# Which way do mods/admins prefer to be contacted? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177 "2007-03-01T17:33:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/1 "2007-03-01T17:33:55Z")
Now that we have Private Messages, I’m wondering whether the mods and admins prefer to be contacted that way, or by email. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/2 "2007-03-01T17:42:08Z")
I think the preference is probably still e-mail. Believe it or not, the mods do have lives, or at least a fair facsimile of one, and they’re not always on the board (and thus wouldn’t notice that they have a PM). But most of them are on a computer doing something or another fairly often, and so will get an e-mail. So if you need to get a mod’s attention quickly, e-mail (ideally to several at once) is probably the best way to do it. And reporting a post is probably the quickest way to e-mail them. But of course, IANAMAM. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/3 "2007-03-01T17:46:15Z")
What he said. It’s easier to catch emails than PMs. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/4 "2007-03-01T18:27:52Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] I think the preference is probably still e-mail. Believe it or not, the mods do have lives, or at least a fair facsimile of one, and they’re not always on the board (and thus wouldn’t notice that they have a PM). But most of them are on a computer doing something or another fairly often, and so will get an e-mail. So if you need to get a mod’s attention quickly, e-mail (ideally to several at once) is probably the best way to do it. And reporting a post is probably the quickest way to e-mail them. But of course, IANAMAM. [/QUOTE] Mods have lives? 😕 I thought they signed an lifetime indenture contract! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/5 "2007-03-01T18:57:19Z")
I don’t care; either way works. I am not yet, though, in the habit of checking for new private messages, and it might be days before I noticed it. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/6 "2007-03-02T01:41:49Z")
I thought the preferred method of contact was still an express package filled with chocolate and beer. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/7 "2007-03-02T02:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] I thought the preferred method of contact was still an express package filled with chocolate and beer. 😕 [/QUOTE] Well, nobody wants to pay for sending a hooker in an express package. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/8 "2007-03-02T17:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Well, nobody wants to pay for sending a hooker in an express package. [/QUOTE] They keep forgetting to put air holes in the boxes. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/9 "2007-03-02T18:18:50Z")
A header of “your Worship” always gets my attention. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/10 "2007-03-02T19:46:35Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Well, nobody wants to pay for sending a hooker in an express package. [/QUOTE] And I don’t want a hooker, anyway. Chocolate and/or beer, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/11 "2007-03-03T00:14:07Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] And I don’t want a hooker, anyway. Chocolate and/or beer, on the other hand… [/QUOTE] Ok, so chocolate and beer on the other hand, but what do you want for the _other hand_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/12 "2007-03-03T00:44:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] And I don’t want a hooker, anyway. Chocolate and/or beer, on the other hand… [/QUOTE] Well, I can’t have chocolate. Wanna trade? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/13 "2007-03-03T06:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] Ok, so chocolate and beer on the other hand, but what do you want for the _other hand_? 😃 [/QUOTE] A kittycat. And a book in the gripping hand. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/14 "2007-03-03T06:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Well, I can’t have chocolate. Wanna trade? [/QUOTE] I’m always amiable to more chocolate. You poor thing, you. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/15 "2007-03-03T06:53:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] I’m always amiable to more chocolate. You poor thing, you. [/QUOTE] I’ll just sit in the dark and sob quietly. With my two hookers. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-mods-admins-prefer-to-be-contacted/394177/16 "2007-03-03T07:51:28Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] I’ll just sit in the dark and sob quietly. With my two hookers. [/QUOTE] I think they charge extra for that.