# To the moderators and administrators. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920 "2003-03-17T03:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/1 "2003-03-17T03:25:25Z")
I was following the amazing progress of our latest spammer with great interest, since **MsRobyn** had reported one of his posts to you around 10. Well, it’s now 10:30 and virtually all traces of him are gone. You guys are good. Just wanted to let you know that someone noticed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/2 "2003-03-17T03:28:55Z")
So good that I missed all the fun! Yes, good job. I try to thank Lynn (or whoever) whenever I get the chance, when things like this are dealt with so professionally. The mods and admins here do an excellent job. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/3 "2003-03-17T03:45:25Z")
Yes they are quite effective when they need to be. A few months back we got some spam spread to different boards. I reported it, read some threads and went back to see if anything had changed. Their was no trace of the posts or the spammer. For a while I thought I may have dreamed the whole thing. Moral of the story, don’t piss off the powers that be. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/4 "2003-03-17T03:50:17Z")
Yes! I was VERY impressed with how well and quickly you guys responded, but didn’t know where/how to say so. Great job! Especially for a bunch of iron fisted, jackbooted, Neo-Nazi…oh, wait…wrong forum…sorry! 😉 Just kidding. On the whole, you guys are great. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/5 "2003-03-17T05:22:37Z")
I missed it. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/6 "2003-03-17T06:12:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BiblioCat \* > \*\*I missed it. What happened? \*\* Someone _filled_ MPSIMS with duplicate threads, then they vanished I think it has something to do with that thread that (just within the half hr) suddenly disappeared in the pit, just a WAG ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/7 "2003-03-17T06:54:23Z")
I reported a spam message in Comment On Cecil’s Columns around the time of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/8 "2003-03-17T09:24:09Z")
I think it was **Gaudere** who nipped this one in the bud. She “mass-pruned” all this guy’s threads, which is serverintensive, but DOES solve the problem in one swift sweep. And then she banned him, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/9 "2003-03-17T11:01:43Z")
“Never - in the field of spam conflict - has so much been owed, by so many, to so few.” ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/10 "2003-03-17T15:50:45Z")
Shouldn’t this be in ATMB? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/11 "2003-03-17T18:37:43Z")
I thought all comments on staff actions belong in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/12 "2003-03-17T19:37:40Z")
Let’s just say that the guy’s name involved a favorite sexual practice involving multiple men and a woman’s face. Every one of his posts had a sentence relating to the thread as it related to this specific sexual practice and a link to a website. I don’t dare invoke his name. I was finding it absolutely hillarious in that it made absolutely no sense, except that he posted to or started 10 threads or so in 45 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/13 "2003-03-17T19:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Airman Doors, USAF \* > \*\*Let’s just say that the guy’s name involved a favorite sexual practice involving multiple men and a woman’s face. \*\* You could say he did about the same thing to the Board. [sub]Oh God, did I just say that? I think I did.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-and-administrators/161920/14 "2003-03-17T21:48:19Z")
I was just about to start “Thanks Mods / Admins / Hamsters thread” but I’ll just chip in here That lil’ ol’ [sub]Report this post[/sub] thingy really works. I’ve spotted a few “dubious” threads in the last few days. Press the button and some of them get closed. I’ll e-mail all the SDMB gods/demi-gods etc virtual beer (or cyber back rubs) to say thanks again guys.