# Rescind this warning, please **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 16, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668 "2021-07-16T21:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/21 "2021-07-17T16:11:50Z")
I also agree that @Hari_Seldon’s warning was totally unwarranted… especially after 3 days and nearly 40 more posts on that thread, and after the poster had made three more fairly reasonable posts. That said, he may be under investigation as a sock, but there should still be no appearance of biased modding. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/22 "2021-07-17T16:24:36Z")
I agree this wasn’t threadshitting and the warning should be rescinded. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/23 "2021-07-17T16:27:21Z")
I’m going to agree with everybody else. Not threadshitting. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/24 "2021-07-17T16:34:30Z")
Yep, I agree. It should be rescinded. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/25 "2021-07-17T16:40:47Z")
I also agree with the OP. This is a pretty rare effectively unanimous consensus. ---
**Author:** ![LauderdaleFort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@LauderdaleFort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauderdaleFort)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/26 "2021-07-17T16:44:35Z")
I’ll just pile on, I can’t imagine why it was modded. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/27 "2021-07-17T17:20:41Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/28 "2021-07-17T17:29:11Z")
I’ll pile on also. Absolutely not a threadshit. I don’t even know what the reason could be for calling it such. Great way to reach out to new posters too. That’ll really draw them in. I’ll also add that I wonder if **Hari** should even be a mod. And this isn’t just based on this one call. He mod noted me _twice for the same post_ on two different days. And even after it was pointed out to him, he didn’t even say “oops, sorry 'bout that, I’ll remove one.” So I still hold that record. I don’t think it’s too much to ask that mods remember who they mod noted 24 hours ago. Since we were told there are only about 10 flags a day for all mods combined, that may well have been the only flags he had on those two days. I’ll also say that he is the only mod that I remember seeing that got either a note or warning publicly from another mod. Mod slap downs usually occur behind the scenes but this one was right out in the open. Edit: That’s it, just saying done? Why not tell us why you thought that deserved a warning in the first place? And maybe you can reach out to the new poster and apologize so they may stick around, if it isn’t too late. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/29 "2021-07-17T17:32:53Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I’ll also say that he is the only mod that I remember seeing that got either a note or warning publicly from another mod. Mod slap downs usually occur behind the scenes but this one was right out in the open. It’s happened a few other times but it’s very rare, probably once every couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/30 "2021-07-17T17:50:38Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > I’ll pile on also. This is getting pretty close to pitting a mod, which we don’t allow. Don’t attack the staff. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/31 "2021-07-17T18:04:38Z")
Really? Everything I said was true. I didn’t make anything up to make him look bad, or call him names. This is the only place you can say anything about mods. Prevent posters from telling the truth about mod actions and you may as well just not allow threads about mods at all. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/32 "2021-07-17T18:45:32Z")
Any chance of a more substantive response than “done?” Maybe an explanation of why Hari thought the post was threadshitting? An apology and a promise not to do it again? I mean, maybe Hari was having a bad day. I’ve done shitty things when I’ve had a bad day, but if I’m called on it I’ll apologize. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/33 "2021-07-17T19:06:11Z")
I think the _I’m sorry_ song would no be out of order. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/34 "2021-07-17T19:11:17Z")
Can probably add “bad decision making and endless circling the wagons” over to the “why the Dope is losing members” thread, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/35 "2021-07-17T19:21:58Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > Can probably add “bad decision making and endless circling the wagons” over to the “why the Dope is losing members” thread, for what it’s worth. People have been bitching about that since the day I joined, many _mumble_ years ago (fucking decades - how does that happen?). It can be both good and bad, but at the end of the day it is almost intrinsic to any management team. Or parenting team, if you prefer and you probably don’t 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/36 "2021-07-17T20:20:32Z")
What’s been “done”? The Warning is still there in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/37 "2021-07-18T00:10:46Z")
Really. The best procedure would have been for **Hari** to quote the warning and write a note saying something to the effect of, “on further examination I have determined that **Pinecone’s** comment was not threadshitting and I have reversed this warning. My apologies.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/38 "2021-07-18T04:29:04Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > Can probably add “bad decision making and endless circling the wagons” over to the “why the Dope is losing members” thread To be fair, I see no wagon-circling here. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/39 "2021-07-18T05:08:35Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This wasn’t even a thread _fart_ . I don’t know nuthin’ bout the original thread, but this, right here, is fuckin’ FUNNY! ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668/40 "2021-07-18T06:13:38Z")
Do you want to explain this please? Any special reason you singled me out for saying what everyone else in this thread has said? > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Done How is it done again? Thirteen hours later and the warning is still in the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescind-this-warning-please/946668.md?page=3)