# Would this be junior modding? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944 "2016-06-09T18:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/21 "2016-06-11T20:31:03Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Wow, just weasel in a bevy of otter puns to the thread , and some wants to bring a holt to it. > > . Stoat these puns now! ---
**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:** [June 11, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/22 "2016-06-11T20:36:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Okay, I’m going in jump in along with **shoeless** and maybe **Czarcasm** here. I think the OP of any thread ought to have at least some degree of ownership of the thread, and should have at least some degree (greater than currently) of authority to junior mod it. I’m not on board with this. The OP defines a thread topic in the first instance but should have no ownership over it and no special authority to junior mod. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/23 "2016-06-11T20:39:57Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’m not on board with this. The OP defines a thread topic in the first instance but should have no ownership over it and no special authority to junior mod. I agree. But yes, a nicely worded request from him/her should be respected… unless the thread has\* long \*gone into a interesting and productive siderail. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/24 "2016-06-11T21:37:03Z")
No more than any other participants though. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/25 "2016-06-11T22:03:12Z")
This thread seems to have gone off track. I started it to get clarification of board rules. It now seems to be a lot of silly puns about otters. If I as OP have any kind of ownership of the thread, can I please request that you keep em coming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heartsplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@heartsplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heartsplayer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/26 "2016-06-11T22:03:31Z")
My take on things: I’d errands on the side of caution and silently report the posts in question that were off topic. If any action was necessary, the mods would then take action. After all, if in doubt, it doesn’t hurt to report, so the mods can make the decision. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/27 "2016-06-12T02:56:58Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > No more than any other participants though. The OP, however, may have more interest in keeping the thread on-topic. After all, it was the OP who started the topic, and that’s what the OP presumably wants to talk about. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/28 "2016-06-12T13:39:29Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The OP, however, may have more interest in keeping the thread on-topic. After all, it was the OP who started the topic, and that’s what the OP presumably wants to talk about. It still shouldn’t give him or her any privileges greater than anyone else in the thread. If it’s okay for the OP to do something, it should be okay for anyone else in the thread to do it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/29 "2016-06-12T16:49:41Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > This thread seems to have gone off track. I started it to get clarification of board rules. It now seems to be a lot of silly puns about otters. > > If I as OP have any kind of ownership of the thread, can I please request that you keep em coming. 🙂 I’m not sure that’s for you to deet-ermine. But I guess some people are gluttons for pun-ishment. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/30 "2016-06-12T18:05:25Z")
A shrew 'd observation, I think the OP is ok to do this, so long as they don’t badger people. .eta the ermine one was a thing of beauty, round of applause . ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/31 "2016-06-12T20:11:55Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It still shouldn’t give him or her any privileges greater than anyone else in the thread. If it’s okay for the OP to do something, it should be okay for anyone else in the thread to do it. As **Colibri** says above, it all depends on the forum. When someone starts a thread in GQ, they are specifically trying to fight their own ignorance on a particular topic. If the topic goes off on a tangent, I believe that the OP should be able to politely point out that said tangent is not being helpful to them. Once the answer is given and the OP acknowledges that they understand the answer, than the topic can go wherever it meanders off to, but prior to that we should respect the OP. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/32 "2016-06-13T10:10:31Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > .eta the ermine one was a thing of beauty, round of applause . Than you - although, I actually am prouder of the[glutton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine) one. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944/33 "2016-06-13T11:58:59Z")
> [@tonyfop](#): > > but prior to that we should respect the OP. Respecting the OP and letting the OP mod the thread are two different things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-junior-modding/756944.md?page=1)