# Reported

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**Created:** [September 20, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported/596994 "2011-09-20T22:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reported/596994/23 "2011-09-21T01:23:51Z")

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It was covered pretty recently in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13500729#post13500729).

> [@Multiple Spam Reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-spam-reports/572435/4):
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> Reports go to every mod for the forum that the reported thread is in. If one of those mods is online when the report comes in, the spam is usually dealt with immediately; otherwise it has to wait till one of us logs in.
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> As **runner pat** (who is a world-class spam spotter, BTW) said, multiple reports don’t make anything happen any faster, it’s all a matter of which mod is online when. So, yes, report the post then post in the thread saying “reported” so others know they don’t need to.
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> Also, if you see multiple instances of spam by the same spammer _in the same forum_, you don’t have to report all of them, since we automatically delete all spam by a particular person as part of the banning process. If you see the same spammer in different forums, though, go ahead and report, since the mods in one forum may read the email sooner than the mods in the other.
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> There is no master email queue of reports. A mod may just happen to see spam in another person’s forum while reading the boards (as we all do, being members as well as mods), in which case we’ll go ahead and delete. And since \*all \*spam goes when we delete the spam, if I’m banning someone who popped up in MPSIMS, whatever he or she spammed in GQ and IMHO will disappear as well, even though I didn’t see the reports to the mods in those forums.
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> Hope this helps.
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> **twickster** , MPSIMS and Cafe Society moderator

> [@Multiple Spam Reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-spam-reports/572435/5):
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> Just to reinforce what **twickster** said, if you see a spam post or thread, please report it and then simply post “reported” in the thread so others know they don’t need to. The forum moderators will see the report and deal with it if we are online. Multiple reports don’t get rid of the spam any faster. When I see 10 “reported posts” in a row my inbox, it is generally multiple reports of the same spam post. We certainly appreciate people trying to be helpful, but it takes more time to go through them all than if there were just one report.

> [@Multiple Spam Reports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-spam-reports/572435/6):
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> Yes, what **Colibri** and **twickster** said, but I’d add: we’d rather go through a dozen reports of the same spam than have people avoid reporting something for fear of duplication. Failure to catch spam quickly is worse than having to go through multiple reports. So, if in doubt, report it… please! Then post that you’ve reported it so others needn’t.

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