# Do mods actually tell posters who reported them? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 21, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556 "2011-08-21T19:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/81 "2011-08-23T04:17:08Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Mewl Dear, I hereby request permission to use this response whenever I encounter someone certifying a thread as “won”. > mmm For the win! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/82 "2011-08-23T04:36:35Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Holy crap. I have been plenty critical of the Mods in my time here but this is fucking asinine. **twickster** gave a perfectly good answer almost immediately. **Czar** asked if anyone had any examples and then clarified that **twickster** was correct in his opinion. In less than a day, we got an OFFICIAL ANSWER to a question that was asked generally and not even about a specific recent event. > > I can see how a Moderator wouldn’t know if it was an “official policy” or not off of the top of their head and needing to quickly check in just to be sure. That’s totally reasonable. **hajario** nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/83 "2011-08-23T12:32:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > For the win! I have a response for you loaded in the chamber, silenus, yes I do. You just wait, you just wait until I am granted permission. You’ll see. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/84 "2011-08-23T12:48:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > What we won’t do is second guess each other’s moderating because it’s counterproductive to have mods fighting it out in public. But what about the entertainment value? And the parimutuel wagering? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/85 "2011-08-23T14:12:48Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > But what about the entertainment value? And the parimutuel wagering? As this thread demonstrates, we have plenty of sources for that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/86 "2011-08-23T17:59:06Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I agree that each case should be decided on its own merits, but without the filter of whose side politically the poster doing the reporting is on. For one thing, liberal posters outnumber the conservative ones on this board by a huge ratio, and a fair number tend to be a lot more abusive in their responses. So it stands to reason to me that there could legitimately be more offenses to report which are coming from the liberal side of the board than from the conservative side. So to dismiss reports out of hand simply because they’re coming from a conservative poster who isn’t reporting a similar number of offenses on the part of other conservatives seems to me a highly fallacious way to go about determining which reports a moderator should take into consideration. Every report is judged independently. In the thread that hashed out the original exchange, I even noted that Shodan often provided legitimate reports. My statement regarding clutter had to do with looking at general brawls in which only one side was being reported, as though only one side was being “bad,” when a review of the thread showed a general mêlée. The incident linked was the result of a BBQ Pit thread in which accusations were made against the staff for partisan behavior, (unlike today’s calm discussions), and I asked whether a particular post, (not in GD), had been reported and was told that there was no point since the reporting poster did not like subsequent staff actions. My comments in that thread about Shodan’s behavior were out of line at that time, but I have not ever revealed the name of any poster who has Reorted a post and generally decline to even mention that a Report has been submitted. Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/87 "2011-08-23T18:43:15Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > My comments in that thread about Shodan’s behavior were out of line at that time, but I have not ever revealed the name of any poster who has Reorted a post and generally decline to even mention that a Report has been submitted. I appreciate this. And FTR, my allegations that you had specifically revealed who had reported a specific post were wrong, and I regret my mistake. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/88 "2011-08-23T21:48:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m sure you’re telling the truth. I was trying to say it would have been a good thought experiment. You have the PM in front of you. You _know_ I am tellling the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/89 "2011-08-23T23:08:36Z")
Isn’t that what he just said? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/90 "2011-08-24T00:06:19Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Isn’t that what he just said? No. “I’m sure you are telling the truth” means I have faith in you and believe you. “You are telling the truth” means I have seen seen the proof and it bears you out. I’m sure you didn’t kick a puppy in the convenience store yesterday, **Miller** , but once I view the store security tape I can say " **Miller** did not kick a puppy in the convenience store yesterday. Until I view the tape “I’m sure…” is just my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/91 "2011-08-24T00:40:17Z")
Well, good thing I burned that tape, then. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/92 "2011-08-24T00:55:06Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Every report is judged independently. In the thread that hashed out the original exchange, I even noted that Shodan often provided legitimate reports. My statement regarding clutter had to do with looking at general brawls in which only one side was being reported, as though only one side was being “bad,” when a review of the thread showed a general mêlée. > > The incident linked was the result of a BBQ Pit thread in which accusations were made against the staff for partisan behavior, (unlike today’s calm discussions), and I asked whether a particular post, (not in GD), had been reported and was told that there was no point since the reporting poster did not like subsequent staff actions. > > My comments in that thread about Shodan’s behavior were out of line at that time, but I have not ever revealed the name of any poster who has Reorted a post and generally decline to even mention that a Report has been submitted. > > Tom~ Fair enough. Thanks for the clarification. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556.md?page=4)