# Want to block someone, but they're a mod **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 29, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690 "2011-07-29T02:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/41 "2011-07-30T09:32:30Z")
> [@boomerwang](#): > > A suggestion, which I thought of on another board, but this thread seems a good place to ask: is there a setting or something where you can put mods on ignore, but if the mod types _mod note_ or _mod warning_ in their post, it overrides the ignore feature? No. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/42 "2011-07-30T09:56:38Z")
Of course a mod would say that šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/43 "2011-07-30T12:20:47Z")
Can someone post a link to the offending thread? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/44 "2011-07-30T12:25:25Z")
> **[We need a News of Weird, Racism version](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617983)** > > Because this story is just CRAZY! In summary: Black girl earns highest GPA out of the whole class. She is told she will be the valedictorian. School administrators worry of a ā€œbig messā€ if a black student carries that title, so they appoint a... ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/45 "2011-07-30T13:21:11Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Does an official warning get you an EMAIL? Because, to be honest, I check my PMā€™s like once every couple of years or so. Same here (I have them turned off anyway), but the email address is also one I never check as well (I barely bother to check my ā€œrealā€ address as well). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/46 "2011-07-30T15:18:07Z")
Huh ā€“ I didnā€™t even see a single post by **etv78** there. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/47 "2011-07-30T15:26:00Z")
I think **etv78** was ā€œoffended in principleā€ or something like that. He was forced, forced mind you, to read something he disagreed with! Why, he might have actually learned something, and we canā€™t have that. He must remain in a blissful state. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/48 "2011-07-31T21:13:32Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > And Marley23 should seriously get a gold star and extra mod points for his informative and effecient modness. Marley has always been a favorite of mine. But then again I like Czarcasm too, so what the hell do I know. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/49 "2011-07-31T21:33:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think **etv78** was ā€œoffended in principleā€ or something like that. He was forced, forced mind you, to read something he disagreed with! Why, he might have actually learned something, and we canā€™t have that. He must remain in a blissful state. Now I need to shower! What with all of **silenus** ā€™ sarcasm all over me! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [July 31, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/50 "2011-07-31T22:05:12Z")
I live to serve. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/51 "2011-08-05T14:34:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Guess Iā€™m just Mr. Popularity this week. Itā€™s that Darth Miller thing. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [August 5, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/52 "2011-08-05T23:15:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > In a MPSIMS thread about a valedictorian controversy, **Miller** is posting things that make me want to block him (?), but due to he (?) being a mod, I couldnā€™t. It seems clear heā€™s (?) commenting as a Doper member not mod. What solution, if any, are there? You can always hope he eventually steps down. _Ex_-mods can be Ignored, as I recently learned to my satisfaction. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/53 "2011-08-05T23:22:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You can always hope he eventually steps down. _Ex_-mods can be Ignored, as I recently learned to my satisfaction. ā˜¹ ---
**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:** [August 5, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/54 "2011-08-05T23:25:26Z")
Buck up, laddie. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/55 "2011-08-05T23:29:31Z")
Who said that? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/56 "2011-08-06T00:31:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You can always hope he eventually steps down. _Ex_-mods can be Ignored, as I recently learned to my satisfaction. > [@Giraffe](#): > > ā˜¹ > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Buck up, laddie. > [@Giraffe](#): > > Who said that? Now _this_ is what I signed up for. Good thread guys. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/57 "2011-08-06T00:54:32Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Now _this_ is what I signed up for. Good thread guys. What? I didnā€™t see what you wrote. [sub]Figured Iā€™d start early. When are you going to become an ex-mod?[/sub] šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/58 "2011-08-06T02:00:13Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > [sub]When are you going to become an ex-mod?[/sub] And if heā€™s an ex-mod, will he be pining for the boards? Iā€™m so sorry ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/59 "2011-08-06T02:35:38Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > And if heā€™s an ex-mod, will he be pining for the boards? > > Iā€™m so sorry YOU NAILED HIS FEET! [sub]not sorry[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690/60 "2011-08-06T04:27:54Z")
Not that I have the urge to ignore any moderators, but: I liked at another forum I went to, they had a custom VB tag called [noparse][modnote][/modnote][/noparse], which was really just a shorthand for: [noparse]\*\*MOD NOTE: \\*\*[/noparse] So, when applied: \*\*MOD NOTE: \\*\* (Of course, this board was white on black, so the red looked better, substitute your own eye popping, but non straining color). For one, it made it very easy to see where a mod note was, so if you were skimming a long thread you had less of an excuse to miss moderator ā€œcease and desistā€ warnings peppered throughout, and if you wanted to outright ignore a moderator, you could easily see when he/she was speaking as a mod, and not as an ignorable poster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-block-someone-but-theyre-a-mod/590690.md?page=4)