Forum suggestion?

lucky_topher · Post by **lucky_topher** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:12 pm

Dunno if this belongs in this area... but how about a "report post" button of some sort to report spam/rule-breaking posts for forum posts?

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:15 pm

That would be a neat little feature. I've seen it on other forums. Perhaps the new release of the software we're using will have it. For now, you can just copy the link to the thread and PM it to any mod (JenniferMarie, Steelhorse, AndyDufresne, Twill, moz976, or wicked).

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:18 pm

I like how she listed herself as the last person to PM.

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:20 pm

rebelman · Post by **rebelman** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:28 pm

wicked wrote:That would be a neat little feature. I've seen it on other forums. Perhaps the new release of the software we're using will have it. For now, you can just copy the link to the thread and PM it to any mod (JenniferMarie, Steelhorse, AndyDufresne, Twill, moz976, or wicked).

it actually can be painful, they had this feature in another site i used and it was crazy the amount of times this feature was misused

lucky_topher · Post by **lucky_topher** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:36 pm

rebelman wrote:
wicked wrote:That would be a neat little feature. I've seen it on other forums. Perhaps the new release of the software we're using will have it. For now, you can just copy the link to the thread and PM it to any mod (JenniferMarie, Steelhorse, AndyDufresne, Twill, moz976, or wicked).
it actually can be painful, they had this feature in another site i used and it was crazy the amount of times this feature was misused

i've moderated several forums before, all with this option.. misuse generally just means "more to read" but not really more to "do"... if you see 20 reports from a certain user and the first 5 are all bogus or 'misuse', then it's easier to shift to the other ones to look for true reported posts to handle...

wicked · Post by **wicked** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:51 pm

I just checked, and the newest version just released, which we'll be upgrading to in the near future, does indeed have "report posts" as an option.

lucky_topher · Post by **lucky_topher** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:55 pm

wicked wrote:I just checked, and the newest version just released, which we'll be upgrading to in the near future, does indeed have "report posts" as an option.

Sounds great!

i'll be sure not to misuse it

Herakilla · Post by **Herakilla** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:20 pm

maybe you could enact a "boy who called wolf" rule and just ignore anyone who abuses it X amount of times?