# What is Junior Modding? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 20, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306 "2015-08-20T01:23:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/21 "2015-08-21T11:24:15Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Can we posters, as a general course of business, tell other posters which threads or forums they can post in? > > That is the question. Better to suffer the slings and arrows, dude. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/22 "2015-08-21T19:07:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Waitaminute, _FEAR the Walking Dead?_ > > WTH happened to just _The Walking Dead_? _Fear the Walking Dead_ is a spin-off to the original show. > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Can we posters, as a general course of business, tell other posters which threads or forums they can post in? > > That is the question. Per what’s quoted above, yes, we can. That is the answer. > [@John\_Mace](#): > > You get one free at Subway with a foot-long. Good news: Subway has a new spokesman. Bad news: It’s Josh Duggar. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/23 "2015-08-21T19:11:50Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Per what’s quoted above, yes, we can. Not quite. It depends. A “this sort of thing would be better in xxxx” is one thing= a “you can’t post here” or 'you can’t post that here" is another. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/24 "2015-08-21T19:43:45Z")
I was going by the part where **Troutman** quoted **Dex** : And, just to be clear, the following has never been considered “junior modding”: […] - Suggesting a forum change ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/25 "2015-08-21T20:24:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I was going by the part where **Troutman** quoted **Dex** : > > And, just to be clear, the following has never been considered “junior modding”: > […] > > - Suggesting a forum change _Suggesting a forum change_ is not the same as \* telling other posters which threads or forums they can post in\*. Note the words “Suggesting” vs “Telling”. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/26 "2015-08-21T20:35:44Z")
I believe that we’re arguing semantics at this point. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/27 "2015-08-21T20:39:12Z")
Interestingly I believe vBulletin actually has a Junior Moderator title which can be assigned by admin as with the other titles. I used to moderate a movie forum and and we had a couple of Junior Mods for a while (they took a lot of stick from the members and the title was soon retired.) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/28 "2015-08-21T21:05:05Z")
Well, I’ll give a go at giving an answer to the best of my ability. > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Can we posters, as a general course of business, tell other posters which threads or forums they can post in? > > That is the question. > [@Superdude](#): > > Per what’s quoted above, yes, we can. > > That is the answer. Not quite. It really depends on how it’s worded. Put exactly how **D’Anconia** words it, we’d want posters to report threads rather than tell another poster “You can no longer post in this thread”. I mean, that’s what **D’Anconia** is asking. “Can a poster tell other posters which threads they can post in?”. No, they can’t. That is up to the mod. If you want a poster to stop posting in a thread, report it and a mod will take a look and make that decision if they feel it’s a problem. As for the “Can a poster tell other posters which forums they can post in?” …again, no. Not really. Taking the question here, verbatim, at face value, a poster cannot tell another one something like “You cannot post in Great Debates or this Great Debates topic with this subject any more” We’d prefer you report it. But, really, it’s all in how it’s worded and the prime example here is this one (that the OP quoted and used for an example): > [@Sandra Bland video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandra-bland-video/725859/1831): > > Indeed, and they deserve a jolly good Pitting. Luckily, we have a special place for that, and this isn’t it. Now, me, I would _not_ say that that was an example of: > [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Can we posters, as a general course of business, tell other posters which threads or forums they can post in? In my opinion, he’s not **telling** ANYONE what thread or forum they can or can’t post in. **Elucidator** seems more so to just be trying to suggest another thread gets started in the correct forum as so that nobody winds up breaking the rules in that main thread. I can see the argument being made that even that, however, could be a forum of Jr Modding, but in this mod’s opinion, it’s not. There is nothing wrong with a comment that’s like “Oh, hey, maybe we/you should take it to the Pit” or “You know this isn’t in the Pit, right?” I see those as gentle reminders or suggestions rather than overactingly Junior Modding. Now if it had been more strong in tone or forceful or more like a directive, like “Hey, take it to the Pit” or “Don’t do this unless you’re in the Pit”…then yes, that would be Jr Modding. So, TL:DR answer: I don’t think what **Elucidator** did was Jr Modding. YMMV. I think if it was been a bit more strongly-worded, it might have been. No, no poster has the right to tell any other poster what forum or topics they can post in. I don’t think **Elucidator** was doing the above sentence either. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/29 "2015-08-21T21:11:09Z")
Thanks for the feedback, **Idle**. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306/30 "2015-08-22T02:56:05Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I believe that we’re arguing semantics at this point. There’s a forum for that, you know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-junior-modding/728306.md?page=1)