# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/101 "2012-09-30T13:00:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 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. Doesn’t take a JM to “see” it but it does take one to go to the trouble to “say” it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/102 "2012-10-02T08:33:46Z")
So, basically, the mods decided a certain poster was annoying, and decided to punish them even though there is no actual rule saying what they did was wrong. You know, the same thing they said they couldn’t do to Snowboarder Bo, even when he admitted that his purpose was to get laughs out of how upset it made people. I just wish the moderators on a website about fighting ignorance would moderate with logical brains instead of on emotional whims. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/103 "2012-10-02T15:11:21Z")
Yep. The mods decided on their own that she was annoying and to do something about it. > [@Marley23](#): > > If by “running around,” you mean send some emails, then yes. I don’t know how many threads were reported (if any), but we discussed whether or not we needed to say anything to **Diamonds02** and decided that a mod note was appropriate. > [@Marley23](#): > > We’ve done this before with posters who started very large numbers of threads, and you can add to that the fact that most of **Diamonds02** ’s threads are … how do I put this nicely? … either extremely trivial or of questionable veracity. Neither is against the rules on its own, but when taken to extremes, but become pretty annoying. By my quick count **Diamonds02** has now started 20 threads this month, so we told her to please slow down. And the whole she posts too many threads is BS in my opinion because as **Alice The Goon** points out: > [@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. So **Diamonds02** posts 20 threads in a month and she needs to slow down but **grude** has averaged 49 threads a month since December but he does not need to slow down because…? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/104 "2012-10-02T15:13:11Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > This seem illogical to me. What is the posted criteria for “starting too many threads”? Our judgment of the situation. > [@](#): > > Punished for disobeying an ambiguous rule(?) **Ellen Cherry** ’s instruction was unambiguous. > [@BigT](#): > > I just wish the moderators on a website about fighting ignorance would moderate with logical brains instead of on emotional whims. The decision to tell **Diamonds02** to start fewer threads was the result of a lengthy discussion by the staff based on her posting habits, by which I mean the amount of thread she starts and the content of those threads. It was not a decision undertaken on a whim. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/105 "2012-10-02T15:58:27Z")
I am a fan of (almost) all posters on the SDMB. So without reading too much into it, here is some quick statistical analysis, using \*\*grude \*\*as the benchmark because he/she has been mentioned as another frequent threadstarter. Threads Started in September grude: 63 Diamonds02: 27 Average No. of Views/Thread grude’s Sept. threads: 1657 Diamonds02’s Sept. threads: 2048 Average No. of Responses/Thread grude’s Sept. threads: 29.8 Diamonds02’s Sept. threads: 37.1 So, there’s a quick one month sample where my point is just, why not let the market dictate the worth of a threadstarter? If they aren’t getting responses, they’ll just fizzle away. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/106 "2012-10-02T20:58:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > The mods decided on their own that she was annoying and to do something about it. I’m told that many of **Diamonds02** ’s IMHO posts were indeed reported (although I don’t think it makes much difference; if we think something is an issue we don’t have to wait for thread reports). ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/107 "2012-10-02T21:14:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > We’ve done this before with posters who started very large numbers of threads, and you can add to that the fact that most of **Diamonds02** ’s threads are … how do I put this nicely? … either extremely trivial or of questionable veracity. Neither is against the rules on its own, but when taken to extremes, but become pretty annoying. By my quick count **Diamonds02** has now started 20 threads this month, so we told her to please slow down. Yup, I remember somebody with an L name (can’t remember who, a relatively well known poster) being yelled at to tone it down on the grounds of “this board isn’t your blog.” So there is precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/108 "2012-10-02T21:19:05Z")
Yes, that’s in the rules: “The board is not intended to furnish you with a forum for promoting your personal agenda. We reserve the right to ask you to limit postings on a particular topic, or to refrain from posting on such topics altogether.” I thought about quoting that section of the registration agreement, but I don’t think it’s accurate to say **Diamonds02** has an _agenda_. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/109 "2012-10-18T01:57:03Z")
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives me lemons, I make diamonds. 😃 I’ve been thinking about this lately. I might not be able to spread my content wide anymore, but I can still spread my content deep. 🙂 Expect more formed and well thought out threads from me in the future. I have tons of topics I want to discuss. Here’s a schedule! **October 22:** How bad can you injure someone with a javelin pole? Really? **October 29:** Age, Race, and Flatulence. Do farts sound different coming out of different people? **November 4:** Which item over $1000 would you like to steal? **November 11:** Public Masturbation Stories **November 18:** I Need Information on Spanish Flu Deaths and Locating Various Graves. I Heard that I Can Find Jewelry on Those Bodies! **November 25:** Women Trying to Gain Control of Aggressive Animals, Sexy? Yay or Nay? **December 2** A Friend Wants to Start a Church in His Basement to Make Money off of Offerings. Is that illegal? How likely is he to get caught? **December 9:** Another Friend Wants to Send an Ice Cream Truck in an Affluent Neighborhood 3am to Prank People into Thinking They Are Selling Drugs in Their Neighborhood. Is that legal? **December 16:** TBD **December 23:** What Kind of Passive Aggressive Christmas Presents Have You Given Away? **December 30:** What Kind of Schemes, Scandals, and Shenanigans Did you Get Away With in 2012? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/110 "2012-10-18T02:47:18Z")
Oh, Cecil have mercy on our souls. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/111 "2012-10-18T03:40:31Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives me lemons, I make diamonds. 😃 > > I’ve been thinking about this lately. I might not be able to spread my content wide anymore, but I can still spread my content deep. 🙂 > > Expect more formed and well thought out threads from me in the future. I have tons of topics I want to discuss. Here’s a schedule! > > **October 22:** How bad can you injure someone with a javelin pole? Really? > **October 29:** Age, Race, and Flatulence. Do farts sound different coming out of different people? > **November 4:** Which item over $1000 would you like to steal? > **November 11:** Public Masturbation Stories > **November 18:** I Need Information on Spanish Flu Deaths and Locating Various Graves. I Heard that I Can Find Jewelry on Those Bodies! > **November 25:** Women Trying to Gain Control of Aggressive Animals, Sexy? Yay or Nay? > **December 2** A Friend Wants to Start a Church in His Basement to Make Money off of Offerings. Is that illegal? How likely is he to get caught? > **December 9:** Another Friend Wants to Send an Ice Cream Truck in an Affluent Neighborhood 3am to Prank People into Thinking They Are Selling Drugs in Their Neighborhood. Is that legal? > **December 16:** TBD > **December 23:** What Kind of Passive Aggressive Christmas Presents Have You Given Away? > **December 30:** What Kind of Schemes, Scandals, and Shenanigans Did you Get Away With in 2012? **December 16:** My uncle has a barn. My mom can make the costumes. Let’s put on a show!!! ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/112 "2012-10-18T06:06:06Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When life gives me lemons, I make diamonds. 😃 > > I’ve been thinking about this lately. I might not be able to spread my content wide anymore, but I can still spread my content deep. 🙂 > > Expect more formed and well thought out threads from me in the future. I have tons of topics I want to discuss. Here’s a schedule! > > **October 22:** How bad can you injure someone with a javelin pole? Really? > **October 29:** Age, Race, and Flatulence. Do farts sound different coming out of different people? > **November 4:** Which item over $1000 would you like to steal? > **November 11:** Public Masturbation Stories > **November 18:** I Need Information on Spanish Flu Deaths and Locating Various Graves. I Heard that I Can Find Jewelry on Those Bodies! > **November 25:** Women Trying to Gain Control of Aggressive Animals, Sexy? Yay or Nay? > **December 2** A Friend Wants to Start a Church in His Basement to Make Money off of Offerings. Is that illegal? How likely is he to get caught? > **December 9:** Another Friend Wants to Send an Ice Cream Truck in an Affluent Neighborhood 3am to Prank People into Thinking They Are Selling Drugs in Their Neighborhood. Is that legal? > **December 16:** TBD > **December 23:** What Kind of Passive Aggressive Christmas Presents Have You Given Away? > **December 30:** What Kind of Schemes, Scandals, and Shenanigans Did you Get Away With in 2012? OK, I give credit where credit is due. I love this post, and I’m starting to view Diamonds02 in a whole different light. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/113 "2012-10-18T06:11:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Age, Race, and Flatulence. Do farts sound different coming out of different people? Oh, yes. Barbara Walters is fwatulent. The Japanese are fratulent. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/114 "2012-10-18T08:08:30Z")
Tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/115 "2012-10-18T11:27:54Z")
**D2** , why not just hijack other people’s threads for your little shows? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/116 "2012-10-18T11:43:50Z")
Can we make the limit one thread per month? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/117 "2012-10-18T14:37:55Z")
Allow me to save you the trouble from starting any of these threads. > [@](#): > > **October 22:** How bad can you injure someone with a javelin pole? Really? In caveman times, a javelin pole was known as a spear, which was used to hunt and kill mastodons and tigers and other really big, scary animals. So… pretty damn bad. > [@](#): > > **October 29:** Age, Race, and Flatulence. Do farts sound different coming out of different people? Yes… but if you need proof, please sit in the bathroom of your local greasy spoon and/or Mexican place. Listen and observe. > [@](#): > > **November 11:** Public Masturbation Stories You first. > [@](#): > > **November 18:** I Need Information on Spanish Flu Deaths and Locating Various Graves. I Heard that I Can Find Jewelry on Those Bodies! No, you can’t. Do you think the people who died of Spanish Flu are pharaohs or something? > [@](#): > > **November 25:** Women Trying to Gain Control of Aggressive Animals, Sexy? Yay or Nay? I… huh? > [@](#): > > **December 2** A Friend Wants to Start a Church in His Basement to Make Money off of Offerings. Is that illegal? How likely is he to get caught? Get caught doing what? There are no church inspectors. Provided he doesn’t abuse his underage parishioners (a hallmark of flaky cults everywhere) or amass an arsenal of guns, he can do whatever the hell he wants. > [@](#): > > **December 9:** Another Friend Wants to Send an Ice Cream Truck in an Affluent Neighborhood 3am to Prank People into Thinking They Are Selling Drugs in Their Neighborhood. Is that legal? Is he using the bell or playing the music? If yes, illegal (disturbing the peace). If no, then no. > [@](#): > > **December 23:** What Kind of Passive Aggressive Christmas Presents Have You Given Away? This post, happy crucified baby day pun-kin. > [@](#): > > **December 30:** What Kind of Schemes, Scandals, and Shenanigans Did you Get Away With in 2012? Did the little men in white coats take you away yet? Hmmm, check back with me in a few weeks. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/118 "2012-10-18T14:52:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Can we make the limit one thread per month? Only if we limit grudes’s threads to one a month as well. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/119 "2012-10-18T15:22:05Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > **December 16:** My uncle has a barn. My mom can make the costumes. Let’s put on a show!!! December 16 - How about we all post in The Barn House today as an early Christmas present to Ed Zotti? (he’ll be so sad on December 17th though.) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934/120 "2012-10-18T15:41:08Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Yes… but if you need proof, please sit in the bathroom of your local greasy spoon and/or Mexican place. Listen and observe. I think the question is not if farts come in different sounds, but if there is a correlation of the sounds made to the demographics of the one farting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-diamonds02-limited-to-starting-one-new-thread-per-week/635934.md?page=7)