# Tomndebb steps down **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 24, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362 "2020-09-24T00:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/21 "2020-09-24T17:19:24Z")
Thank you for a mostly thankless job. ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/22 "2020-09-24T17:20:50Z")
Wow, this 2020 just keeps throwing curves. Congrats on the being able to put your jackboots up and thanks for all you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/23 "2020-09-24T18:59:26Z")
Thank you Tomndebb. You’ve earned a break. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/24 "2020-09-27T01:34:36Z")
\ I’m not sure I know how to live in a world without **Tomndebb** as a moderator. Thanks for the long years of service! \ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/25 "2020-09-27T18:35:42Z")
**tom** , sorry to see you hang up the truncheon. It’s been a pleasure working with you. It also makes me realize that everyone who was on the moderation staff when I became a mod is now retired or gone… ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/26 "2020-09-27T21:28:53Z")
Thanks for all of the work you’ve done over the years. It’s been good working with you. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/27 "2020-09-27T21:40:32Z")
Congratulations Tomndebb. Enjoy your retirement, frolicking freely around the fora. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/28 "2020-09-27T22:23:53Z")
Well, congratulations, I reckon. It was an honor to have served with you, back in the day. And I certainly hope you _do_ stick around as a poster. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/29 "2020-10-25T05:54:10Z")
Thank you for all your work on our behalf. I look forward to seeing you around the place. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/30 "2020-10-25T06:10:13Z")
After 15 years you should be bestowed the title “Honorary Mod” with the power to _insta-ban_ at your discretion without due cause. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/31 "2020-10-25T11:26:38Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > After 15 years you should be bestowed the title “Honorary Mod” with the power to _insta-ban_ at your discretion without due cause. - With great power comes great irresponsibility. I vote yes. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/32 "2020-10-25T19:16:56Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > After 15 years you should be bestowed the title “Honorary Mod” with the power to _insta-ban_ at your discretion without due cause. Since his profile shows no activity since the OP and still shows his ModBadge, I can only reasonably conclude that he is now a double-secret Mod and does have that power. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/33 "2020-10-25T22:45:24Z")
_Secret_ mods are tough to contend with. _Double-secret_ mods (DSM’s) are a whole nother kettle of fish! DSM’s engage in cloak & dagger methodology and are always named _“Snidely.”_ We have our work cut out for us, fellas! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362/34 "2020-10-26T17:42:00Z")
At the risk of outing policy, I think that by declining to exercise my instaban powers (until such time as it may be necessary) I am simply demonstrating the discretion that we DSMs typically display. Tom~ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-steps-down/921362.md?page=1)