# Welcome back Gfactor! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 2, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365 "2019-05-02T13:19:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/1 "2019-05-02T13:19:57Z")
One door closes, another one opens … I am happy to announce the return of moderator and Straight Dope Science Advisory Board member Gfactor, effective today. He will be your new IMHO and CCC moderator. Please welcome him back to our reindeer games. Jenny your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/2 "2019-05-02T13:22:29Z")
Cool!! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/3 "2019-05-02T13:41:31Z")
\*\*Yay!!! \*\*🙂 Thank you for taking the reins once again! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/4 "2019-05-02T13:54:42Z")
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Welcome home. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/5 "2019-05-02T17:53:59Z")
Hey, great. Welcome back! So the blackmail worked! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/6 "2019-05-02T18:01:14Z")
Welcome back. Your dreams were your ticket out. Welcome back. To that same old place that you laughed about. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/7 "2019-05-02T18:34:16Z")
Very happy to see you back! ---
**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:** [May 2, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/8 "2019-05-02T19:19:09Z")
Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/9 "2019-05-02T19:24:41Z")
Welcome back. Let’s hope that becoming a mod, again, isn’t what Oscar Wilde said about second marriages - “the triumph of optimism over experience”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/10 "2019-05-02T19:24:57Z")
I forget; did we like him or not? 😉 (Who is running the betting pool on the first time we get a thread complaining about his Moderation? Put me down to May 27th.Wait – those are not real contentious forums so make it June 16th. ) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/11 "2019-05-02T19:48:10Z")
Um, did anyone actually tell **Gfactor** about the shiny new jackboots? I’m not sure they’ve posted since this announcement… ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/12 "2019-05-02T20:55:08Z")
Well Gee, I didn’t see this coming! Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/13 "2019-05-02T21:04:52Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/14 "2019-05-02T22:01:06Z")
He’s been away? Just kidding, it’s good to see you back, **Gfactor** , you were always an excellent moderator. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/15 "2019-05-03T00:22:20Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Um, did anyone actually tell **Gfactor** about the shiny new jackboots? I’m not sure they’ve posted since this announcement… I had to wait for someone to come along and oil my joints. I’m here now. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/16 "2019-05-03T02:07:26Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I forget; did we like him or not? 😉 > > (Who is running the betting pool on the first time we get a thread complaining about his Moderation? Put me down to May 27th.Wait – those are not real contentious forums so make it June 16th. ) 😃 If it turns out to be forum based, I’d expect something in IMHO three months from now. If it’s actually person based, then I suspect it may be a really long time, as I don’t really remember **Gfactor** getting a lot of ATMB threads. Anyways, welcome back G/1. (I’m pretty sure) I always liked you. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/17 "2019-05-03T02:48:00Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > I had to wait for someone to come along and oil my joints. I’m here now. [Just when I thought I was out…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G29DXfcdhBg) (By the way, that’s pretty much what the mods’ clubhouse looks like.) > [@BigT](#): > > If it’s actually person based, then I suspect it may be a really long time, as I don’t really remember **Gfactor** getting a lot of ATMB threads. I count six (but two were complimenting him), plus two in the Pit before complaints about moderation were moved to ATMB. He’s really going to have to step up his game. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/18 "2019-05-03T02:50:47Z")
my question is why come back o the asylum after you escaped? being a mod here is pretty much a job for s&m aficionados … ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/19 "2019-05-03T03:41:35Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > my question is why come back o the asylum after you escaped? being a mod here is pretty much a job for s&m aficionados … Beats me. Jenny your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-back-gfactor/833365/20 "2019-05-03T04:13:42Z")
I hope you remember not to push the red Marley button.