# How often do people report posts to the admin? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 13, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118 "2003-03-13T15:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/41 "2003-03-16T10:44:36Z")
Wow, nobody was responding to **ScoobyTX** , so I was _going_ to respond: In the past, the moderators and administrators have said that the text on the report screen is vB boilerplate. Go ahead and use the report function for any reason you need to contact the mods, since it gets all the mods for the forum at once, instead of having to hunt up their emails separately. However, **Gaudere** has to go and change the message. If it was that darned easy, how come nobody had changed it the 200 times before that people have asked the same question? ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/42 "2003-03-16T14:01:24Z")
Speaking as an expert\* on the board software: Changing the post-reporting message is a lot like sending a probe to the outer planets. It’s only really possible when the heftier threads line up in a certain way and you can use their server storage to slingshot and increase your energy. The moderators had to wait until conditions were right, but the preparations to change the message were begun quite some time ago. They got lucky this time; the last two attemps failed miserably. The first one got caught in the attraction of the Evil Nazi Groundhogs thread, and burned up in its atmosphere. The second was infinitesimally mis-aimed, and the gravition of Very Vaguely Creepy sent it flying out of the boards in the wrong direction. \*By which I mean, ‘almost complete ignoramus’. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/43 "2003-03-17T21:25:08Z")
> [@](#): > > …so if I needed to schedule when I was dropping off your Girl Scout Cookies, I should click on that, Gaudere? Oh, she said something about how you should just drop them off at the physics department of Montana State University, and she’d pick them up there. And **Biggirl** , I’ll have you know I’m a **highly** member. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/44 "2003-03-26T02:53:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I do sometimes worry that maybe I over-use the feature, but I guess if that were substantially the case then somebody would have told me to reel my neck in a little… \*\* Yeah, I sometimes wonder that myself. I was told, when I said that, that the mods appreciate our help, so I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/45 "2003-03-26T05:56:46Z")
Eeek. I just managed to quadruple-post in one thread, and quintuple-post in another, at the same time. I reported both, because, you know, that’s a lot of extraneous posts, but I see now that there were more than a couple of duplicate posts made around the same time. I hope I’m not just causing more work for the mods. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/46 "2003-03-26T14:48:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manhattan \* > \*\*I don’t really save them. They’re mostly one liners along the lines of “This thread is hungry. If only there were a Cafe to send it to…” > > Occasionally, when an OP is particularly stupid _and_ unintelligible all at once, someone will “report this post” with a parody of the OP. > > And there are sometimes personal references – “Bib, move this quick before manny sees it and has a heart attack!” > > We get a couple a week that simply say, “spamspamspamspam” or some more elaborate reference to the famous Monty Python bit. Call me simple, but they crack me up _every single time_. \*\* so…can we, like, flirt with you on these little messages then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/47 "2003-03-26T17:41:02Z")
Naw, it’s physically impossible to flirt with **manhattan**. Most of the other moderators, though, probably. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/48 "2003-03-27T14:29:43Z")
you need to get me a list of mods who want to flirt then. but not Lynn… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/49 "2003-03-27T20:58:34Z")
Well, lessee… **Uncle Beer** might be a bit dangerous, and **Eutychus** complains that he never gets _enough_ flirting. As I understand it, flirting with **Coldfire** is not only allowed but mandatory, for all female posters. **Dr Matrix** and **Cajun Man** would probably not be interested. **Noodles** would like to flirt, but his wife doesn’t let him, and **bibliophage** is just a total perv (not that there’s anything wrong with that). You’d be annihilated by **Cecil** ’s Aura of Perfection if you tried to flirt with Him, and **Ed Zotti** is way too busy to have time for flirting. I assume that you’re not interested in the female moderators (and personally, I’m a little bit scared of **Lynn**. Whom did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/50 "2003-03-27T21:41:12Z")
There is a disturbing shortage of women mods to flirt with. I only have **Tuba** , **Lynn** , and **Gaudere**. (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/51 "2003-03-27T22:03:40Z")
TVeblen? ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/52 "2003-03-27T23:09:15Z")
Ummm, **UncleBeer** , I’m going to ask a really dumb newbie question… … was your pointing out of **TVeblen** as another mod, in reponse to **Chronos’** “who did I miss?”, or as a female mod that I neglected to list? (As a newbie, I have no idea as to the gender of **TVeblen**. I clearly don’t spend enough time in IMHO.) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/53 "2003-03-27T23:40:44Z")
Maybe both, considering **TVeblen** is a female mod that both of you missed. Or at least, she claims to be a female mod. 😉 **Chronos** also left out **John Corrado** , **C K Dexter Haven** and **Ukulele Ike**. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/54 "2003-03-28T05:05:15Z")
Our 3 biggest flirts, too. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/55 "2003-03-28T13:21:45Z")
Thanks **Kat**. Red faced, I extend my humble apologies to **TVeblen** for missing her on my list of female mods to flirt with. I guess I’m going to have to spend some time in IMHO to get to know her. Meanwhile… …ahem… **TubaDiva** , how are things going? Anything I could do for you? Chocolate? Scotch? Double-entendre “report this post” messages? I’m sending you a warm smile and happy thoughts. Take care. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/56 "2003-03-28T16:48:53Z")
> [@](#): > > I guess I’m going to have to spend some time in IMHO to get to know her. Prepare to be charmed. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/57 "2003-03-29T01:41:35Z")
Nae, I didn’t forget the lovely **TVeblen** (I mean, she’s got to be lovely… Didn’t she used to be a librarian?), but since I was compiling the list for the benefit of **vanilla** , who I’m pretty sure is a hetero female, I left the female mods off the list. My apologies on **JC** , **Alpha** , **Uke** , and **Dex** , though. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118/58 "2003-03-30T21:07:31Z")
So…youre saying I’m stuck with **Coldfire** , eh? Maybe I should join a monestary… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-report-posts-to-the-admin/161118.md?page=2)