# Why are moderator Warnings so hard to see? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559 "2006-10-23T14:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/1 "2006-10-23T14:39:48Z")
[Brought to mind by this thread but,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393172) I always wondered about that – and why like Monty’s made in fun suggestion they can’t be bolded or enreddened or “enblinker-ed” (?) or something like that. How come? Why are they just sort of slid in there like any other post – is it a Technical thing or did it just evolve like that or was it a purposeful decsion? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/2 "2006-10-23T22:39:18Z")
I guess we never thought about it. Each moderator does her/his own thing. But, basically, why should we want to call attention to them? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/3 "2006-10-23T22:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] why should we want to call attention to them? [/QUOTE] I thought you guys had that red LED thing that scanned across your visor. Or is that just the Moderators? ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/4 "2006-10-23T23:16:46Z")
[QUOTE=C K Dexter Haven] I guess we never thought about it. Each moderator does her/his own thing. But, basically, why should we want to call attention to them? [/QUOTE] Isn’t the whole point of issuing a warning - to call attention to them? Not being chesty - I really am asking that. Besides the person being warned, I think for others Especially in a 3-4 page thread it is really easy to miss. Why not just send an email to the folks being warned if you don’t want to call attention to the warnings? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/5 "2006-10-24T01:38:12Z")
Well… e-mail isn’t sufficient. We want others to see that an offense received a warning. But we don’t need to rub people’s nose innit. That’s my thought. But, as I say, I don’t think we set it up deliberately, it just happened. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/6 "2006-11-02T17:51:26Z")
MOD WARNING Your zipper is down. MOD WARNING ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/7 "2006-11-02T17:58:39Z")
[QUOTE=jimmmy] Isn’t the whole point of issuing a warning - to call attention to them? Not being chesty - I really am asking that. Besides the person being warned, I think for others Especially in a 3-4 page thread it is really easy to miss. Why not just send an email to the folks being warned if you don’t want to call attention to the warnings? [/QUOTE] It’s my understanding that they do issue warnings via email if the violation is indicative of a posting trend across several threads; however, if it just looks like somebody being jerkish in a single thread, warning them in that thread is assumed to suffice. If the person later says in another thread “Well, I never saw the first warning,” I would guess that emails would ensue. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/8 "2006-11-03T13:18:42Z")
We want to issue correction where needed – but also not to embarrass or humiliate people, which bolding would do. There are a lot of sensitive souls on the board and it’s already too easy to upset as it is. We’re not inclined to go further to inflame hurt feelings. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-moderator-warnings-so-hard-to-see/377559/9 "2006-11-03T13:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] There are a lot of sensitive souls on the board and it’s already too easy to upset as it is. [/QUOTE] You’re talking about _me,_ aren’t you? Aren’t you? 🙂