# tomndebb. show me \[moderating\] ... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 31, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948 "2010-10-31T02:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/1 "2010-10-31T02:57:27Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13084403#post13084403](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13084403#post13084403) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/2 "2010-10-31T03:45:47Z")
**adhay**. show me [a coherent OP] … ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/3 "2010-10-31T16:36:26Z")
Show me the money! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/4 "2010-10-31T16:44:01Z")
Show you what? Post number 4, where you taunted him? You know your OP was nonsense, as so many of your OPs are, and your reponses to the posters were nonsense, as so many of your responses are, and you knew he was going to close it. Why the mods don’t warn you every single time you pull this is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/5 "2010-11-01T21:31:07Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Show you what? Post number 4, where you taunted him? Taunt **tom** by addressing the OP to him? > [@](#): > > Why the mods don’t warn you every single time you pull this is beyond me. **tom**? So my question is, **tom** , why do you get to mod as a poster? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/6 "2010-11-01T23:23:32Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > So my question is, **tom** , why do you get to mod as a poster? Because no one would volunteer to be a mod if it meant they couldn’t post anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/7 "2010-11-02T00:09:11Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > Taunt **tom** by addressing the OP to him? > **tom**? In post #4 of the thread you linked to in your OP here, you taunted him. Sheesh. Would you care to defend why your thread should not have been closed? I’m seeing no reason to disagree with the moderator action there. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/8 "2010-11-02T00:17:47Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because no one would volunteer to be a mod if it meant they couldn’t post anymore. Thanks for sharing. **tom**? I merely suggest that, when modding, mods confine themselves to rule interpretation and when posting, as good example to all, confine their opinions to the intent of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/9 "2010-11-02T01:14:36Z")
Are you complaining that he didn’t put “moderating”, or something else to indicate that he was posting as a moderator and not a poster, in the post where he said he was closing the thread? If so, I don’t really see the issue. It should have been 100% clear from the context that he was moderating. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/10 "2010-11-02T01:42:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Are you complaining that he didn’t put “moderating”, or something else to indicate that he was posting as a moderator and not a poster, in the post where he said he was closing the thread? > > If so, I don’t really see the issue. It should have been 100% clear from the context that he was moderating. Come to think of it, I think that’s his gripe. Note the way he brackets [moderating] in the thread title. Given the location of this thread, I think I’ll keep my opinions about this thread to myself. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/11 "2010-11-02T01:49:33Z")
Here’s **tom** as poster. (post #42) > [@](#): > > Given that this non-debate is being “rebutted” by the OP with a dismissal instead of an argument, **I am unwilling to keep having to come back and read this drek just to find out if any rules have been broken or if the thread has taken a direction that would support a move to a different forum.** > > Therefore, I am closing it. (bolding mine) Nice, eh? And here’s **tom** as semi-mod. (post #43) > [@](#): > > Bill Door, your comments were seriously out of line for this forum. Since the thread was a waste and is being closed, I am not going to Warn you on this occasion, but pay better attention and refrain from this behavior in the future. > > [/Moderating] Click!. Got the pic? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/12 "2010-11-02T01:57:01Z")
If he closed the thread, he was acting as a mod, because non-mods can’t close threads. QED. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/13 "2010-11-02T02:15:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > If he closed the thread,… If? > [@](#): > > … he was acting as a mod, because non-mods can’t close threads. QED. QED, indeed. [m][/m] tags are available for serious modding. **tom**? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/14 "2010-11-02T02:19:26Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > Nice, eh? Actually, it was. It showed a great deal of self-restraint on his part. While I am a strong proponent of mods always using some kind of “mod hat on” sign, that post didn’t really leave a lot of room for ambiguity. Were you somehow confused as to whether he was posting as a moderator? If so, why? ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/15 "2010-11-02T02:31:00Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Actually, it was. It showed a great deal of self-restraint on his part. Restraint? Let me recommend > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > … Given the location of this thread, I think I’ll keep my opinions about this thread to myself. Not you, **tom**. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/16 "2010-11-02T03:13:47Z")
> [@adhay](#): > > [m][/m] tags are available for serious modding. Using the moderator tags is not required. They are usually used to avoid ambiguity. If closing or moving a thread, they are unnecessary, since only mods can do so. When moving a thread, and sometimes when closing one, I usually don’t bother with the tags. You are confusing a frequent practice with a requirement. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/17 "2010-11-02T03:21:18Z")
I like this one. (post #3) > [@Inappropriate relationship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-relationship/558995/3): > > I’ve moved this thread from General Questions to Great Debates. It might belong in In My Humble Opinion, or elsewhere. I’ll defer to the Great Debates moderators on the further disposition of the thread. > > **Gfactor** > General Questions Moderator **tom**? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/18 "2010-11-02T03:48:36Z")
Since it seemed to bother you so much, I have added the postscript “[/Moderating]” to the post in which I announced that I was closing the thread. OTOH, since it is obviouis that an announcement that a thread is being closed can only originate from a staff member, such postscripts are redundant and I will rarely add such superfluity in the future. On the third hand, if you are going to waste bandwidth and my time with similar complaints in the future, I am going to have to seriously consider your typical nonsensical OP to be trolling, after which neither of us will have to deal with the issue. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/19 "2010-11-02T04:05:04Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > … “[/Moderating]” … Thanks for stopping in. Talk about bandwith. Typical poster. What about [Moderating]? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948/20 "2010-11-02T04:10:40Z")
Adhay, you kept posting “tom?” everytime any other than tomndebb posted a response to you. If tomndebb was the only person you wanted to discuss this issue with, why did you open a thread rather than send him an email? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-show-me-moderating/558948.md?page=2)