07-24T07:41:40Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > But a warning for cheering a joke is over the top. If you’re happy with this just turning into another snarkboard, that is. But then it would be kind of meta. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/138 "2014-07-24T08:05:18Z")
How’d you like them apples? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/139 "2014-07-24T08:25:36Z")
[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. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2014, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869/140 "2014-07-24T09:05:08Z")
Ban the fucking lot of them, the constant badgering of Czarcasm by the same few posters is nothing but a boring RO witchhunt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moderation-here-is-getting-ridiculously-heavy-handed/693869.md?page=8)