# Reporting Spam Posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 25, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346 "2009-04-25T21:02:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/1 "2009-04-25T21:02:12Z")

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Hi, I looked in the FAQ and it said there are “Report” links in various places on the Boards… I have found a thread here [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515420](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515420)  
that is obviously spam, but I couldn’t find the “Report” button or link. How do I flag this post? It’s a person advertising for a gambling website. Also please forgive me if it was there and I didn’t see the link… I combed through the page as best as I could but may have missed it. Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/2 "2009-04-25T21:13:11Z")

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Right next to the post number is a little red triangle sign with a red ! in it. Click that, and you’re taken to the report form.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/3 "2009-04-25T21:13:51Z")

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Note that you cannot report your own posts for some reason… unless they’ve changed that… let me see.

Nevermind, they seem to have fixed that.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/4 "2009-04-25T21:34:09Z")

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One thing I like is when a person reporting a thread posts that it’s been reported. I hope that sort of thing cuts down on duplicate reports to the mods.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/5 "2009-04-25T22:22:45Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> One thing I like is when a person reporting a thread posts that it’s been reported. I hope that sort of thing cuts down on duplicate reports to the mods.

Yeah, that’s been a big help. Now I see 1-3 emails reporting it, instead of 5-15.

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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:** [April 26, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-spam-posts/494346/6 "2009-04-26T12:12:38Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> One thing I like is when a person reporting a thread posts that it’s been reported. I hope that sort of thing cuts down on duplicate reports to the mods.

Sure, and that helps, but even so: we’d rather get 15 reports of the same spam post than miss it because everyone thinks someone else reported it.