# What if a Mod gets banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 3, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787 "2012-05-03T20:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/1 "2012-05-03T20:21:41Z")
What would happen, in the _ **extremely** _ unlikely event a Mod posted things that got them banned? Has it happened? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/2 "2012-05-03T20:34:23Z")
Then the mod is banned. I’m not sure I understand the question exactly. And yes, the situation did happen come up once in the very early days of the board. ---
**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, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/3 "2012-05-03T20:34:42Z")
They wouldn’t be able to post on the board anymore, like anyone else who is banned. No one who was currently a mod has been banned. In the very distant past there was a case of a former moderator who ended up later being banned. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/4 "2012-05-03T20:47:37Z")
I’m sure a few Mods were banned on The Day Marley Banned **Everybody**. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/5 "2012-05-03T20:48:48Z")
Question for clarification, **Marley**? It would seem the logical path that, unless the mod just goes apeshit and gets banned for hate speech or whatever, there would be a process involved, like when a regular member is banned. As regular posters, we get mod notes and the like. Then, if the poster doesn’t correct his behavior, it goes to warnings, then suspensions, on down the line. I would imagine that, following that model, that said moderator would be removed from his post as a condition of punishment for violating board rules. And that it would happen before an actual banning would happen. Is that the case? Kinda like how cops are placed on administrative leave in the aftermath of a shooting? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/6 "2012-05-03T20:57:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m sure a few Mods were banned on The Day Marley Banned **Everybody**. None of us could post either while that was going on. > [@Superdude](#): > > I would imagine that, following that model, that said moderator would be removed from his post as a condition of punishment for violating board rules. And that it would happen before an actual banning would happen. > > Is that the case? Kinda like how cops are placed on administrative leave in the aftermath of a shooting? We don’t have a formalized procedure for what we would do in that situation, but yes, that’s what I would expect. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/7 "2012-05-03T20:59:57Z")
Fair enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/8 "2012-05-03T21:11:12Z")
**Superdude** ’s theory is what I assumed. I asked merely because I wondered the mechanism to replace someone in a position of authority. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/9 "2012-05-03T21:18:49Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Superdude** ’s theory is what I assumed. I asked merely because I wondered **the mechanism to replace someone in a position of authority**. It’s usually a coup followed by a Reign of Terror. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/10 "2012-05-03T21:29:47Z")
Related question: Could a mod ban themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/11 "2012-05-03T21:30:27Z")
Nice try. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/12 "2012-05-03T21:33:39Z")
I was once a Mod on a different board, and one fine day I found my fellow Mods had locked me out because I was being, in their words, “an obnoxious fucktard.” Surprising, huh? I continued to post under a sock I’d hidden away, and eventually got sussed out via my unique posting style and favorite subjects. Also surprising, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/13 "2012-05-03T22:29:31Z")
My memory is fuzzy, but wasn’t Satan a mod at one point? Or was he just prolific early on? ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/14 "2012-05-03T23:00:05Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > My memory is fuzzy, but wasn’t Satan a mod at one point? No. ---
**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 3, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/15 "2012-05-03T23:01:12Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Superdude** ’s theory is what I assumed. I asked merely because I wondered the mechanism to replace someone in a position of authority. They wouldn’t need to be replaced. They’d just be banned and that would be the end of it. ---
**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 4, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/16 "2012-05-04T01:45:28Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > As regular posters, we get mod notes and the like. Then, if the poster doesn’t correct his behavior, it goes to warnings, then suspensions, on down the line. > > I would imagine that, following that model, that said moderator would be removed from his post as a condition of punishment for violating board rules. And that it would happen before an actual banning would happen. The one time it happened, referenced above, the moderator was removed from her post over one matter. She was later banned over an unrelated matter. This was long, long before there was any formalized procedure of mod notes, warnings, suspensions, or the like. If a moderator committed a severe enough offense, they could potentially be banned immediately just like any other poster. For lesser offenses, it would be likely that they would simply be asked to step down as a moderator long before they were candidates for banning. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/17 "2012-05-04T02:36:49Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > My memory is fuzzy, but wasn’t Satan a mod at one point? Or was he just prolific early on? He was a mod here back in the day, but his screenname was **Lucifer** before Ed Zotti cast his ass out of here. ---
**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 4, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/18 "2012-05-04T02:46:53Z")
Funny line but no, Satan was not a staffer here. Ever. Though he did tell me once that he deserved to be a moderator “because I’m the most popular guy here.” ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/19 "2012-05-04T02:49:02Z")
Ask **Giraffe** , he got banned at the snackpit. \ ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787/20 "2012-05-04T16:18:10Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > My memory is fuzzy, but wasn’t Satan a mod at one point? Or was he just prolific early on? Satan would only reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-mod-gets-banned/620787.md?page=2)