Mod

Godly might. The only defense.

Mods, otherwise known as Moderators, have been gifted a small modicum of power over their fellow mortal. This power comes from the heart of 4chan itself, and is doled out by Moot as he sees fit. This power manifests itself as the mighty Banhammer. But in return, the Mod is entrusted with the sacred duty of eliminating certain unsavory characters from the halls of 4chan. From this newfound pedestal of power, the Mod is then free to roam about the boards as usual. However, if they catch sight of anyone acting suspicious or being a herectic, they are free to use their mighty weapon as they see fit.

Weapons of the Mods

A weapon of immeasurable power, the Banhammer is roughly the size of a Thunder Hammer, but more potent by far. Like the Grey Knights before Matthew Ward, this mighty weapon can banish the Troll back to the Warp of the internet for a modest amount of time, forbidden from returning to 4chan until the Ban Time has ended. While this charge against the accused is wholly opinion-based, the Banhammer is known for being stern, but fair.

Mods are also known to wear some sort of invisible Pauldrons, which can deflect various attempts to vanquish them. It is, however, known that Moot has the power to wield his Permabanhammer, an ancient weapon crafted for him out of the raw stuff of 4chan. This is the end-all be-all for anyone on 4chan, even Mods.

The War In Heaven

Snacks and Moot were BFFs. Please ignore the Animu.

Once, in the before time, when /b/ was good, there lived a Mod named WTSnacks. He was the favored Mod of Moot, and a friend to all of 4chan, even /b/. While Moot sat in his room figuring out how to keep 4chan funded, WTSnacks was out hunting down the enemies of 4chan. His impeccable insight led him to ban only those who deserved it. His prowess at purging the scum and evil from any board he found made him an idol to be revered and worshiped. Because of this, all Mods would strive to emulate him, and 4chan was at peace.

But, in his slumbers, WTSnacks dreamed of power, and his aspirations whispered to him as he watched over the boards. Eventually, his soul became tainted. Soon, he began to form a cabal of close Mods, and together they formed an unstoppable force. They gathered a cult following, and began to ban those who opposed their will, not just those who opposed the mandates of Moot.

And the most holy Moot saw this and proclaimed {{HERESY!!!!!!!}}

Moot rose up from his throne, and gave WTSnacks one command, cease and desist. And in his trance of power, WTSnacks did the one thing that is nevar allowed on 4chan:

He told Moot to go fuck himself.

Moot seized up his mighty Permabanhammer and brought it down straight on top of WTSnack's head. And then it was known, in every part of the Intertubes, with the mighty ring of the hammer tolling a death bell, that WTSnacks had fallen. The chosen Mod of Moot had been struck down by Moot himself, sentenced to a thousand deaths. Snacks was banned from 4chan for evar. Snacks would not be coming back.

This set the stage for 4chan as we know it now, a wasteland of incompetent and unrestrained Mods, trolls riding freely among the boards, and general madness. The only true power is is Moot, and the best boards are those that are left alone, able to hide from Anonymous, /b/, the trolls and the Mods.

Fall of the Mods

Mods on 4chan are exactly the same as the Imperial Inquisitors. Some are fair, fun-loving, and practice tolerance. They are just like the rest of us, only with more power. However, they are hidden by the overwhelming majority that aren't. Most of them are totally bass ackwards for coming onto any 4chan board with the idea wedged in their brains that they MUST FIGHT THE DAEMONS! Sadly these mods don't know who is good and who is bad, and on bad days just Banhammer left and right. Few people have the power to fight them, and when these Mods swarm boards, they kill them.

Mods on /tg/

Nobody on /tg/ would care really, because mods never went /tg/, and for the most part it was left alone and kept itself reasonable, thanks to the Neckbeards which inhabited its halls. This is no longer the case, however. More recently, Mods have taken to /tg/, intent on sucking all that is good from the board and leaving it a lifeless husk. They are currently doing a pretty good job of it.

See Also

• Moot
• Inquisition

Gallery

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Manly mod is manly.

The original banhammer.