# Where to complain about moderation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 7, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243 "2022-08-07T12:47:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-complain-about-moderation/969243/2 "2022-08-07T12:57:45Z")

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Okay, since you are fairly new here, I’ve moved your post to “about this message board”, also known as “ATMB”

This is the only forum where you are allowed to complain about moderation. It’s against our rules to complain within the original thread.

Check out.

> [@Reorganized SDMB rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reorganized-sdmb-rules/968857):
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> SDMB rules have been reorganized and are restated below. This version incorporates all recent revisions and adds a new rule about troublesome posters, which is highlighted. Most of these rules are of long standing and in our opinion are reasonably clear. However, if it becomes apparent some misunderstandings remain, we may consider further revisions. TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY The agreement below spells out the rules by which SDMB users are expected to abide. We have one guiding prin…

(Also in ATMB)

You did not respond to an email. You responded to my post, in the thread. But they do look similar in this software.

My post did clearly show i was a moderator, as the first word was “moderating” and the whole post was highlighted in “staff color”, which is yellow in the skin i use. But it can be hard to see in some skins.

Here’s the post for reference. Notice that it is really really obvious that i was moderating.

> [@Anne Heche: Actress, lost soul, burn victim \[Update: She has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-heche-actress-lost-soul-burn-victim/969199/14):
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> Moderating: This is thread shitting. If you have no interest in this person, find some other thread to post in.

Also, if you look to the right of my name you can see a little icon of a half shield. That means I’m a moderator.

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