# What constitutes Junior Modding? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 26, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056 "2017-03-26T03:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/1 "2017-03-26T03:53:10Z")
“Any conversation about his term’s length really belongs in a different thread, though.” “Any non-SCotUS Trump talk about his term deserves its own thread.” “If you wish to discuss this further, we can do so in another thread. It has no place in this one.” That thread is only 22 posts long, and three of them are from this poster saying the same thing. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822307](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822307) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/2 "2017-03-26T03:57:54Z")
Didn’t report 'em, did you? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/3 "2017-03-26T04:31:25Z")
_“I don’t wish to continue this line of discussion in this thread but will be glad to in a different one that is more subject specific.”_ - No problem, stating personal preference. \*“You may not discuss this further in this thread on penalty of official sanction.” \*- Junior modding. Things in between are context dependent. Generally a poster expressing their own desires without hint or implication they are imposing or enforcing some rule on other posters is okay. Even making requests is perfectly acceptable and common,\* “can we keep this thread about red hens, and not yellow or white ones, please?”\* In the thread in question, it’s fine for \*\*Superdude \*\*to express his desire to not wish to participate in a discussion about certain aspects adjacent to the thread topic. I’d say a better practice if he wished to avoid a certain line of discussion is to mention it once and follow through with that, but it’s not a rule violation in that instance to mention it a few times as he did, based on my reading. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/4 "2017-03-26T04:31:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Didn’t report 'em, did you? Does that constitute irony? People are so strict about it nowadays. My interpretation of what was happening was no he was not junior modding, but instead just trying politely and increasingly desperately to not be bullied into being drawn into breaking the rules, without outright ignoring the person harassing him. Note that the supposed great frequency with which he mentioned the rules matches exactly the number of times he was pressured to ignore them. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/5 "2017-03-26T04:35:31Z")
From the FAQ: > [@](#): > > Junior Modding – When someone who is not a moderator asserts that something is a violation of SDMB rules. This usurps the role of moderators, who are the arbiters of rules and posting standards on the SDMB. At one end, “junior modding” is annoying and arrogant; at the other end, it’s a rules violation and warnable offense. (There are forms of “junior modding” that are helpful: reporting spam and posting that you’ve done so, or making helpful suggestions to new posters, for example.) NOTE: If you see what you think is a rules violation, don’t make the judgement call yourself, but click on the REPORT button (little ! in red triangle in upper right of post) and let the mods decide. So, no, he’s not admonishing anybody for breaking a rule. So, no junior modding IMNSHO. ETA - ninja’d by **Bone**. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/6 "2017-03-26T04:37:44Z")
“Come on lets throw spitballs at the teacher” “No we’re not supposed to” “Who says? If you don’t you’re not my friend.” “No we’re not supposed to. At least not here.” “Don’t be a square. Do it or it will hurt my feelings.” “Dude no, its not appropriate. We can do something after class.” “Professor, he keeps making up rules for the class. Isn’t that your job?” Sent from my LG-V410 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/7 "2017-03-26T04:45:04Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > I’d say a better practice if he wished to avoid a certain line of discussion is to mention it once and follow through with that, but it’s not a rule violation in that instance to mention it a few times as he did, based on my reading. Fine, you’re the boss. But three times in 22 posts seems excessive. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/8 "2017-03-26T17:44:21Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Fine, you’re the boss. But three times in 22 posts seems excessive. And did you report them? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/9 "2017-03-26T19:19:18Z")
**D’Anconia** , the only reason that I posted that three different times is because I was trying to prevent what could have been a huge hijack. It seemed to me that I was being challenged on my first post, and that people wanted to possibly derail a thread about Trump and the SCotUS, and instead turn it into another general Trump thread. Maybe I worded it inelegantly, however. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/10 "2017-03-27T03:55:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > **D’Anconia** , the only reason that I posted that three different times is because I was trying to prevent what could have been a huge hijack. Since you’re not a moderator, is it your place to “prevent a hijack?” ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/11 "2017-03-27T04:05:28Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Since you’re not a moderator, is it your place to “prevent a hijack?” Since you didn’t report the posts, you have no grounds for complaint. In any case, I don’t think what **Superdude** did constitutes junior modding. And it appears to me that you did in fact initiate a hijack. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/12 "2017-03-27T04:07:25Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Since you’re not a moderator, is it your place to “prevent a hijack?” You haven’t answered the question. Did you report the posts? You have no grounds for complaint if you didn’t report the posts. In any case, I don’t see any case for junior modding in that thread. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/13 "2017-03-27T04:10:32Z")
I always figured Junior Modding was like pornography – I would know it when I saw it or the Supreme Court told me it was. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/14 "2017-03-27T04:16:45Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since you didn’t report the posts, you have no grounds for complaint. Is that now a new rule in ATMB, or just your opinion? The forum description states: > [@](#): > > For **all** questions, comments, and complaints about the SDMB . ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/15 "2017-03-27T04:21:31Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Is that now a new rule in ATMB, or just your opinion? Not a rule, just a fact. Why exactly did you choose to open an ATMB thread rather than actually seek direct action from a moderator? You’re also ignoring the fact that you were initiating a hijack. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/16 "2017-03-27T04:49:42Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Since you’re not a moderator, is it your place to “prevent a hijack?” It’s kind of like preventing forest fires - it’s all of our jobs 🙂 I mean not really, but it is good etiquette to try and stay on topic. Of course thread drift happens and it’s not a huge deal most of the time. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-junior-modding/783056/17 "2017-03-27T17:17:53Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Since you’re not a moderator, is it your place to “prevent a hijack?” > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Fine, you’re the boss. But three times in 22 posts seems excessive. > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > “Any conversation about his term’s length really belongs in a different thread, though.” > > “Any non-SCotUS Trump talk about his term deserves its own thread.” > > “If you wish to discuss this further, we can do so in another thread. It has no place in this one.” > > That thread is only 22 posts long, and three of them are from this poster saying the same thing. > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822307](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=822307) At the risk of appearing to Junior Mod again, with all due respect, **D’Anconia** , this feels - to me, anyway - like you have a personal problem with me. If so, then please either PM me or start a Pit thread if you’d like to discuss things further. If I’m being paranoid - which is certainly possible - then you have my apologies for misinterpreting your quoted posts.