# When moderators break the rules.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-moderators-break-the-rules/759805>\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-moderators-break-the-rules/759805 "2016-07-13T13:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-moderators-break-the-rules/759805/171 "2016-07-16T15:13:13Z")

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I’m a paid-up Member. How many posts per year am I allowed to edit after the five-minute limit? What if I pay double the usual annual fee? It seems to me this could be a profit-making opportunity for SDMB.

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And does an accusation of “willful ignorance” meet the standard of _accusation of lying_? Should I have been Warned for this GD post 5 years ago?

> [@Hahahahaha. Tea party republicans push for regressive tax hike.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hahahahaha-tea-party-republicans-push-for-regressive-tax-hike/593525/171):
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> But you pretend to believe [Doper name deleted] made a typo (please reread and tell us if that is sensical) and then jump “all over [septimus] like it was fresh banana pudding.” Willful ignorance makes me cringe.

Or does the separation of the cringe-worthy ignorance from any _explicit_ antecedent save the septimoo from a Warning?

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