# Do not pressure posters into ingoring professional reporting requirements **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-pressure-posters-into-ingoring-professional-reporting-requirements/527979 "2010-02-07T01:29:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 61
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-pressure-posters-into-ingoring-professional-reporting-requirements/527979/61 "2010-02-07T18:36:04Z")
> [@Syntropy](#): > > Yes, SA was telling people to report suspicious activity. No, she was telling people to report the SDMB as a haven for pedophiles. > [@Cesario: shut the fuck up, you gross fucking asshole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cesario-shut-the-fuck-up-you-gross-fucking-asshole/527954/24): > > All I have to say is that if TPTB let this nasty individual continue on his merry way, especially if they allow him his own little fapfest, that every person who reads this board who is also a mandatory reporter get on the stick and inform law enforcement that there’s a venue that is encouraging his behavior. Nasty perverts may have First Amendment rights but companies have personhood as well, apparently, and can be held accountable for the behavior they enable. There’s quite a bit of difference between, “Hey, there’s a pedo posting here!” and “Hey, this place enables pedos!” The former I have absolutely no quarrel with, and it is certainly what reporters should do if they feel they must. The latter is vindictive and petty with little basis in fact. All the SDMB is guilty of is not instantly banning someone for their thoughts. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-pressure-posters-into-ingoring-professional-reporting-requirements/527979)._