# What was your proudest moment as a Moderator/Administrator for Straight Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 20, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699 "2005-05-20T03:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/1 "2005-05-20T03:52:37Z")
I always wonder what kind of satisfaction you guys derive from moderating these forums. Was there a moment when you responded to some criticism in a way that you really liked? Was there a thank you letter from a member for your work in the fight against ignorance? Is there anything like that at all or does it all stop at the Straight Dope coffee mug? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/2 "2005-05-20T04:37:20Z")
I donā€™t recall who it was, but I think it was an ex moderator who said that the best part of the role was the fun conversing with fellow moderators. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/3 "2005-05-20T06:41:56Z")
I would have thought the best part was the hundreds of terabytes of bootleg pornography and pirated software the mods keep hidden away in their private section of the message board. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/4 "2005-05-20T07:13:33Z")
Ah, perhaps that was the fun this functionary was referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/5 "2005-05-20T09:42:03Z")
Itā€™s gotta be starting every day saying, " Hmmmmm, what jackboots to wear to day? Steel toed? 5 inch Fcuk-me pumps? Decisionsā€¦decisionsā€¦" and I picture all the male mods in the pumps. ---
**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 20, 2005, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/6 "2005-05-20T11:53:25Z")
OOOh, am I the first Mod to reply? My proudest moment was definitely the line regarding a 007-named sock: ā€œBanned. James Banned.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/7 "2005-05-20T12:57:35Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > OOOh, am I the first Mod to reply? > > My proudest moment was definitely the line regarding a 007-named sock: ā€œBanned. James Banned.ā€ Knock. Knock. Whoā€™s there? Humour police. OK, CK, step away from the shaggy dog story. Look out! Heā€™s got a punā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/8 "2005-05-20T15:00:45Z")
**manhattan** had the whole ā€œAs it just so happens, _Iā€™m_ the fucking hall monitorā€ line, and the subsequent ā€œbanhattanā€ typo. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/9 "2005-05-20T16:26:06Z")
Hm, I guess mine would be when Dex came to town (I wasnā€™t the purpose of the visit, I just happened to be there), and brought me an autographed copy of one of the Straight Dope books. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/10 "2005-05-20T16:52:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Hm, I guess mine would be when Dex came to town (I wasnā€™t the purpose of the visit, I just happened to be there), and brought me an autographed copy of one of the Straight Dope books. Autographed by whom? (Iā€™d _ **love** _ _anything_ autographed by **C K Dexter Haven**!) WRS ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/11 "2005-05-20T17:04:58Z")
I took a SD book to one of the mod meets, and got it autographed by everyone who attended. This included most of the moderating staff at the time, **Ed Zotti,** and Cecilā€™s first editor. Later on, I took that book to a Dopefest, and got it autographed by quite a few of the old-time posters, mostly people who had been on the old AOL boards. As for my proudest momentā€¦I guess it would have to be when I bestowed custom titles on banned posters. I know that many people enjoyed those titles. I also changed **Ottoā€™s** title to ASSHAT once, in response to a remark that he made. He was very good-natured about it. Iā€™m not supposed to make custom titles any more, so please donā€™t ask me to change one. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/12 "2005-05-20T17:25:48Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > I took a SD book to one of the mod meets, and got it autographed by everyone who attended. This included most of the moderating staff at the time, **Ed Zotti,** and Cecilā€™s first editor. Later on, I took that book to a Dopefest, and got it autographed by quite a few of the old-time posters, mostly people who had been on the old AOL boards. > > As for my proudest momentā€¦I guess it would have to be when I bestowed custom titles on banned posters. I know that many people enjoyed those titles. I also changed **Ottoā€™s** title to ASSHAT once, in response to a remark that he made. He was very good-natured about it. Iā€™m not supposed to make custom titles any more, so please donā€™t ask me to change one. Lynn, did you get a chance to drop in here?: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6173916&postcount=19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6173916&postcount=19) ---
**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 20, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/13 "2005-05-20T17:45:24Z")
When someone has a problem and Iā€™m able to fix it and thereā€™s a happy ending, that gives me a little rush. Every so often, someone (or a whole bunch of someones) does something really special here . . . that tickles me too. Itā€™s those little moments when the Teeming Millions show how fabulous they can be that makes it all worthwhile. I live for those times. your humble TubaDiva Yes, Iā€™m weird that way. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/14 "2005-05-23T08:07:15Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > When someone has a problem and Iā€™m able to fix it and thereā€™s a happy ending, that gives me a little rush. There are no problems. There are only opportunities. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/15 "2005-05-23T15:28:28Z")
I see **roger** really is in corporate management. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/16 "2005-05-23T15:31:04Z")
Iā€™d call it a win-win empowerment strategy that will synergize our core competencies. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/17 "2005-05-23T17:11:32Z")
You might want to refrain from using that sort of language outside the **Pit**. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/18 "2005-05-24T01:55:36Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > Iā€™d call it a win-win empowerment strategy that will synergize our core competencies. You got it, **Lib**! As Olā€™ Blue Eyes himself put it: ā€œYou got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negativeā€. Not forgetting, of course, not to mix with Mr. In-Betweenā€¦ Was Francis Cecil??? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/19 "2005-05-24T20:46:12Z")
Well, my guess is it would be when ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆ banned ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆ for ā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆā–ˆing. But the modā€™s will probably ā€œcensorā€ this post so youā€™ll never know. Just kidding, really! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699/20 "2005-05-24T21:58:12Z")
How do you get those black bars in there, **Ponder**? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-proudest-moment-as-a-moderator-administrator-for-straight-dope/304699.md?page=2)