# Why was the Twickster ATMB thread closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543 "2012-05-10T19:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/61 "2012-05-11T03:30:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > She received a Mod Warning a couple posts or so later. Did you post this with a straight face? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/62 "2012-05-11T03:31:54Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > From herself? You’ve got to be kidding me. Are you sure the SDMB wants you speaking on their behalf? I don’t speak on anyone’s behalf but my own, and if you have a problem with mods correcting themselves in a timely manner that’s your personal problem, not mine. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/63 "2012-05-11T03:32:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > She received a Mod Warning a couple posts or so later. Can you link to that warning, I must have missed it. (The fact that she didn’t receive a warning is what caused these two threads to pop up) ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/64 "2012-05-11T03:33:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > She received a Mod Warning a couple posts or so later. A mod warning? That sounds fairly serious. I’m surprised I missed it. Perhaps you’d be so kind as to point it out to me? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/65 "2012-05-11T03:38:02Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > A mod warning? That sounds fairly serious. I’m surprised I missed it. Perhaps you’d be so kind as to point it out to me? You’re right-it was a rebuke, not an Official Warning, much like others receive for similar offenses. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/66 "2012-05-11T03:45:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You’re right-it was a rebuke, not an Official Warning, much like others receive for similar offenses. So… she rebuked herself? ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/67 "2012-05-11T03:47:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I don’t speak on anyone’s behalf but my own… Okay, tiger. Whatever you say. But I have to admit that I don’t understand how any of your posts in this thread can be construed as being on your own behalf. Unless you’re busting your ass trying to get back into that mod loop. > [@](#): > > …and if you have a problem with mods correcting themselves in a timely manner that’s your personal problem, not mine I don’t have a problem with mods “correcting themselves in a timely manner,” if that’s indeed the case. But I’ve never seen **twickster** do such a thing, so I can’t comment on this part of your post. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/68 "2012-05-11T03:58:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You’re right-it was a rebuke, not an Official Warning, much like others receive for similar offenses. You’ll note that two of us upthread have noted that we got Warnings on the first offense for similar actions, due to our longstanding memberships indicating we should know better. Why, I wonder, is dear Twickster not held to the same standard? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/69 "2012-05-11T04:16:37Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > So… she rebuked herself? [Yes, she did.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15030520&postcount=20) Gave herself a Mod Note, actually. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/70 "2012-05-11T04:23:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Yes, she did.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15030520&postcount=20) Gave herself a Mod Note, actually. Wow. Gave herself a Mod Note and everything. That’ll learn her. Jesus fucking Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/71 "2012-05-11T04:29:42Z")
I just wonder if the next person to use the word _twat_ in MPSIMS will get an actual warning? Seems that a precedent has been set here regarding sanctions for that. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/72 "2012-05-11T04:35:22Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Yes, she did.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15030520&postcount=20) Gave herself a Mod Note, actually. :rolleyes: What we are wondering is why another mod didn’t do the honors. In the history of the SDMB has a mod ever given themselves a warning? ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/73 "2012-05-11T04:52:21Z")
This is the problem - Twickster giving herself a note is like the earlier thread where she snapped off at someone, and handwaved it away with “I had a headache and was in a bad mood. I’m sorry” It’s pretty meaningless to have rules if mods can circumvent them by knowingly breaking them, then issuing themselves a “note” or saying “Oh, my bad” a few posts later. “Oh, she was rebuked a few posts later” doesn’t fly because she should know the rules, _as someone who is responsible for upholding them._ As has already been mentioned, if long-time posters get harsher sanctions because “they should know better” then surely mods should be held to higher standards yet again? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/74 "2012-05-11T06:42:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You’re right-it was a rebuke, not an Official Warning, much like others receive for similar offenses. Sadly, nothing you say surprises me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/75 "2012-05-11T07:07:52Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Wait, so you’re offended that he was offended and posted about in a thread started by someone who was offended that a different thread, started by someone who was offended over being called a twat and who, incidentally, was the same poster that offended the poster who offended you, was closed? “I’m The Dude Playing the Dude Disguised as Another Dude” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/76 "2012-05-11T10:51:27Z")
I’m a little surprised that **TubaDiva** hasn’t popped in to let us know why she closed the other thread. It’s a pretty normal ATMB question that the mods usually address pretty well. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/77 "2012-05-11T11:54:38Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Red triangle in the uper right hand side of the window–hit it if you wish to “report a post.” > > Ed’s email is [edzotti@aol.com](mailto:edzotti@aol.com) > > Dex is at [ckdexthavn@aol.com](mailto:ckdexthavn@aol.com) You don’t understand do you? I am talking of a culture, not a post. And I do have enough confidence and respect in Ed and Dex to believe that they do actually look at a thread like this as time permits. Have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/78 "2012-05-11T12:09:29Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > As I said before. Welcome to the Dope. That’s how it works here. This. I always feel a sort of mild surprise whenever people express surprise at the latest mod fuckup. Some mods are good, some are ok, some (like twickster) have a shitty attitude and a palpable disdain for the board membership. Since Tuba and Ed have, for at least the last several years, exhibited even shittier attitudes and even more disdain for the board membership, the idea that there will be any official response or rebuke is unlikely. Do you think board management actually reads or gives a crap about your complaints? This is how it is, guys. It’s not changing until someone pulls the plug. Also, Czarcasm - you’re not making anyone look good. Not yourself, with your increasingly ridiculous posts in these threads, and certainly not the mods. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/79 "2012-05-11T12:11:20Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > You don’t understand do you? I am talking of a culture, not a post. Right…and it’s a culture formed as a cult of personality around a smart, snarky, sarcastic and occasionally insulting “author”. Why is it surprising to you that the resulting culture is smart, snarky, sarcastic and occasionally insulting? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543/80 "2012-05-11T12:23:00Z")
Because the “insulting” part is supposed to be only in the Pit. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-twickster-atmb-thread-closed/621543.md?page=5)