# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![chula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@chula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chula)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/21 "2003-02-14T07:00:55Z")
Isn’t it a violation of the union contract to perform any Moderator work? Especially if it involves heavy lifting. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/22 "2003-02-14T08:12:53Z")
They’re UNDERCOVER Moderators. You can reveal their true nature simply by asking “Are you a Mod?” ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/23 "2003-02-14T14:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*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? \*\* [George Harrison] Its been done [/George Harrison] [http://www.snpp.com/guides/beatles.refs.html](http://www.snpp.com/guides/beatles.refs.html) ---
**Author:** ![Goober\_McFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@Goober\_McFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goober_McFly)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/24 "2003-02-14T14:38:34Z")
What’s a moderator? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/25 "2003-02-14T22:02:40Z")
A carbon rod used to prevent meltdown in a reactor core. Aren’t you glad you asked? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/26 "2003-02-14T22:27:00Z")
I’m patiently waiting for a moderator to hop in and post soething completely un-moderator like. Okay. I’ll settle for Lieu popping in with a poop joke. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/27 "2003-02-14T22:59:15Z")
Name names, that’s what the pit is for. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/28 "2003-02-14T23:30:34Z")
You’re talking about [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=159029) right? I think board members are becoming too lackadaisical about all the rules and the idea behind them. Leet, spelling and grammatical errors, use of foreign languages, threads in wrong forums, drive-by posts by people who haven’t even read the thread, asking questions that have just been answered (again and again,) rehashing popular threads, using the board as a blog or IM, people just aren’t thinking before posting. I say ban everybody. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/29 "2003-02-15T07:46:38Z")
I think the forums are divided illogically anyway, and it is confusing for novices to adapt. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/30 "2003-02-15T07:54:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*Y’know, when I see OPs like this, it makes me want to smash my Straight Dope Coffee Mug right through my monitor. \*\* I bet you feel special. Where the hell is my Straight Dope Coffee Mug? 😃 ---
**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 15, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/31 "2003-02-15T08:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skaterboarder87 \* > \*\*I think the forums are divided illogically anyway, and it is confusing for novices to adapt. \*\* Care to elaborate on dissing the way my _very_ good friend Cecil does things? eh, novices ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/32 "2003-02-15T08:04:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tony Montana \* > \*\*Care to elaborate on dissing the way my _very_ good friend Cecil does things? > eh, novices \*\* Ironic that you two are friends, and your location is “The Crapper” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/33 "2003-02-15T08:18:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > \*\*I say ban everybody. \*\* Take a look at [this page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5&pagenumber=1&sortfield=replycount&sortorder=asc&daysprune=1000&x=13&y=9). Note the thread started by **ED\_ZOTTI** titled Sick of All of You-You’re All Banned. It’s about the 10th thread on the page. (Please don’t post to that thread. It’s years old.) ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/34 "2003-02-15T17:57:39Z")
Actually, I don’t see the problem with a few little reminders now and then to posters by non-moderators. For example, we often get people posting comments about Cecil’s Reports or the Staff Reports, and frequently, it’s a new poster who doesn’t realize that it’s considered good manners here to post a link to the article. I don’t see why a non-moderator can’t simply mention the fact to the OP and post a link for them. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/35 "2003-02-15T18:16:22Z")
Yeah, and besides, some of us just like to play at being moderators. **Dread Pirate Jimbo** and I have a whole…routine worked out, with costumes and everything (moderator hats and underoos included, of course). 😉 (“I get to be the moderator tonight!” “No fair! You were the moderator last night!”) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/36 "2003-02-15T18:32:16Z")
Funny - I was just going to complain about the moderators acting like newbies. ---
**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 16, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/37 "2003-02-16T21:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eunoia \* > \*\*You’re talking about [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=159029) right? > > I think board members are becoming too lackadaisical about all the rules and the idea behind them. Leet, spelling and grammatical errors, use of foreign languages, threads in wrong forums, drive-by posts by people who haven’t even read the thread, asking questions that have just been answered (again and again,) rehashing popular threads, using the board as a blog or IM, people just aren’t thinking before posting. > > I say ban everybody. \*\* Nope, that isn’t one of the ones I read, and that’s not really the kind of quasimoderation I’m talking about - you’re just asking why it’s in it’s current forum, you aren’t saying ‘This thread needs to be punted to IMHO!’ or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/38 "2003-02-17T19:18:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*Nope, that isn’t one of the ones I read, and that’s not really the kind of quasimoderation I’m talking about - you’re just asking why it’s in it’s current forum, you aren’t saying ‘This thread needs to be punted to IMHO!’ or something like that. \*\* Glad I’m just being paranoid, but you’ll have to admit, it had “semi-witty” written all over it. 🆒 I could be a mod if everybody wasn’t out to get me…wouldn’t that be great, pegging off all my enemies off one by one…so powerful…free coffee mug… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/39 "2003-02-17T19:32:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \* > \*\*I’m patiently waiting for a moderator to hop in and post soething completely un-moderator like. \*\* What the fuck did you have in mind, beeyatch? 😉 [sub]Just makin’ sure…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966/40 "2003-02-17T19:40:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > What the fuck did you have in mind, beeyatch? Acting like **manhattan** is still acting like a moderator. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-non-moderators-moderating/154966.md?page=3)