# Why can't we report our own posts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598>\
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**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598 "2007-12-11T07:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598/1 "2007-12-11T07:57:56Z")

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The hamsters were running way slow a while ago, and I screwed up and started the same MPSIMP thread twice. If somebody else had screwed up, there is the handy exclaimation point in the triangle providing a simple way to call moderator attention to this…but if I myself screw up in a way that can only be corrected by moderator intervention, I guess I need to email the mod, which requires a bit of effort (figure out which mod is appropriate, for starters). So why can’t I rat out myself?

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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598/2 "2007-12-11T09:27:18Z")

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IIRC the rules say to report the post under yours and explain what you need done to your own post.

So clearly there’s no intention to prevent you reporting your posts so it’s gotta be a technical limitation in the VB software.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598/3 "2007-12-11T12:01:20Z")

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I imagine all you’d have to do is substitute your post number in this address:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/report.php?p=xxxxxxx](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/report.php?p=xxxxxxx)

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598/4 "2007-12-11T13:30:36Z")

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[We just got done discussing this very issue](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=446561)

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**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:** [December 11, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-report-our-own-posts/429598/5 "2007-12-11T13:52:55Z")

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Not to be short with you, but it’s a vB feature. ☹