# Should moderator actions be in public or in private?

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**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286 "2021-06-30T00:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-moderator-actions-be-in-public-or-in-private/945286/8 "2021-06-30T04:06:19Z")

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> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#):
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> I don’t think (much) gloating is allowed. I don’t think **Martin\_Hyde** ’s post was about that.

No, he literally talked about it. It was in the quote in the OP.

> [@Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/454):
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> Since mod admonishment is done in public, a lot of people are jockeying to get other people in trouble with mods and gloat in the results in real time.

That’s what I’m responding to here.

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