Staff notes to a post add the note to the user instead of post

[TheBestPessimist]

I added a staff note,via the moderator wrench to a post. Then to a second post.

Now it seems that in all my posts (disregarding the topic) i see near my username the staff notes icon. I thought i added the note only to that post, and not to my user.

When i click the icon, i get this:

Which correctly takes me to the post.

For me it feels a little weird to have the icon always there near my username. I expected to have the icon only at those posts for which i added the note(s).

Is this the normal behavior?

[david (David Taylor)]

Yes, this is normal. Staff notes are designed to be primarily attached to ‘users’ rather than ‘posts’. If you want to have staff-only information about specific posts, maybe whispers would be more suitable:

Create a Whisper post

Whispers are a feature that allows for non-public discussion inside a public topic. Before Whispers can be used, they need to be enabled by an admin by adding a group to whispers allowed groups in site settings. Once enabled, all members of those allowed groups can create and view Whisper posts. Whispers can only be set when creating a post. To make a post a Whisper you can either select the icon in the composer toolbar and click Toggle Whisper: [image] Or set it from the Reply Toggle…

[TheBestPessimist]

I see now. Thanks for the explanation!