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== 4chan Feedback: the Board that Laughs at Us ==

Aside from having their own board, known as /j/, the mods also liked to visit a newer board called /q/. /q/ has a few unique rules, such as that ordinary users couldn't delete their posts and that there was a long wait period between posting new comments. Tie this in to the fact that everyone had an ID when posting on /q/ along with the reality that 4chan's mods weren't exactly the best and brightest users on the site, and you get a situation where the Wizard of Oz occasionally yanks his curtain aside during a stupid move.

Generally, the mods seemed to have their own culture, which revolved a lot around hating the 4chan userbase with an intensity only seen when an authority figure loses his ability to recognize the humanity of those he's been charged with presiding over. So the easiest way to recognize a mod was to look for vastly obnoxious, condescending images as well as pro-moderator, condescending rhetoric. Most of the time, the mods had no tact or shame when defending themselves, so if you find yourself talking to someone who feels the mods need more power to inflict more bans and that everything the mods do is justified, chances are you're talking to a mod hiding behind a fairly transparent mask.

A famous quote from one of the moderators while he posted on /q/ was by someone known temporarily by part of his ID, "MQr".

"''Creative people are like Kleenex. You ban one and another pops up in his place.''"

So far, it's the most succinct word we have from any mod that would explain /tg/ now compared to /tg/ years ago when /tg/ had more draw and writefags by population than any board. Supposedly, MQr operated on the /mlp/ board, raising hell and turning the board inside out for reasons only he fully fathomed. He became a board character as a result, "Scruffy the janitor", who was spoken of with much malignancy.

Most of the mods wised up and changed their IP when posting on /q/ from then on, so it's more difficult to uncover long strings of downright lousy behavior. The bastards are all in cahoots, though - that much is pretty likely.

NEWS FLASH: As of 9/18, Moot has announced that /q/ will be replaced with a "suggestion box". Exactly what good this will be when nobody ever listens to the suggestions is a mystery. The feedback page is now completely gone, but it's unlikely that they ever paid attention to it in the first place. That "suggestion box" was /qa/, a board that was meant to promote new ideas for the boards, but is instead overrun by the latest infestation of the hour (i.e. ponies, [[/pol/]]). Like ever, if anyone actually paid attention to it, there was sure as hell no way to tell.