# Report this post

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 7, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476 "2004-11-07T07:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476/1 "2004-11-07T07:28:34Z")

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What happened to the “report this post” function?

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**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476/2 "2004-11-07T07:40:09Z")

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It’s there for me in Opera…right next to the post number in the upper right-hand corner.

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**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476/3 "2004-11-07T09:11:51Z")

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It’s the exclamation point icon right beside the number of the post.

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476/4 "2004-11-07T12:22:38Z")

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> [@PastAllReason](#):
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> It’s the exclamation point icon right beside the number of the post.

D’oh!

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-this-post/273476/5 "2004-11-07T13:16:23Z")

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Yeah, it’s a little [!] in the upper right corner of each post… except that you can’t report your own post. If you need to report your own post, report the one above or below it and explain in the message.

And ignore the bit about how this is only to be used for life/death emergencies. Use it any time you want to get a post to the attention of the moderators, whether for minor fixes like spoiler tags or for major bits like spam.