# Worst moderation on the net **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 7, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899 "2015-11-07T14:53:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/61 "2015-11-08T04:49:48Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I’m losing myself in all this. Agh! Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/62 "2015-11-08T04:51:20Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Last word. It was done with [ramps](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=585&q=ramps&oq=ramps&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1194.2083.0.2913.5.5.0.0.0.0.88.373.5.5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.5.371.9hpPhEdVoiY). Skyhooks. It was done with skyhooks. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/63 "2015-11-08T05:22:30Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Skyhooks. It was done with skyhooks. 3-D printing. The pyramids were all done with 3-D printing. That’s how they got all those chambers inside done just so. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/64 "2015-11-08T06:19:22Z")
> [@cladking](#): > > I just logged in for the very last time to write a goodbye speech. > > I joined to respond to an existing thread. This thread then became quite extensive due to some debate and moderator insults. The moderators et al kept threatening to close it. I suppose the culture here is to always toe the line when it comes to established beliefs and understandings so there was naturally a tendency to pile on. Eventually the thread was closed with a moderator comment that such a thread shouldn’t happen again. > > I consider this reprehensible to close a thread when shouting down dissenting beliefs isn’t effective so I immedeately logged out with the intention of never logging in again. > > But lastnight I had a little extra time so I thought I’d ask Cecil Adams what his opinion was. No doubt his moderators think a lot like he does but I have great respect for Cecil Adams unlike hios moderators. I wanted a shot at hearing his opinion since in his extensive research he may have formed an opinion even if a nascent one. > > Just for asking the question the thread was closed. I even specifically said I wasn’t going to argue any points and merely wanted any opinions that were supplied. I was given a warning. > > Need I even tell the moderators what they can do with the “notification” I have. > > I won’t be back and won’t log in again barring an apology. If you think this is the worst moderation on the net, you obviously had no experience with [televisionwithoutpity.com](http://televisionwithoutpity.com). It’s, um, _unfortunate_, yeah, unfortunate, that it’s no longer in existence. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/65 "2015-11-08T06:48:06Z")
I used to moderate a wacky little unregistered forum several years ago, where I was accused, among other things, of being a Jewish Chinese communist and a devout Catholic in the pay of Beijing to encourage racist and hateful posts to up the hit count because this would somehow benefit - - - Beijing, don’t know why. It was a lot of fun, especially when people would rag on us for moderating without pay - notwithstanding the fact that we would sit down once every year or so for nachos and tea and the like, courtesy of management. It was kind of a joy to mod the place, except that it was lot like hotboxing mental illness. To mods everywhere - Sláinte! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/66 "2015-11-08T06:51:28Z")
If we could just agree on the basic fact that the pyramids were built by Muslims 900 years ago (5100 years after Creation) to store grain, canned goods, and miscellaneous office supplies, using the forced labor of enslaved Christian infidels who definitely didn’t use ramps but drove the stones straight up using geysers of Islamic holy water powered by Jews, we’d be a lot further ahead. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/67 "2015-11-08T09:19:27Z")
Strange. Most posters who hate what the board has become, and think the moderation is terrible, and feel that they’re constantly singled out, treated unfairly and persecuted, stay around so they can continue complaining about it forever. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/68 "2015-11-08T09:50:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Jonathan** , my man, you’re under simultaneous attack from the left, from the right, and from the outer fringe. That’s the trifecta of moderation. You must be doing something right. I’m going to nominate for the Moderation Hall of Fame. 😃 I’m not sure. He hasn’t banned EVERYBODY. Or, at least, he hasn’t banned everybody yet. I forget, who’s claim to fame was that? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/69 "2015-11-08T09:56:02Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Strange. Most posters who hate what the board has become, and think the moderation is terrible, and feel that they’re constantly singled out, treated unfairly and persecuted, stay around so they can continue complaining about it forever. I don’t think the one-trick-ponies stay around that long. If all one has is aliens building the pyramids I think a thorough wrist slapping will drive them off. On the other hand, if there’s a lot more about aliens besides the pyramids, he might just stick around to offer more evidence. ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/70 "2015-11-08T10:13:17Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I’m not sure. He hasn’t banned EVERYBODY. Or, at least, he hasn’t banned everybody yet. I forget, who’s claim to fame was that? **Marley23** , if memory serves. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/71 "2015-11-08T12:07:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And who is going to monitor this Hall? I believe Manhattan is the Hall monitor, n’est ce psa? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/72 "2015-11-08T12:41:49Z")
Plenty of butthurt, but no links to threads. Like the one that was the tipping point and got closed just for asking a question! This indicates you’re much more interested in crying , “poor, poor, me!” than illustrating where/how you’ve been so horribly wronged. Since most of us, as a result, have no idea what you’re on about, we’ll just say, “K, bye!” ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/73 "2015-11-08T12:55:35Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Strange. Most posters who hate what the board has become, and think the moderation is terrible, and feel that they’re constantly singled out, treated unfairly and persecuted, stay around so they can continue complaining about it forever. Truer words were never spoken. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/74 "2015-11-08T13:42:26Z")
Can I ask why the pyramid thread was closed? I read the first few pages as it was written. And I just checked the last page out of curiosity. It looks like a lot of posters were piling on cladking. I couldn’t tell whether he’d modified his theory, or not, but he seemed polite. Was it the multiple attacks? Was it just that this board doesn’t like long rambly threads that don’t go anywhere new? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/75 "2015-11-08T13:55:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If you think this is the worst moderation on the net, you obviously had no experience with [televisionwithoutpity.com](http://televisionwithoutpity.com). It’s, um, _unfortunate_, yeah, unfortunate, that it’s no longer in existence. He place where you were not allowed to express criticism of recaps and you could get instantabanned if you admired an actress’s … Assets? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/76 "2015-11-08T13:56:49Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Okay, that thread needed to be closed. I will say this though, I don’t think moderators should be snarky when they got their mod hat on. > > I mean, if they are just participating in a thread, then fine, snark away. But if you’re taking moderator action, be professional. On the Straight Dope, snark **is** part of the professional image. See Adams, Cecil, writings thereof. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/77 "2015-11-08T13:57:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Can I ask why the pyramid thread was closed? Turned out it was a scheme. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/78 "2015-11-08T14:48:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > **Jonathan** , my man, you’re under simultaneous attack from the left, from the right, and from the outer fringe. That’s the trifecta of moderation. You must be doing something right. I’m going to nominate for the Moderation Hall of Fame. 😃 Don’t you need a blessing from our beloved Saint of Moderation, St. **Miller** , for that nomination? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/79 "2015-11-08T15:30:11Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Last word. It was done with [ramps](https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=585&q=ramps&oq=ramps&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1194.2083.0.2913.5.5.0.0.0.0.88.373.5.5.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.5.371.9hpPhEdVoiY). Oh, wild leeks, like how geysers are wild leaks. Thanks for supporting the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899/80 "2015-11-08T16:01:14Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I’m not sure. He hasn’t banned EVERYBODY. Or, at least, he hasn’t banned everybody yet. Not being an admin, he hasn’t had the opportunity to do that. > [@Zyanthia](#): > > I believe Manhattan is the Hall monitor, n’est ce psa? His official title was Fucking Hall Monitor. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Can I ask why the pyramid thread was closed? I read the first few pages as it was written. And I just checked the last page out of curiosity. It looks like a lot of posters were piling on cladking. I couldn’t tell whether he’d modified his theory, or not, but he seemed polite. Was it the multiple attacks? Was it just that this board doesn’t like long rambly threads that don’t go anywhere new? Something else? Sometimes a poster will come on the board and propose some unique theory or perspective that they are not really able to defend, but keep arguing the point ad infinitum. It’s not really piling on when other posters point out the flaws in the theory. As I mentioned, **cladking** at that point had made over 800 posts over a period of six weeks, and I don’t think had convinced anyone, nor had anyone been able to convince him of the flaws in his ideas. At that point it was just the same arguments repeated over and over again. There was little point in continuing the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-moderation-on-the-net/736899.md?page=5)