# Question about 'attacking the poster' moderation

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**Created:** [December 10, 2024, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-attacking-the-poster-moderation/1011451 "2024-12-10T16:58:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-attacking-the-poster-moderation/1011451/10 "2024-12-11T16:20:16Z")

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> [@MrDibble](#):
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> > [@CookingWithGas](#):
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> > personally I thought that was closer to being a factual statement than a personal attack.
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> Then so was steronz’s post about Stranger learning some brevity.

Disagree, that is much more subjective. For instance, _I_ don’t think Stranger needs to learn brevity. IMHO, his posts are factual, informative and are not wanting for brevity. This post, however:

> [@Why do police think those two photos are the same person (Thompson murder)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312/45):
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> Stranger, I see you’ve been typing for the last 10 minutes. Learn some brevity.

Is clearly taking a swipe and attacking the poster. Maybe Stranger was deciding what to post, maybe he was in the middle of something else or maybe he stepped away from the computer for a sec. Monitoring someone’s posting time and using it as an attack could be considered jerkish and that post, alone, could merit modding - in my opinion.

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