# Does 'report this post' link to the reported post?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [April 17, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966 "2006-04-17T10:51:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/1 "2006-04-17T10:51:52Z")
I’ve reported a couple of posts recently, usually just writing something like “spam” or “troll: every post by this person has been an off-topic rant on the same subject” in the comment box. I just realized, though, that I never indicated to who or which post I was referring.
Is a link to the reported post included automatically with the report? Or have you guys just been rolling your eyes each time, asking “ok, idiot, so how are we supposed to know who you’re reporting _this_ time?”
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/2 "2006-04-17T11:34:50Z")
Yes, the link is included automatically with the report. Fortunately.
Prayers for the offenders, however, are not included automatically.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/3 "2006-04-17T11:43:46Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> Prayers for the offenders, however, are not included automatically.
Is that one of the upcoming features?
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### Author:  [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/4 "2006-04-17T11:48:31Z")
> [@Priceguy](#):
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> Is that one of the upcoming features?
No, but we’ll be able to purchase moderator indulgences.
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/5 "2006-04-17T12:24:53Z")
Thank you. You are in my prayers.
Now stop playing with yourself.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/6 "2006-04-17T13:18:33Z")
I can’t believe you’d mention playing with yourself in a PUBLIC FORUM!
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### Author:  [@Zog\_10](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zog_10)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/7 "2006-04-17T14:04:37Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#):
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> No, but we’ll be able to purchase moderator indulgences.
So which Mod/Admin will be speaking _ex cathedra_?
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/8 "2006-04-17T17:14:45Z")
_For every coin in the chest you drop
A soul from Purgat’ry does pop_
Mmmm, indulgences!
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### Author:  [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/9 "2006-04-17T17:48:05Z")
> [@Priceguy](#):
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> I can’t believe you’d mention playing with yourself in a PUBLIC FORUM!
You know, a funny thing happened to me on the way to the forum …
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/10 "2006-04-17T17:54:36Z")
Sorry. There had been a second post, between mine and the OP, that mentioned prayer… so I was just being snide. Some other moderator has (correctly) removed the troll’s posts, so my comment now seems gratuitous.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/11 "2006-04-18T01:39:28Z")
Naw, it’s still funny.
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### Author:  [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/12 "2006-04-18T02:39:48Z")
> [@Priceguy](#):
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> I can’t believe you’d mention playing with yourself in a PUBLIC FORUM!
I can’t believe you didn’t say PUBIC FORUM!
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### Author:  [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/13 "2006-04-18T16:44:24Z")
Related question: Does the report identify the member who clicked?
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### Author:  [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/14 "2006-04-18T16:57:00Z")
> [@peri](#):
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> Related question: Does the report identify the member who clicked?
Yes. If you report a post, your user name tags along with the specific complaint. My current understanding is that we consider the complaints private, so I don’t reveal who complained about what.
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### Author:  [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-report-this-post-link-to-the-reported-post/352966/15 "2006-04-18T17:09:32Z")
Thanks, **SkipMagic**.