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jakery

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When should I report a post?

I've never once used the reporting system--partially because mods seem to find trouble posts without me doing so, and partially because I don't know when it is appropriate to do so. I have, indeed, read the forum rules, and reporting is mentioned several times, but I see no guidelines for what to report other than "if someone is breaking a rule."

To me the "report" feature is kind of a panic button--when a post is such a serious problem that it requires immediate attention (such as personal threats, illegal/obscene content). For that reason, I don't report minor issues such as a thread in the wrong topic, or even moderate issues like double posting and gravedigging. After all, nobody likes a tattle-tale.

TL;DR: Is "report" a panic button or a general notification system for the mods? Is frequent reporting [on valid rule infractions, however minor] seen as a help or an annoyance?

Last edited by jakery (Apr 27 2011 1:29:30 pm)

Different55

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Joined: 2015-02-07

Posts: 16,575

Re: When should I report a post?

I see it very much as help. Before it was a mod the only time I used it was during chatunlocker's raid. But now it's very helpful. I don't have time to go through every thread, but when people report every rule break, it makes it look like we see everything everyone is doing and that helps keep the peace.

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Panic

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From: Virgo Supercluster

Joined: 2015-05-26

Posts: 1,114

Re: When should I report a post?

I don't exactly care about reporting, but I do it anyway. I'm not the "OMG RULEBREEEEEAAAAK *REPORT*" guy. I'm more of a "Meh, *click*". I usually only view certiain sections on the forums for whatever, and pick out threads that seem interesting. I don't care if I waste time looking at a spam post, just click the report thingy and leave.
Anyway, we need some random thing to prevent people from spamming reports.

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Alex

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Re: When should I report a post?

Report anything against the rules, it makes it much easier for us(err, them, aha).
It's not a panic button, it notifies us of a problem faster than any other way.

RhazzleFrazzle

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Joined: 2015-11-10

Posts: 4,260

Re: When should I report a post?

troll raids like twipplysucks are usually ended by the report system. someone does the reports and as soon as a mod comes on the troll gets banned and the posts get deleted.(and in some cases the account is deleted)

Gamer1120

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Joined: 2015-12-29

Posts: 2,659

Re: When should I report a post?

The only things I ever reported for is multiple posting and move to graveyard.