# Why is Diamonds02 limited to starting one new thread per week? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 26, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934 "2012-09-26T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/21 "2012-09-27T15:44:07Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Cool. Um, no. Because whoever said I contacted Ellen Cherry is lying. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/22 "2012-09-27T15:49:33Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I have not contacted any mods by email, I don’t think it is even active anymore. Then update your profile. You’re required to maintain an active email address. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/23 "2012-09-27T15:50:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Ellen Cherry** is busy right now but she wanted me to point out that initially, she just asked **Diamonds02** to start fewer threads. That instruction was made in a mod note on Thursday. **Diamonds02** asked for a more specific instruction, so **Ellen Cherry** decided one thread per week was a reasonable number. Somewhat unsurprisingly **Diamons02** then violated that instruction. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Did **Ellen Cherry** actually tell **Diamonds02** that? Because she didn’t tell her that in the thread where she asked her to tone it down and **Diamonds02** asked her for clarification. > > See for yourself. > > [Are "Bieber" hairdo's acceptable in WOMEN over 25? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666111) try > **[Secret exits/entrances used by management - shady or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666795)** > > Um, we just discovered that at least one of our managers use a secret driveway or whatever to leave our parking lot. We’re located near a lightly wooded area. One night recently, me and a few drivers and a (new) manager saw one of our older managers... ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/24 "2012-09-27T15:55:05Z")
Well, someone is wrong here. Marley has said that Diamonds asked for more specifics by email and was told to stick to one email per week. Diamonds has said that is wrong as they never contacted anyone by email. Marley responds with a diversionary message stating to make sure your email is available. Which is the correct story? (Not that I really give a bugger). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/25 "2012-09-27T16:00:59Z")
I direct your attention here, **Diamonds02** : > [@Are "Bieber" hairdo's acceptable in WOMEN over 25?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bieber-hairdos-acceptable-in-women-over-25/635287/8): > > **Diamonds02** , you’ve been starting quite a few threads lately. I recommend you ease up, please. > [@Are "Bieber" hairdo's acceptable in WOMEN over 25?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bieber-hairdos-acceptable-in-women-over-25/635287/10): > > Oh dear, how long do you define “ease up”? Those are from your “Bieber haircut” thread. **Ellen Cherry** said you contacted her but perhaps she was mistaken and was thinking of that post. She did say she emailed you with the once-per-week instruction. If your email isn’t active and you didn’t see the message… well, that’s why you are required to keep your email active. That’s your responsibility, so please update your account now. If you just failed to get the email instead of ignoring an instruction, that’s good. Either way you’re expected to abide by **Ellen Cherry** ’s instructions from here on out. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/26 "2012-09-27T16:03:03Z")
[lawandorder]Is it because she’s a lesbian?[/lawandorder] ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/27 "2012-09-27T16:03:53Z")
… I see what I was about to was made moot by Marley’s latest reply. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/28 "2012-09-27T16:04:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Then update your profile. You’re required to maintain an active email address. I haven’t used email in ages, for any reason. I can create a new one I guess. That still doesn’t change the fact that I have never contacted Ellen Cherry on or off the boards. > [@Cicero](#): > > Well, someone is wrong here. > > Marley has said that Diamonds asked for more specifics by email and was told to stick to one email per week. > > Diamonds has said that is wrong as they never contacted anyone by email. > > Marley responds with a diversionary message stating to make sure your email is available. > > Which is the correct story? (Not that I really give a bugger). Now, do I SEEM like someone who would ask a mod for permission to do something? 😃 Furthermore, going out my way to contact one by email? I did jokingly ask what was her idea of me “easing up” on posting threads, in a thread last week. Nothing more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/29 "2012-09-27T16:04:44Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Is it possible that you, Marley, misinterpreted something Ellen said – that perhaps this exchange happened in vaious posts and threads? Or by PM rather than email? Yes, it’s possible. I’m trying to straighten that out. I just quoted a post where **Diamonds02** asked for clarification about the instruction and maybe that is what was being referred to. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/30 "2012-09-27T16:22:23Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > I did jokingly ask what was her idea of me “easing up” on posting threads, in a thread last week. Nothing more than that. Oh, “jokingly.” Since the mod note was not a joke, **Ellen Cherry** took your question seriously and gave you an answer. And yes, create a new active email account, associate it with your Straight Dope address, and check it. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/31 "2012-09-27T16:22:39Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > try > > [Secret exits/entrances used by management - shady or not? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=666795) So do you think it’s fair to get a warning and THEN be told for the first time that you got a warning for something that you’ve never been told before? Because that seems to be the case until **Ellen Cherry** can clear things up. If **Ellen Cherry** sent an email to **Diamonds02** but her email isn’t up to date and therefore did not see the email then that is entirely **Diamonds02** fault\* and the warning should stand. \*I once got blocked from posting because I had changed my email and then a month or so later I asked a mod a question and they tried to email me their answer but it didn’t go through because the old one didn’t exist anymore. So they PM’d me saying so and asking me to update my email. I did and emailed the mod with the new one and the next day I was able to post again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/32 "2012-09-27T16:32:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Oh, “jokingly.” Since the mod note was not a joke, **Ellen Cherry** took your question seriously and gave you an answer. And yes, create a new active email account, associate it with your Straight Dope address, and check it. I’m taking the wildest of guesses here that this was not a “joking” comment. FYI, I am still bothered by restricting one of most entertaining if bizarre thread originators. She’s like an internet version of a “job creator”. Doesn’t she provide you with more work? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/33 "2012-09-27T16:35:20Z")
Looking at the mod emails again, I think I did misunderstand what **Ellen Cherry** wrote. She said that **Diamonds02** asked for clarification on the earlier mod note and she said she provided that clarification by email, but she didn’t say **Diamonds02** sent her an email. I hope that clears everything up. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/34 "2012-09-27T17:26:55Z")
Hello all! Sorry I was out and about today and really busy yesterday evening, and I couldn’t really write on the boards. I spoke with Marley, though, via IM. I think it’s all straight now, but here is what happened. 1. I noted Diamonds telling her to ease up, in the thread 2. She asks, in the thread, what is “ease up.” 3. Rather than continue the conversation in the thread, I attempted to PM her with the information. She has her settings set to not receive PMs. 4. I send her an email telling her that she does need to ease up, and I am defining that as no more than one per week. She didn’t contact me; I contacted her attempting to make our position completely clear. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/35 "2012-09-27T17:29:34Z")
One per week is still too damn many if you ask me. I was seriously disappointed when she decided not to look for a different message board. Sigh. One can dream. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/36 "2012-09-27T18:36:46Z")
So, Ellen, what you’re saying is that you’re \*\*\*not \*\*\*a wicked witch of a moderator who just issues out warnings for no reason at all? Now what am I going to do with this pyre I had all set up! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/37 "2012-09-27T18:48:15Z")
Pizza deliveries are going to be a lot faster now! Thank you Ellen! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/38 "2012-09-27T19:19:55Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > One per week is still too damn many if you ask me. > > I was seriously disappointed when she decided not to look for a different message board. > > Sigh. One can dream. Why? Unlike other posters she mostly stays to her own threads, there is no disruptin at all. And for the rest of us it’s quite fun to watch a diamonds thread, they’re guaranteed to be a little bit silly but also have a nugget of, erm, I wouldn’t quite call it truth - maybe “thoughtful point”? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/39 "2012-09-27T19:24:37Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > And for the rest of us it’s quite fun to watch a diamonds thread, they’re guaranteed to be a little bit silly but also have a nugget of, erm, I wouldn’t quite call it truth - maybe “thoughtful point”? Let’s split the difference and say opinions on these threads are mixed. Even if you like them there’s still the concept of too much of a good thing. And the threads aren’t going away. We told her to start no more than one a week instead of a new one every day. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/40 "2012-09-27T20:35:41Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > So, Ellen, what you’re saying is that you’re \*\*\*not \*\*\*a wicked witch of a moderator who just issues out warnings for no reason at all? > > Now what am I going to do with this pyre I had all set up! I brought 'smores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=3)