Very quiet in here

For some context, a user recently reported a post for X reason. The user in question happens to be a moderator on another forum, so I contacted a senior moderator for their thoughts just in case I was getting things wrong.

The moderator in question agreed with my initial assessment, and we took the appropriate action. This is something we do often, and happens behind the scenes. We see every reported post. Personally, I always try to thank those who have reported posts because without that cooperation, this place would be an Irish 4chan. In the case above, it was a moderator who believed there was enough reason to report, but neither the moderator I went to nor myself felt the same way. It’s more or less your situation except everyone involved were moderators yet had a disagreement which was eventually resolved.

The flowchart remains the same: User reports post, mod sees reported post, mod reviews the issue after gathering enough evidence to either warn, infract, ban, etc. Alternatively, mod doesn’t believe that any action is necessary, and most times will leave a note against the reported posts forum with their decision, but this note is only visible to moderators.

Finally, not all forums attract the same numbers. Lots have a high turnover and others are only getting a post or two per month. For this reason, some mods simply don’t have the time to leave notes following a report. If you want to know why a post of yours was worthy of a sanction, the best and quickest way is via PM. The more you know about a given post, the easier it is to explain why, on the surface, no action was taken. And if you still don’t agree, you can always take it to Dispute Resolution.

The TL;DR here is that (apart from obvious trolls) most people report in good faith, believing their view to be correct. On occasion, the odd mod might report a post believing a report is warranted, yet on investigation, the reported post was found to be acceptable.

I hope the above is helpful in some way.

-Shield