# "Report Button" for threads?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814>\
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**Created:** [September 19, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814 "2015-09-19T18:56:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814/1 "2015-09-19T18:56:19Z")

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Often a thread can be recognized as spam just from the title and the mouseover text. How about a button to report the thread without having to open it and report the original post?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814/2 "2015-09-19T18:58:28Z")

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nm, didn’t read for comprehension.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814/3 "2015-09-19T22:06:26Z")

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Well, aside from the longstanding policy of not introducing user mods to the software, there is the issue that one would have to open the thread, anyway, to submit the post noting that the thread had been reported. 😛

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-button-for-threads/731814/4 "2015-09-19T23:09:31Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> Well, aside from the longstanding policy of not introducing user mods to the software, there is the issue that one would have to open the thread, anyway, to submit the post noting that the thread had been reported. 😛

Fair enough. Thanks for the quick response.