Is reporting "bad" posts whining?

[Papewaio]

Well in all honesty I don't read every thread and so I need the reports to help me see the bad posts.

A normal response is to give a poster the chance to read a PM and self edit.

Then if they fail to do so the moderator steps in and hands out a warnings as required.

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Try the concept of charity and see the post in the best light. If even under that light it is bad, report it. If you don't get satisfaction, well I tend to rant at that point and hit them with villiage people smilies... but then again I never said I was a model mod.