# To Mods: Guidelines for having a thread closed if you are the OP **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 28, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471 "2003-01-28T14:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/21 "2003-01-30T18:44:46Z")
I think a more liberal definition of “problematic” would be easier than completely disregarding it. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/22 "2003-01-30T18:46:03Z")
Refresh is your friend. I was speaking to **Izzy** , of course. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/23 "2003-01-30T19:17:24Z")
I started a thread in the Pit. A few days later, it had become acrimonious. No, really! OK, so I sent a note to the moderator, and asked to have the thread closed, because I thought it had been a mistake to name the thread as I had, and to have put it in the Pit. The particular moderator I had contacted emailed me a nice little letter that said, basically, “Well, I don’t think it was a mistake.” Then she locked the thread. So, I must be a favorite. I wonder when I get my chocolates? Tris ---
**Author:** ![Suspenderzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/24 "2003-01-30T20:12:26Z")
I can’t speak for all occasions, but I’m convinced that in this particular case the motivating factor to _not_ close a thread was… _ **Spite** _. No more. No less. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/25 "2003-01-30T20:26:04Z")
I don’t think you’re doing yourself any favors by accusing Moderators of spiteful behavior. Did you read **Euty** ’s post? Did you actually e-mail a mod and ask that the thread be closed as suggested? Do you honestly believe you’re being discriminated against in some way? That seems to be what you are saying, and I find it a bit bizarre. Settle down a bit. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/26 "2003-01-30T20:29:48Z")
Or maybe the mods were just confused? As pointed out by another poster in that [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=153986&perpage=50&highlight=boyfriend%20and%20suspenderzzz&pagenumber=3), you did at one point say that other posters could continue to discuss the matter, just without your input. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Suspenderzzz_ > I’m really not interested in discussing it any further. You all are welcome to do so, of course, if you must. But that will be without my input. Not that I know anything about how or why the Mods do what they do, I’m just grateful that they do whatever it is that they do and that they do it so well. Who are we to know what the mind of a Mod holds? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/27 "2003-01-30T20:40:52Z")
As for responses to e-mails: I’ve used the “report this post” feature about a dozen times since it was implemented. Out of that, I’ve gotten one personal response. Are they just being spiteful to me because I dared to step down from moderating? Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/28 "2003-01-30T20:50:24Z")
…and I know I’ve used it more than a few times, and have never received a mail. If you honestly thought that the Mods are not closing your thread out of “spite”, why are you still even here? I don’t know about most people, but if I honestly believed that the SDMB Staff was acting spiteful towards me, that would be some sort of…warning signal…that my presence was not desired. After all, there’s 2[sup]32[/sup] - 1 other IP addresses you can go to that probably don’t hold you in contempt. YMMV, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Suspenderzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/29 "2003-01-30T20:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anthracite \* > \*\*…that would be some sort of…warning signal…that my presence was not desired. > \*\* With that attitude, blacks would still be in the back of the bus. And, due to that attitude, the Augusta National Golf Club still doesn’t admit women. “I wouldn’t want to go where I’m not wanted” is the powerless’ thinly veiled admission of defeat. Fuhgeddaboutit. ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/30 "2003-01-30T21:16:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suspenderzzz \* > \*\*With that attitude, blacks would still be in the back of the bus. And, due to that attitude, the Augusta National Golf Club still doesn’t admit women. “I wouldn’t want to go where I’m not wanted” is the powerless’ thinly veiled admission of defeat. Fuhgeddaboutit. \*\* Yup - that’s the SDMB. The most racist, sexist, rootin’st, tootin’st message board on the whole darned internet! Yee Haw! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/31 "2003-01-30T21:34:52Z")
I have never before seen anyone with such a gift for posting the worst things you could think of. Every word should have been re-thought. Every line screams “THIS WAS A BAD IDEA”. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/32 "2003-01-30T22:39:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suspenderzzz \* > \*\*With that attitude, blacks would still be in the back of the bus. And, due to that attitude, the Augusta National Golf Club still doesn’t admit women. “I wouldn’t want to go where I’m not wanted” is the powerless’ thinly veiled admission of defeat. Fuhgeddaboutit. \*\* Maybe I am mistaken, but I do not feel it fair to compare racial or sexual inequality under the law, segregation, and institutional racism or sexism of a private club to the SDMB. This is a single internet message board in the corner of cyberspace. This is not equivalent to multiple States denying equal rights to Black Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/33 "2003-01-31T00:40:11Z")
…The moment you post a message to the board, you lose control of it; it doesn’t matter whether it’s a perfectly-formed argument presented in copperplate script, marred by a sinlge typo, or the most stupid and ill-conceived contribution in the history of the two universes; once you click that ‘submit’ button, it’s away! - beyond your control - up until that point, you have _De Facto_ sovreign rights over every byte of your labours. Once it is on the board, it is in the lap of the mods - maybe you can persuade them to see your reasoning as to why it should be edited/deleted/closed, maybe you can’t. Getting pissy certainly won’t add weight to your side of any (real or perceived) disagreement though. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/34 "2003-01-31T00:46:47Z")
I’m moving this to the pit so that I may respond properly. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/35 "2003-01-31T00:49:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Suspenderzzz \* > \*\*With that attitude, blacks would still be in the back of the bus. And, due to that attitude, the Augusta National Golf Club still doesn’t admit women. “I wouldn’t want to go where I’m not wanted” is the powerless’ thinly veiled admission of defeat. Fuhgeddaboutit. \*\* Blow it out your ass, you worthless piece of shit. I don’t have to put up with shit like that from you. I apologize to shit for the unfavorable comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/36 "2003-01-31T00:49:27Z")
I’m not happy with you moving the thread to the pit; may I request that you close it instead? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/37 "2003-01-31T00:50:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’m not happy with you moving the thread to the pit; may I request that you close it instead? 😉 \*\* You may, but no mods are reading the thread right now. Have you considered the “report this post to a moderator” function? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/38 "2003-01-31T00:51:33Z")
I bloody would, but you keep ignoring me WAAAAH! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/39 "2003-01-31T00:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’m not happy with you moving the thread to the pit; may I request that you close it instead? 😉 \*\* I would, but I’m spiteful. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mods-guidelines-for-having-a-thread-closed-if-you-are-the-op/151471/40 "2003-01-31T00:52:34Z")
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