# 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:** 3
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/41 "2012-09-27T20:53:20Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > She has her settings set to not receive PMs. I had forgotten that totally disabling PMs, _even from the mods and admins_, was possible. I’m not sure this is a good idea(for reasons shown in this thread, among others). Is it possible to limit this so that mods and admins can still send private messages even if the “No PM” choice is checked? ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/42 "2012-09-27T21:02:01Z")
When a user has disabled private messages we can still send them through the infraction system. So they would still receive warnings and other infractions, but it’s not a convenient way to communicate. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/43 "2012-09-27T21:04:31Z")
Is there a “No Private Messages except for mods and admins” option available on your side of the board? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/44 "2012-09-27T21:42:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 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. **Diamonds02** has started 388 threads since April 2005. \*\*grude \*\* has started 490 threads since December. Going by the logic above, I expect that he has also received a warning. ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/45 "2012-09-27T21:49:17Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > **Diamonds02** has started 388 threads since April 2005. \*\*grude \*\* has started 490 threads since December. Going by the logic above, I expect that he has also received a warning. “The logic above” is not the logic we used. And **Diamonds02** was not warned for starting too many threads, she was warned for ignoring moderator instructions. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/46 "2012-09-27T22:07:36Z")
> [@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! You’re lucky she didn’t turn you into a newt, that’s all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/47 "2012-09-27T22:38:00Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > By my quick count **Diamonds02** has now started 20 threads this month, so we told her to please slow down. Really? That’s it? Less than a thread a day (far less really)? And this is really a problem? That’s a lot of threads (I’ve probably started less than five over the past decade), but is it really inundating any of the forums? I don’t particularly like **Diamonds02** , but is this really worth a mod action? > [@Loach](#): > > Although some of her threads have started some decent discussions, most are drive-bys. She seems to lose interest in her own threads very quickly and opens another. I’d have to say I agree with this. Its becoming a lot of background noise and its getting louder. Ignore them. Unless we have to scroll past endless **Diamonds02** threads to find “good” ones, what’s the big deal? > [@Marley23](#): > > “The logic above” is not the logic we used. And **Diamonds02** was not warned for starting too many threads, she was warned for ignoring moderator instructions. :rolleyes: Has **grude** received a mod request to start fewer threads? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/48 "2012-09-27T22:54:57Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Although some of her threads have started some decent discussions, most are drive-bys. She seems to lose interest in her own threads very quickly and opens another. I’d have to say I agree with this. Its becoming a lot of background noise and its getting louder. > [@Marley23](#): > > By my quick count **Diamonds02** has now started 20 threads this month, so we told her to please slow down. By these criteria, i can think of at least two other posters who should have been placed under similar restrictions years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/49 "2012-09-27T23:03:34Z")
Seems like a can of worms to me. Now you’ve got to decide whether one thread per week means 7 days between threads, or per calendar week, or over an average during a month. You’ll need a scorekeeper with a day/date calculator. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/50 "2012-09-27T23:09:05Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > :rolleyes: Has **grude** received a mod request to start fewer threads? No. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Seems like a can of worms to me. Now you’ve got to decide whether one thread per week means 7 days between threads, or per calendar week, or over an average during a month. You’ll need a scorekeeper with a day/date calculator. Yes, that sounds far too complicated for a group of educated adults. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/51 "2012-09-27T23:41:07Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > By these criteria, i can think of at least two other posters who should have been placed under similar restrictions years ago. Then, _as has already been stated by the mods_, it’s a good thing that isn’t the only criteria they consider, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/52 "2012-09-27T23:45:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Oh, “jokingly.” Placing the word “jokingly” in quotes is a violation of the “Jokerator” code. Don’t do this again. No warning issued. > [@](#): > > Since the mod note was not a joke, **Ellen Cherry** took your question seriously and gave you an answer. **Mod Warning** s, on the other hand are no laughing matter. Everyone is instructed to take them seriously. Unlike us Jokerators, Moderators carry _real_ authority. Ignore them at your peril. **[/Jokerator Note]** ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/53 "2012-09-27T23:59:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Then, _as has already been stated by the mods_, it’s a good thing that isn’t the only criteria they consider, isn’t it? Do you have to practice to be so self-righteously condescending in these threads, or does it come naturally? Why don’t you just beg for your old job back, already? It’s clear that you can’t get by without it; at least then you’d have some institutional justification for your unwarranted sense of superiority. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/54 "2012-09-28T00:23:56Z")
I’m only a Junior Jokerator. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/55 "2012-09-28T00:28:47Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I’m only a Junior Jokerator. And us _senior_ Jokerators thank whatever God we worship, every day, that the vote went against you… ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/56 "2012-09-28T00:48:11Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > And us _senior_ Jokerators thank whatever God we worship, every day, that the vote went against you… They don’t call me the “Czarcasm of Jokerating” for nothing. ---
**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 28, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/57 "2012-09-28T00:48:38Z")
I was juts going to send diamonds a message cause of another ATMB thread and indeed her email address is VERY silly: [grkgdwn@yahoo.com](mailto:grkgdwn@yahoo.com) (I assume no problem in posting that cause anyone can see it who wants to) Makes me wonder - why on earth are private messages disable-able anyway? I can’t think of any sensible reason and there are no acceptable reasons admins like Marley shouldn’t be able to PM you. At the very least allowing that would ensure you could tell if someone saw a message. It’s not just about keeping an email address alive either; earlier today I had a phone call by someone asking why I was ignoring her. It turned out her emails were going into my spam folder. That kind of stuff won’t happen if PMs are allowd for everyone at least from admin/mods if no one else. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/58 "2012-09-28T00:52:50Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Do you have to practice to be so self-righteously condescending in these threads, or does it come naturally? > > Why don’t you just beg for your old job back, already? It’s clear that you can’t get by without it; at least then you’d have some institutional justification for your unwarranted sense of superiority. Just pointing out the obvious, Pot. It doesn’t take a “junior mod” to see something that happened just a couple posts prior to yours. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/59 "2012-09-28T01:00:27Z")
I wanna be infamous too! ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/60 "2012-09-28T01:01:01Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > I was juts going to send diamonds a message cause of another ATMB thread and indeed her email address is VERY silly: [grkgdwn@yahoo.com](mailto:grkgdwn@yahoo.com) (I assume no problem in posting that cause anyone can see it who wants to) > > Makes me wonder - why on earth are private messages disable-able anyway? I can’t think of any sensible reason and there are no acceptable reasons admins like Marley shouldn’t be able to PM you. At the very least allowing that would ensure you could tell if someone saw a message. It’s not just about keeping an email address alive either; earlier today I had a phone call by someone asking why I was ignoring her. It turned out her emails were going into my spam folder. That kind of stuff won’t happen if PMs are allowd for everyone at least from admin/mods if no one else. Private messaging has now been enabled. I guest I overlooked it as an option when I was registering. On most boards it’s set as default. Resend your message to me. I’m in the process in setting up a new email. And no, I rather not have my email addresses displayed directly on the forums. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=4)