# Question about a mod note **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 23, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-note/1029517 "2026-04-23T18:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 42
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-note/1029517/42 "2026-04-25T15:20:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I responded to a report of the post, someone was offended. Again. not meaning to belabor the point, but sometimes a report about a post where someone claims to be offended needs to be examined from an appropriate context and broader perspective and just ignored. Remember this ridiculous kerfuffle? It was a discussion about cat **avatars** on the board, not even about cats, and someone complained that I was allegedly a cat-hater (which I absolutely am not) and you responded with an unwarranted mod note, there, too: > [@Moderation in the Cat Avatar thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-cat-avatar-thread/978206): > > I have a bone to pick with the [moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151/50) in the [Cat Avatar thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151). Did anyone seriously perceive Wolfpup’s playful joking as threadshitting??? Was it reported as threadshitting? Are cats really this thin-skinned that light-hearted teasing by a dog gets their fur up? I’m baffled that he’d be modded for joking in a thread where people are already joking about the supposed superiority of cats, and where people are joking back with him. In post #5, Tibby wrote So Wolfpup playfully responds. An… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-note/1029517)._