# This wasn't junior moderating

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**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wasnt-junior-moderating/973734 "2022-10-25T03:26:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-wasnt-junior-moderating/973734/49 "2022-10-26T19:10:35Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> It’s only moderating if you are asserting authority by demanding certain behavior of other posters, I don’t see a problem with declaring how you are going to feel over something.

That’s what I thought as well, but the junior-modding rule is more general:

> [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857/1):
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> **Reporting objectionable posts.** Rule enforcement is the responsibility of SDMB staff. Do not take it upon yourself to chastise others for perceived rule violations (“junior modding”). If you believe a post violates a rule, report it using the “flag post” function – this is the flag icon that appears after clicking on the three dots (…) at the bottom right of any post.

Any sort of chastisement is junior modding, even if you don’t assert authority or direct another poster. (I was recently mod-noted for chastising another poster, much to my chagrin.)

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