# Do mods actually tell posters who reported them?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-actually-tell-posters-who-reported-them/593556/36 "2011-08-22T19:31:14Z")

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[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7236975#post7236975)is one case. A poster accused another poster of being a sock. A mod gave them a warning and indicated they had already reported the post in question.

In this case by publicly accusing the sock the poster was already going on record with their opinions so I don’t think it was a betrayal of confidence. But everyone is asking for examples so there you go.

> [@a guild holds an e-funeral for a member who died IRL. Then another guild crashes it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guild-holds-an-e-funeral-for-a-member-who-died-irl-then-another-guild-crashes-it/349840/125):
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> **Weirddave** , this sort of accusation (like accusations of trolling) is useless and counterproductive. You had already reported the post. Don’t do this again – this is a warning.

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