# Mods, Would it be appropriate to report this poster/these posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683 "2005-09-02T02:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/1 "2005-09-02T02:38:53Z")
Consistantly, in every pet help thread **Unregistered Bull** comes and totally hijacks the thread with his anti-animal opinions. [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332918) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=332891) are examples just from today. Although I (reluctantly) agree that he has a right to his opinion, I don’t think he has a right to co-opt the threads to use them as a personal forum, but do they really qualify for hitting the “report this post” button? StG ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/2 "2005-09-02T02:40:12Z")
Never mind - I just saw the slap from my new hero, **SkipMagic**. StB ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/3 "2005-09-02T02:46:06Z")
For the record, the staff has said repeatedly that (paraphrashing) it is appropriate to report ANY post you feel is objectionable or otherwise requires the attention of the staff. They would much rather get a dozen reports of a post that turned out to be ok, than to not get any for one that needed attention. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/4 "2005-09-02T02:57:31Z")
If in doubt, why not just report the post and let the mods sort it out? Just reporting doesn’t automatically bring a reprimand, but may get the mods attention just a tad faster. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/5 "2005-09-02T03:23:00Z")
The “report this post” button is the preferred method, regardless of what the canned verbiage says when you click it. The mods have stated many times that they would prefer you to use the report post button than to start a thread in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/6 "2005-09-02T12:43:48Z")
This is so important that I’ve never understood why the wordage hasn’t been changed to something understandable. Jerry, what’s the excuse here? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-would-it-be-appropriate-to-report-this-poster-these-posts/319683/7 "2005-09-02T13:23:39Z")
I saw a recent thread on this, but of course I cannot find it. I am trying an advance search. Waiting…waiting…waiting… Nope I forgot to narrow the search to one just this forum. Search engine doesn’t understand “report this post” is to be treated as one phrase. It parsed and searched. Anyone know this trick. next try Waiting…waiting…waiting… The Thread is found [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329467&highlight=report+this+post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=329467&highlight=report+this+post) **Most pertinent post** > [@Q.E.D.](#): > > They sure can. At one time, they HAD changed it, but the upgrade to the current version reverted it to its default. I imagine it’s on a To Do list someplace on **Jerry** ’s desk, but it’s probably item #2,365,428 on a very long list of issues.