# What if I Don't See the Mod Note Until Too Late? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 5, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678 "2016-10-05T02:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/21 "2016-10-05T17:00:58Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Which strikes me as another reason that mega-threads are bad. > > The Trump election thread had 7000+ posts when it was shut down this week. Does that mean that if someone misses a mod warning from July can be dinged for failing to follow the mod note if they posted something in late September ? Yes, that’s where the system break down. I understand the mods will be lenient, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/22 "2016-10-05T20:03:20Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Most mods are human… There is a reason why we keep Miller in The Pit but it’s not polite to point. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/23 "2016-10-05T20:52:08Z")
Polite? It ain’t SAFE. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/24 "2016-10-05T20:54:57Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > It won’t solve the problem (have you tried it?) so instead you leave instructions where people are even _less_ likely to see them? You could also modify the title. > > You have several solutions but seem unwilling to try them. Addressing specific posters is one matter, but implementing narrow, single-thread rules for all posters mid-thread is poor policy and asking for noncompliance, especially when we don’t have a functioning “go to first new post” feature. Is your goal better thread quality? Well you have options to facilitate that. I don’t think it’s a frequent enough problem that it requires a major policy shift. As has been said, we take into account the fact that a note may have been issued some time back. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/25 "2016-10-06T03:27:54Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Polite? It ain’t SAFE. You didn’t need all those fingers! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/26 "2016-10-06T06:50:10Z")
[bzzzz-whirrr-_click_] You die. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/27 "2016-10-06T13:16:47Z")
You have twenty seconds to comply. [beat] You now have ten seconds to comply. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678/28 "2016-10-07T18:57:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > There is a reason why we keep Miller in The Pit but it’s not polite to point. You can whisper it to us, he’s not on right now so he’ll never know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-i-dont-see-the-mod-note-until-too-late/767678.md?page=1)