# Does the software allow mod notes to be removed or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 20, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224 "2026-09-20T11:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/1 "2026-09-20T11:54:51Z")
I know regular posts can be removed by a moderator but can mod notes be removed or are they part of the permanent record? I ask because I was mod notes, incorrectly, & even another poster questioned it & when I supplied a cite @puzzlegal said it would be rescinded but instead of removing it put another post lower on saying ignore what is above leaving the original turd-in-a-punchbowl mod note in the thread. If it can’t be removed I understand, but if it can, that’s lazy & bullshit job of moderation ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/2 "2026-09-20T12:44:57Z")
All posts _can_ be removed. It’s the style of this message board that we don’t remove posts, except for spammers and some unusual circumstances. If someone says something dumb (like me, in this case) they are supposed to suck it up and live with it. I’ll also say, in my defense, that your post was reported by someone who didn’t understand it, and i, also, didn’t understand it, and other posters said the same. So while i own my mistake, it wasn’t 100% my fault. A few more words in your post would have clarified your story. That being said, i could have DMd you to ask what you were talking about. There was no urgency in writing that mod note. Mod notes are not linked on your account, and don’t “add up” like warnings. We have no way to count them, except by manually reading a block of stuff. The only time they influence future moderator actions are when we are discussing a poster and remember, “yeah, i gave him a lot of notes about that, too”, or if posters are ignoring a mod note in a thread. We think of them as guidance, not as punishment. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/3 "2026-09-20T16:21:22Z")
Could perhaps your second post, rescinding the mod note, also be marked as a mod note? Anyone casually browsing may not realize that **Spiderman** did not actually post an A.I. image and it was a misunderstanding. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/4 "2026-09-20T17:32:18Z")
Oh, I’m sorry, i intended to do that. I’ll go fix it now. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/5 "2026-09-20T17:33:47Z")
Um, it already is marked yellow, as a mod note. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/6 "2026-09-20T17:44:56Z")
My apologies, when I read the thread not long after you posted that I swear it wasn’t highlighted! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/7 "2026-09-20T18:09:04Z")
That’s entirely possible. I post the note first, and then go back and mark it yellow. It doesn’t usually take long in between, but you could have looked just then. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-software-allow-mod-notes-to-be-removed-or-not/1033224/8 "2026-09-20T18:56:02Z")
To the OP of this thread, I would say: don’t sweat the notes. I had what I thought was a very unfair note that inaccurately paired my behavior with another poster’s, and which I vigorously protested in this forum. I got crickets, completely ignored. So I stayed out for a couple of weeks, in order among other things to re-set my expectations. Mods have a hierarchy of activities, among which notes are pretty low (in my opinion, and also backed up by posts like @puzzlegal’s in this thread). You might as well set them at the same level in your own priorities, to avoid frustration and bitterness.