# What is a Super Moderator? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 11, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906 "2008-05-11T10:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/21 "2008-05-11T15:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] The title “flunky apprentice” was in the wash that day, so we had to do _something_… [/QUOTE] What about FNG? 😃 ---
**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 11, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/22 "2008-05-11T15:51:57Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Might’ve been those gamma rays I was exposed to the other day. [/QUOTE] Are you sure you weren’t bitten by a radioactive troll? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/23 "2008-05-11T16:39:18Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Are you sure you weren’t bitten by a radioactive troll? [/QUOTE] They bite now? You guys didn’t tell me about that when I signed up! ---
**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 11, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/24 "2008-05-11T16:45:19Z")
Some sort of system strangeness, fixed now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/25 "2008-05-11T16:48:00Z")
And so, Up, up, and- aw. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/26 "2008-05-11T18:17:22Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Might’ve been those gamma rays I was exposed to the other day. [/QUOTE] Then you should change your name to something with **marigolds** in it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/27 "2008-05-11T18:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] They bite now? You guys didn’t tell me about that when I signed up! [/QUOTE] What did you think that rash was all about? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/28 "2008-05-11T19:25:32Z")
[QUOTE=Amp] The Super Moderator gets to decide who the new Cecil is once the current Cecil ummm… gets sent to live on a big farm where he can run around all day and chase squirrels. [/QUOTE] So how many super moderators does the New Cecil candidate need to cinch the nomination? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/29 "2008-05-11T21:43:22Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] And so, Up, up, and- aw. [/QUOTE] Your powers were short lived, I hope you used them wisely. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/30 "2008-05-12T14:22:06Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] And so, Up, up, and- aw. [/QUOTE] Nobody makes the jump the first time. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/31 "2008-05-12T16:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] That being said, C K is now an administrator? [/QUOTE] I;ve always had the title “Administrator” but it’s a misnomer – I’m a bureaucrat, handling behind-the-scenes chores. Actually, I think I’m the czar-bureaucrat. And you can call me “Dex.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906/32 "2008-05-12T16:56:48Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] And you can call me “Dex.” [/QUOTE] But’cha doesn’t have to call him “Mr. Haven.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-super-moderator/448906.md?page=1)