# How to Use the "Report Post to Moderator" Function **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972 "2002-03-30T22:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/1 "2002-03-30T22:43:28Z")
There is a thread going on in IMHO with a suspicious OP, and when I hit the button to report her post to a moderator, I read that the uses for this function did not include reporting suspected trolls. Am I reading the disclaimer on this function correctly? What is the proper procedure for reporting a suspected troll to mods? An email to the moderator in charge of that forum? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/2 "2002-03-31T03:54:17Z")
The way it works - when you use “Report Post to Moderator”, it sends an e-mail to all the moderators for that forum. It includes in the e-mail a link to the thread, also a link to the post in that thread that you are reporting, and any comments you type in. This is a very useful feature and I would like to encourage posters to use it. The only caveat is that the server sometimes “loses” e-mails (see the announcement “WHEN YOU DON’T GET THAT CONFIRMATION EMAIL”.) This may happen with a “Report Post to Moderator” message. Still, I think it’s much easier for a poster to use that feature than it would be to[ol][li]look up the e-mail addresses for all the moderators in that forum;[/li][li]copy and paste a link to the thread in your e-mail;[/li][li]and add an explanation.[/ol][/li]So if the choice is between using it or doing nothing, I would suggest to use it. The case that you mention in the OP would be a perfectly acceptable reason to use the feature. The wording on the “Report Post” box is standard vBulletin wording, not modified by the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/3 "2002-03-31T20:09:32Z")
Okay, that makes sense. So use the “report post to moderator” function whenever we feel there is something worthy of reporting to a moderator, then. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/4 "2002-04-02T14:13:42Z")
I guess we shouldn’t use it when we screw up our coding, eh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/5 "2002-04-02T16:30:39Z")
A: since our members are very diligent in the use of the Preview button, they never make vB coding errors. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/6 "2002-04-03T01:18:30Z")
You wanna bet? 😃 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/7 "2002-04-09T07:51:03Z")
I thought it said ‘report **pest** to moderator’ 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/8 "2002-04-10T02:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PhiloVance \* > \*\*I thought it said ‘report **pest** to moderator’ > > 😕 \*\* No, no, no… if you want to eradicate pests and little creepy-crawly things, call the exterminator, not the moderators! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/9 "2002-04-10T05:43:07Z")
**DAVEW0071**! Come in **DAVEW0071**! ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-the-report-post-to-moderator-function/100972/10 "2002-04-10T05:47:29Z")
my question is…who do i report the moderators to? (no smilie, but blows a big kiss)