# Do people who get warnings get a notification?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361
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**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361 "2020-05-07T22:23:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/1 "2020-05-07T22:23:00Z")
I was perusing the Quarantine Zone and thinking to myself what an unexpected nightmare it seems to have been to moderate. Warnings left right and centre… my sympathy to the mods.
And then it made me think about my own history. I’m certainly not a prolific poster but I’ve been on this board on and off for over 18 years and I’ve never received so much as a moderator note.
But have I? I don’t always return to threads I’ve posted in.
If a poster gets note or a warning do they get notified? How many of us might have been living in blissful ignorance of our indiscretions?
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/2 "2020-05-07T22:35:43Z")
Notes aren’t tracked by the system in any way. You won’t get any sort of notification for a mod note. If you don’t return to the thread you might not see it.
If you receive an official warning, you will get a notification for it. The title will be Warning for (user name): (reason for warning). The reason will typically be something like Being a Jerk, Personal Insults, Hate Speech, Failure to Follow Moderator Instructions, etc. It’s just a quick description of the reason for the warning. We have several pre-packaged reasons in the software, and we can always fill in a custom reason.
The notification’s message will give a link to the post that received the warning, along with a more detailed description of the offense and a copy of the post.
I know the system will send a PM to notify you about the warning. Not sure if it also sends an e-mail or not.
Warnings will show up on the Infractions tab of your profile, which will be visible only to you and moderators/admins.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/3 "2020-05-07T22:37:58Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> I know the system will send a PM to notify you about the warning. Not sure if it also sends an e-mail or not.
Yes, it does.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/4 "2020-05-07T22:44:12Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> I know the system will send a PM to notify you about the warning. Not sure if it also sends an e-mail or not.
> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Yes, it does.
My understanding is that it will send you an e-mail only if you have “Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages” checked under “Options” in User CP. So it’s best to have that checked.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/5 "2020-05-07T23:11:51Z")
Thanks. There’s a part of me that wants to go through the 1,000 odd threads I’ve probably posted in to check for notes. I know that sounds ridiculous but don’t underestimate my determination to scratch an itch.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/6 "2020-05-07T23:22:57Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> Thanks. There’s a part of me that wants to go through the 1,000 odd threads I’ve probably posted in to check for notes. I know that sounds ridiculous but don’t underestimate my determination to scratch an itch.
You can search for posts that contain your name and “moderator.” I don’t always mention the poster’s name when issuing a note, and some moderators may not included the word “moderator” when giving one, but that should pick up many of them.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/7 "2020-05-07T23:59:48Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> I know the system will send a PM to notify you about the warning. Not sure if it also sends an e-mail or not.
Yes, it does. And to their credit, every warning I’ve picked up over the years has been accompanied by a PM from the mod in question, detailing my transgressions. Even the totally bogus warning I got from **Colibri** once, because it was a Wednesday and he was feeling twitchy. 😛
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/8 "2020-05-08T00:09:13Z")
That’s not actually to our credit. When we’re giving a warning, there’s a field there that needs to be filled out with the explanation. That’s what ends up in the PM. It’s not something extra we do; it’s automatic (though I suppose if we wanted to be lazy, we could just put “you suck” in there, or something).
And my moderator notes usually say “[Moderating]”, not “Moderator”. I don’t know if the search will work for the partial word “Moderat”.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/9 "2020-05-08T00:15:48Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Even the totally bogus warning I got from **Colibri** once, because it was a Wednesday and he was feeling twitchy. 😛
That still leaves all the other non-bogus ones. 😉
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/10 "2020-05-08T00:21:50Z")
It’s a fair cop.
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### Author:  [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/11 "2020-05-08T01:37:07Z")
I’m wondering where the Expungement Forms are for getting right of old warnings. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/12 "2020-05-08T02:27:14Z")
> [@UltraVires](#):
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> I’m wondering where the Expungement Forms are for getting right of old warnings. 🙂
Depending on the mod, Indulgences can be purchased for the right amount of scotch, chocolate, or cheese doodles.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/13 "2020-05-08T03:40:31Z")
Can I buy a supply Indulgences ahead of time, so I can write what I really think whenever the occasion arises?
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/14 "2020-05-08T14:33:39Z")
Scotch and cheese doodles: The Breakfast of Moderator Champions!
Jenny
your humble TubaDiva
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### Author:  [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/15 "2020-05-08T14:52:33Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#):
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> If a poster gets note or a warning do they get notified?
Yea, I have to swat them away like flies every time I sign in.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/16 "2020-05-08T17:57:21Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> Scotch and cheese doodles: The Breakfast of Moderator Champions!
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> Jenny
> your humble TubaDiva
" Hey, how’d you get your Scotch so orange? "
" You gonna talk or you gonna drink? "
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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### Author:  [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-get-warnings-get-a-notification/853361/17 "2020-05-08T18:51:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#):
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> Depending on the mod, Indulgences can be purchased for the right amount of scotch, chocolate, or cheese doodles.
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Can I buy a supply Indulgences ahead of time, so I can write what I really think whenever the occasion arises?
Be careful, there’s a precedent for selling indulgences. We don’t want a schism, do we?