# Tone policing in moderation - it's bad **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 1, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161 "2021-05-01T15:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/21 "2021-05-02T21:20:10Z")
Could you link the post? I went searching for it and couldn’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/22 "2021-05-02T21:29:35Z")
Sorry. The first sentence in this post. > [@The Nahployment 'Crisis'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117/74): > > Please read the OP and do better than come in here with the same tired conservative talking points which, as explained in the OP, has nothing to do with what is happening. UV, they’re not coming back to these jobs because of UE since, as noted, people are refusing to come back for minimum wage W-2 work after their UE runs out. UE has nothing to do with this phenomenon, other than giving people time to see what their options were. And they found better ways to earn that measly $300/week than by… ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/23 "2021-05-02T21:32:46Z")
That’s not **puzzlegal**. **JohnT** wrote that. Look at the avatar in your link. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/24 "2021-05-02T21:33:32Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Sorry. The first sentence in this post. What does this have to do with @puzzlegal ? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/25 "2021-05-02T21:34:21Z")
I know it’s not. I wondering if JohnT’s post is considered dismissive by the mod. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/26 "2021-05-02T21:35:16Z")
Still don’t get it. I think you need to do some rephrasing. I also agree with **puzzlegals** note in the thread from the OP. She explained what was wrong with the posts and pointed the thread back on topic. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/27 "2021-05-02T21:41:35Z")
Ah OK, it’s confusing because it’s the exact opposite of what’s in the OP. The OP is asking if the mod’s tone is dismissive. You’re asking if a poster’s tone is dismissive from that mod’s perspective. This might be less confusing in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/28 "2021-05-02T21:43:01Z")
Did you report it? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/29 "2021-05-02T21:48:22Z")
You’re right, I’m dropping it. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/30 "2021-05-02T23:37:24Z")
Weird, I’ve always read it as things as well. I was confused by the abbreviation question until I read the forum title about 3 more times. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161/31 "2021-05-06T04:50:13Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > In my head I’ve always thought of it as EmPeeSims and have to think about the full name instead. I call it “MopSims”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tone-policing-in-moderation-its-bad/941161.md?page=1)