# What is the time expectation for seeing moderator instructions? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 23, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453 "2022-11-23T20:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/61 "2022-11-25T17:34:32Z")
> [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > I’m disappointed the moderator’s reaction was to issue a warning, rather than presume I hadn’t seen his note. According to the time stamps on the posts, your post was half an hour after the mod note. Also, Discourse updates in real-time, so the mod note was literally right in front of you. All you had to do was scroll a bit to see it, along with any other posts that may have come in while you hadn’t completed your post. You also received a notification for the mod note, since it was a reply to your post. Under those circumstances, I don’t know how you could possibly expect us to presume that you hadn’t seen the note. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/62 "2022-11-25T17:37:37Z")
Posters: Mods shouldn’t lock threads to let people cool and ensure moderation instructions are understood! It chills discussion and we’re all adults here anyway! Also posters: I can’t be expected to read the whole thread! Discussions move much too quickly for that! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/63 "2022-11-25T18:11:02Z")
Pretty good summary. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/64 "2022-11-25T19:23:30Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > According to the time stamps on the posts, your post was half an hour after the mod note. Also, Discourse updates in real-time, so the mod note was literally right in front of you. All you had to do was scroll a bit to see it, along with any other posts that may have come in while you hadn’t completed your post. You also received a notification for the mod note, since it was a reply to your post. > > Under those circumstances, I don’t know how you could possibly expect us to presume that you hadn’t seen the note. Yes. I took a long time making the post. I stopped in the middle of writing it to do something else, and then came back to it. I also saw that I had received replies after I had completed the post. There was nothing to indicate that a reply was a moderator note. I didn’t check the replies immediately, because I had other things going on. I’ll try to do so in the future, to at least check if I’ve received a reply from a moderator. If I may politely say so, I feel like I’m repeating myself. If a moderator wishes to raise a point to me I’ll respond to them. Otherwise, I’ve had my question answered, and had my say. I’m not interested in quibbling about not reading the whole thread, or whether I should be responding to non-moderator replies, or other posts, while I’m composing a post. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/65 "2022-11-25T19:31:12Z")
> [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > I’m not interested in quibbling about not reading the whole thread, or whether I should be responding to non-moderator replies, or other posts, while I’m composing a post. Then apparently we are done here. Thread closed. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-expectation-for-seeing-moderator-instructions/975453/66 "2022-11-25T19:31:17Z")
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