# Too efficient Mods. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551 "2010-12-09T17:24:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/1 "2010-12-09T17:24:39Z")
You guys are causing me some existential angst by being too on the ball. Some troll-type person posted a “Come the revolution” warning in MPSIMS. I posted a snarky reply. The two posts were 90 seconds apart. By the time I reloaded the page, both the OP and my reply had been disappeared. Made me pause for a bit, it did. Good job and a thousand thanks, whichever one of you did this. (2 SDMB points for whoever gets the reference.) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/2 "2010-12-09T17:32:39Z")
I got that one. Normally I’m happy to allow snarking on morons, but that thread was posted by that David Mabus guy and we’re tired of seeing him. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/3 "2010-12-09T17:33:40Z")
So, what will happen come the revolution? Do I need to wear a bullet-proof vest, or prepare to be nominated to the Committee of Public Safety, or both? I like to know these things in advance. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/4 "2010-12-09T17:40:44Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > So, what will happen come the revolution? Do I need to wear a bullet-proof vest, or prepare to be nominated to the Committee of Public Safety, or both? I like to know these things in advance. Probably both, since come the Revolution there will come the Counter-Revolution, followed by the Counter-Counter-Revolution, etc. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/5 "2010-12-09T17:45:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I got that one. Normally I’m happy to allow snarking on morons, but that thread was posted by that David Mabus guy and we’re tired of seeing him. He’s a good argument for a “Pokes With Sticks” forum. Block it off from Google spidering and have at it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/6 "2010-12-09T18:04:02Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > He’s a good argument for a “Pokes With Sticks” forum. > Block it off from Google spidering and have at it. 😃 He’s all over the internet, so there are plenty of places to poke him with a stick. I’d just as soon it not happen here. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/7 "2010-12-09T19:57:35Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Probably both, since come the Revolution there will come the Counter-Revolution, followed by the Counter-Counter-Revolution, etc. Could you explain further? Would the [Greensboro sit-in](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins) be considered a Counter Revolution? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/8 "2010-12-09T20:13:39Z")
I’ve run into the same deal sometimes. See obvious spam, report it and/or comment and poof, it’s gone before I’m finished. Often by **Marley** , sometimes **Colibri**. I think both of them burn the midnight oil sometimes. And\*\* Silenus\*\*…“Come the Revolution, you’ll do what you’re told.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/9 "2010-12-09T21:19:54Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > And\*\* Silenus\*\*…“Come the Revolution, you’ll do what you’re told.” > 😃 Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. I, for one, welcome our new **Oakminster** overlord… 😃 ---
**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:** [December 9, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/10 "2010-12-09T21:47:54Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Often by **Marley** , sometimes **Colibri**. Thanks for the recognition, but I’m not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath with **Marley the Spaminator**. The guy has, no exaggeration, 50 times more kills than I do, even though he became a mod more recently. Most of us just step on the roaches when we come across them. **Marley** hunts them down and roots them out where they live. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/11 "2010-12-09T21:53:32Z")
Ahhhh…then if the SDMB were like WoW, **Marley** would be wearing [Epic Jackboots](http://www.wowhead.com/item=53504/flamewakers-treads). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/12 "2010-12-10T00:22:01Z")
**Marley** - the VexCon of the SDMB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/13 "2010-12-10T02:01:08Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I’ve run into the same deal sometimes. See obvious spam, report it and/or comment and poof, it’s gone before I’m finished. Often by **Marley** , sometimes **Colibri**. I think both of them burn the midnight oil sometimes. > > And\*\* Silenus\*\*…“Come the Revolution, you’ll do what you’re told.” > 😃 And I’ve stumbled on a thread, posted that I’ve reported it, and by the time I do, you’ve already stated that it is reported. That’s why always write the “Reported” post before actually reporting. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-efficient-mods/563551/14 "2010-12-10T02:55:47Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And I’ve stumbled on a thread, posted that I’ve reported it, and by the time I do, you’ve already stated that it is reported. That’s why always write the “Reported” post before actually reporting. See post #9, and practice your kowtowing skills… 😉