# Cap the size of threads, or move posts up/down, or what? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 20, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-the-size-of-threads-or-move-posts-up-down-or-what/725693 "2015-07-20T14:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-the-size-of-threads-or-move-posts-up-down-or-what/725693/7 "2015-07-20T16:03:11Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > This is about threads that get moderated, and posters are directed to do or say something, or not do or something, or whatever. Posters are responsible for following mod instructions. But it’s unreasonable to expect people to read every post in a thread when there are already hundreds or thousands of posts. > > … The mods have already said that mod notes buried in the bowels of a thread, prior to the poster in question entering it, would not held against those who missed them. It’s basically a judgment call on their part. But then **tomndebb** posted this… > [@Mod rewrites an OP and tells us to respond to the re-write, not the OP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-rewrites-an-op-and-tells-us-to-respond-to-the-re-write-not-the-op/725335/72): > > If one cannot be bothered to read a thread, one should not bother to respond to it. So I guess you have to read the thread before posting in it. Good luck with very long threads. So, once again we have a clear map of nothing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cap-the-size-of-threads-or-move-posts-up-down-or-what/725693)._