# Mod-edited post not marked as mod-edited
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205
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**Created:** [June 15, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205 "2022-06-15T01:03:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/1 "2022-06-15T01:03:52Z")
Continuing the discussion from [A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/148):
> [@A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/148):
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> **Modnote** : This is in no way the right place for that. I’ll hide your post. Please do not do this again.
I have no problem with the moderation, but I’m concerned that the edited posts have no indication that they were edited by a moderator and not the poster. On the old boards, if a moderator edited another user’s post, there’d be a little blurb with the post stating such. Does this version of the board not have that capability?
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/2 "2022-06-15T01:05:47Z")
> [@A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-u-haul-full-of-patriot-front-extremists-pulled-over-on-their-way-to-pride-event/966067/148):
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> I’ll hide your post.
The “_I’ll hide your post_” and the 4 collapsed posts with pretty much the same verbiage isn’t enough of a tell?
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/3 "2022-06-15T01:12:30Z")
> [@Pleonast](#):
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> Does this version of the board not have that capability?
Not easily. There’s a trade off between being clear about having edited a post and taking up so much space that it’s intrusive.
Sometimes i add a staff note when i make a non-obvious substantive edit, but that’s a lot of real estate.
(The staff note is the yellow bubble before the post.)
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/4 "2022-06-15T01:13:03Z")
I’d rather it be more explicit that it wasn’t the poster who made the edit. Our culture here is that post contents aren’t messed around with. I think this is a clear case of when a moderator is justified in messing around with post content, but I’d prefer it be explicit that it was.
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/5 "2022-06-15T01:14:58Z")
As a suggestion, maybe if the top line was “Off Topic Post, hidden by WE?” or something equivalent.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/6 "2022-06-15T01:15:30Z")
I think it is pretty clear in this case. There is no automatic way to do it and that was a fair amount of work to prevent the hijack.
I really think the Modnote covered the 4 detail hides.
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### Author:  [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/7 "2022-06-15T01:15:30Z")
I was reading the thread in question and agree that the moderation was justified (1st) and that the intent was pretty darn clear, but would probably suggest a compromise along the lines of what @puzzlegal mentioned. One mod note on the collapsed post saying it and the replies would be concealed, and then pretty much exactly what was done for the individual posts. Mostly for anyone coming into the thread late, it might improve readability.
ETA - looks like @Pleonast said pretty much the same while I was typing this.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/8 "2022-06-15T01:17:30Z")
Done but seriously, it should not have been needed. The modnote should have been plenty to explain it.
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/9 "2022-06-15T01:21:07Z")
Hey, thanks, the moderation on this board is much appreciated and I wouldn’t post here without it. For me, the transparency is a big part of why I trust you all are fair.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/10 "2022-06-17T00:09:04Z")
Sure, but the mod note is a few posts down and thus won’t be seen until well after the person has already seen the post.
As for additional work, you could just skip the mod note and just put all the info in the banner on top of the first moderated post. I think that’s actually the intent for those mod banners in Discourse.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/11 "2022-06-17T00:23:35Z")
Aside: When I look at those posts, I see a pencil in the upper-right corner. Is that not visible to non-mods?
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/12 "2022-06-17T01:03:45Z")
It only says that they were edited not who did the editing.
What did they say before they were changed (again) to “Off Topic Post, please do not respond {Hidden by WE?}”
Also, why the question mark?
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/13 "2022-06-17T01:09:41Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> Also, why the question mark?
**What\_Exit** used to be known as **What Exit?**
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/14 "2022-06-17T02:10:48Z")
I’ll admit that the question mark took me a little while to figure out, too.
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### Author:  [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/15 "2022-06-17T02:17:35Z")
My username is What Exit? If you click my profile. Discourse can’t render it sadly.
So WE? has been short for What Exit?. You’ll see WhatJim occasionally too.
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### Author:  [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/16 "2022-06-17T16:28:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> What did they say before they were changed (again) to “Off Topic Post, please do not respond {Hidden by WE?}”
Previously, “Off Topic Post, please do not respond”.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205/17 "2022-06-17T17:53:21Z")
> [@Pleonast](#):
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> Previously, “Off Topic Post, please do not respond”.
If I saw a bunch of them in a row, I’d be confused. If I saw just one like that, I’d just assume someone changed their mind about the (off topic) post but didn’t want to delete it after they typed it.
And someone not entirely familiar with the board, even if they’ve been around for a year or two, almost certainly isn’t going to know what “{Hidden by WE?}” means.
I had to think for a second before it clicked that WE is What\_Exit and even then (not that this part really matters) the question mark made me assume another mod added that part but wasn’t 100% sure which mod made the change.