Is it in bad form to post that you have notified the moderators?

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I was reading this thread when I saw this post, “Save the religious intolerance and abuse for GD, mmmkay?”

My initial gut reaction was “who made this guy a moderator!?”

This was followed by a minor hijack, then this, “I will not argue with you. The Mods have been notified and we will abide by their decision.”

I was under the impression that if you had an issue, it was in very bad form to post that you have notified a moderator. One should notify the mods and leave it at that. I do not recall reading any policy, but it has been discussed at a dope-fest.

I was thinking of pitting the guy, for bad form and for making a deal of what I felt to be a very minor incident, but I realized that I have done the same thing in the past. Also, he made a good point.

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I have occassionally seen a moderator ask that people not indicate that they have reported a post. Whether this is official policy or not, I cannot say, however. FWIW, I do think it should be.

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Official, no. Preferred, yes.

There can be lots of stuff that goes into a moderator decision, behind the scenes, and it’s usually best to keep that sort of thing quiet. No sense being embarrassed, or embarrassing someone else, by airing dirty laundry.

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I think this is the kind of thing the OP had in mind. Shouldn’t we just report inappropriate posts and not comment on them?

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I’m pretty sure Dex will see this thread whether you report it or not.