# Why no warning?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619 "2025-01-30T15:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619/21 "2025-01-31T01:21:58Z")

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Especially since the post in question (that got noted, not warned) wasn’t even _the OP’s_ to begin with.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-warning/1013619/22 "2025-01-31T01:49:01Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> I’m not saying every case of rule breaking is intentional but there are a few cases where I look at the poster, acknowledge they are a long term member, then read what they wrote and the forum we’re in and be like, “Dude! How did you think you could write that here.” And I report it and the mod agrees that the post violated the rule. It is obvious (to me) that the poster knowingly violated the rules

It’s not obvious to me because, as others have said in this thread, the poster may not have noticed what forum they were in. I don’t browse by forum; I check unread posts, then new posts; then sometimes latest posts. Most of the time I have no idea what forum I’m reading. I try to remember to check forum before posting anything – and before reporting anything – but once in a while I forget.

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