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Chloris

So I've been paying a little bit more attention to boards.ie recently. The fact that I'm fairly mouthy and unrepentant has resulted in several infractions and a few bans, including one permaban which I'm pretty amused about.

Now, although I've had my fair share of tete-a-tete with anonymous interwebbers but I just can't get annoyed enough with a screen of text that I'd seek to have disciplinary action enforced against someone for expressing an opinion. So I'm wondering, have you ever gotten so annoyed with someone that you reported them? If so, what did they do that was the last straw for you? Finally, did you feel enthrallingly vindicated when you finally pressed that button?

Please, do tell...

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LadyAthame

I am thinking of going into the mustard forum and saying MAYONAISE....just cuz..

_Whimsical_

I've used it a handful of times I think, never in relation to anyone's reaction to myself though . I think one was where someone had posted something absurdly offensive using someones full name. The other times have been similar instances where I've seen similar things where someone not there to defend themselves was easily identifiable in "real life".
I think that system works well really, otherwise the place would be over run by cliques and it wouldn't be nearly as easy to engage with it.

osarusan

When I see blatant re-regs right back at the same forum, on the same thread their previous incarnation just got banned from, I will report that.

LadyAthame

osarusan wrote: »

When I see blatant re-regs right back at the same forum, on the same thread their previous incarnation just got banned from, I will report that.

How do you know though?

osarusan

In one particular case, it was the same two words, had a number at the end. Something like Hotdog1, for example.

Over the course of about 4 hours, it got up to about Hotdog10, with each one getting in a post or two before being banned.

Crazy, sad stuff really.

Turtwig

It's quite simple most mods cannot read at 500 wpm. They cannot read all the posts and all the threads. It's up to users to provide feedback to mods so as to maintain the quality of discussion. The only thing worse than failing to report a post is cherry picking the reports to posters you disagree with while ignoring the infringements of others you're in agreement with.

The health of any forum depends on the reporting of posts, the impartiality of those reports and the impartiality of the mods. If either or all of those three things are missing in significant quantities the forum suffers.

evolving_doors

I have reported posts set up for an email alert. It just means I can let folk at it and take a look if needs be.

Whats worse though is if people don't report then posters start moaning on-thread about the forum has gone downhill, or the mods are letting certain people away with things.

I think some folk get the impression we're watching 24/7. ~So a little bit of trust to not be a dick goes a long way...

Maybe have read of the charter OP, anything about reporting posts in there?

Menas

Turtwig wrote: »

The health of any forum depends on the reporting of posts, the impartiality of those reports and the impartiality of the mods. If either or all of those three things are missing in significant quantities the forum suffers.

Pretty much this. Any long term posters in AH will know how fast some threads can descend in to train wrecks.

[Deleted User]

the evasion_kid wrote: »

Never bothered reporting a post on anyone its a bit schoolyard,not matter what you post there's going to be someone sitting there staring at it,festering and stewing in their righteousness.

I would have thought responding with abuse and thinking one can out abuse them is the epitome of the schoolyard. If someone starts doling out the personal stuff, dealing with it in the correct manner prescribed in the forum is hardly childish.

[Deleted User]

Chloris wrote: »

And weirdly, since I mentioned the bans I got here, one of them was lifted early!

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OK this is an outright lie.

You have had two forum bans on your account. One of which is permanent and one of which is in place since 1st May for another forum and has not yet been lifted. You have had three infractions, all of which are long expired and none of which were for this forum.

On that note, I'm closing this thread up as it is clearly an poor attempt to troll.