# What's with the non-moderators moderating? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966 "2003-02-14T00:52:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/1 "2003-02-14T00:52:08Z")
It seems that a LOT of people are playing moderator lately. I just browsed through a handful of threads and about half of them had semi-witty moderatorish remarks stating that this thread belonged in another forum. Some of them made me even look twice at the name of the person doing it, because I thought maybe they HAD been made moderators. I’m not going to name names, because this isn’t so much about a specific case as a widespread trend…why is so much of this going on lately? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/2 "2003-02-14T00:55:02Z")
This is the wrong forum for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/3 "2003-02-14T00:59:45Z")
Penis envy makes them do it. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/4 "2003-02-14T01:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*This is the wrong forum for this thread. \*\* Damn you to Hell! I wanted to do that! Wait, you don’t believe in Hell, do you? Well, neither do I! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/5 "2003-02-14T01:00:58Z")
I’m sorry, you must post links in a parody thread. ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/6 "2003-02-14T01:08:09Z")
You should have ran a search on this thread. It’s already been discussed 3,279 times in the last week. You could have posted [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162998&highlight=moderator), [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162998&highlight=moderator), [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162998&highlight=moderator), and especially [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=162998&highlight=moderator). So watch it, buster! ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/7 "2003-02-14T01:28:38Z")
[moderators hat on] Diogenes, this is the only warning you’ll get from me. Stop making my jokes or you will be banned. [/moderators hat on] ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/8 "2003-02-14T01:29:46Z")
Also I think that fucking morons that ctrl+c and ctrl+v without checking should be sent to the pit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/9 "2003-02-14T01:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*Penis envy makes them do it. \*\* I envy not the cockery, but the crockery. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/10 "2003-02-14T01:33:06Z")
[Junior Mod hat ON] If you feel the need to discuss this kind of shit, please do so in MPSIMS. [Junior Mod hat OFF] (I’ve always wanted to do that) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/11 "2003-02-14T01:37:14Z")
Funniest thing, I was walking by and I could’ve _sworn_ I heard somebody mention my name. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/12 "2003-02-14T01:39:36Z")
The new Corvette looks cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/13 "2003-02-14T01:55:48Z")
This thread is too dumb to live… lockdown ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/14 "2003-02-14T02:00:29Z")
Do an impression of a particular mod… I don’t give a flying FUCK if the new corvette looks cool. How difficult is it to stick to the subject of the OP? If we’re done here, then I’m closing this thread. (how soon before a real mod comes here and REALLY locks it down?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/15 "2003-02-14T02:09:04Z")
I AM the fucking hall monitor! And the OP didn’t have a subject. Just a predicate. [Off with his head (instead of to a forum, you see)] ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/16 "2003-02-14T02:10:59Z")
Hey, **NoClue** , they sound like lyrics from NWA’s Express Yourself! Or maybe it’s just me. I’ll go now. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/17 "2003-02-14T04:34:09Z")
In a moment of inexplicable seriousness, I would point out that occasionally someone will indicate a more appropriate forum in the hopes that the OP will e-mail a Mod and request that the thread be moved, rather than waiting for some Mod to stumble on it and then grumble about having to move it (followed by the frequent Pit thread by the OP whining that s/he does not understand why it was moved). Additionally, such comments frequently provide a foreword to a post that would be better suited to the other forum, thereby justifying (or, at least, rationalizing) the tenor of that post. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/18 "2003-02-14T05:05:23Z")
**Badtz Maru** , if you have a problem with one of the junior mods, I suggest you take it to email. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/19 "2003-02-14T06:02:20Z")
Y’know, when I see OPs like this, it makes me want to smash my Straight Dope Coffee Mug right through my monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/20 "2003-02-14T06:39:06Z")
… not to mention that\* the staff frequently express their appreciation for the old-timers pitching in with helpful comments to assist with newbie assimilation. There’s nothing wrong with pointing out the rules, especially when someone posts “Hey, what do y’all think about Anne Heche: skanky or not?” to GQ. \*Okay, I mentioned it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966.md?page=2)