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Sometimes on Arqade, we use flags for moderator attention to communicate among moderators (about something specific to a question or answer).

It'd be nice if this was explicitly supported by the ability to annotate posts; I know we have chat, but this would be more asynchronous, and it could also be used to leave notes/reminders for your future self.

I don't know where in the UI I'd put it, but functionally it'd be like comments only visible to moderators.

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    I like this idea. I usually either favorite or comment on stuff I want to get back to later, and neither of those works exactly right for this purpose.
    – Bill the Lizard
    Sep 7, 2010 at 0:44
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    This idea can be useful to note why a question was removed from the HNQ.
    – randomuser5215
    May 7, 2019 at 15:40
  • A comment visible only to moderators, you mean write a comment and then delete it; I've done that, and I'm not a moderator; it let's you write additional information not shown to all users but still useful with the visible comment.
    – Rob
    May 11, 2022 at 10:08

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I don't know where in the UI I'd put it

I imagine it could be identical to the mod link on a user page; it would show a number next to the mod link on the post:

Mockup of the interface

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Since it's been nearly two years on this answer, I'd like to point out that annotations are best made to the poster's account, if the infraction is severe enough (i.e. a misdemeanor). Every account has a moderator flag history anyway, so it's pretty easy to find the infractions, and suspensions take care of the felonies.

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    Sometimes the problem is with the post itself and not the user, that's what motivated my request
    – juan
    Jun 19, 2012 at 13:41

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