People who report posts get banned

by **mrswdk** on Fri Nov 25, 2016 5:27 am

Concise description:

When people report posts, they get banned instead of the person being reported

Specifics/Details:

Reporting a post is now treated as a forum infraction and punished accordingly
All other forum infractions are given an amnesty (with one exception - threads in sub-forums must still be relevant to that sub-forum)

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:

Removes capacity for 'report button trolling' and resulting conflict
Encourages all users to toughen up
Lower workload for mods
Liberty, fraternity and egality
Profit

by **owenshooter** on Fri Nov 25, 2016 5:14 pm

what about people that file frivolous SUGGESTIONS and C&A REPORTS? should they also be banned? *cough*... the black jesus has spoken...-Bj

by **mrswdk** on Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:05 pm

Make your own suggestion thread if you have a suggestion. Let's go, I've never lost in suggestions.

by **Beast Of Burson** on Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:08 pm

mrswdk wrote:Encourages all users to toughen up

Annnnnnd you think this doesn't apply to you?

by **IcePack** on Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:23 pm

I'm most interested in the last bullet point, "Profit".
Care to elaborate how this results in profits?

by **owenshooter** on Sat Nov 26, 2016 10:08 am

IcePack wrote:I'm most interested in the last bullet point, "Profit".
Care to elaborate how this results in profits?

yes, i literally would like to see this profit worked up into a power point or at least a pie chart or line graph... so, somehow, reporting of posts costs the site money? reporting misogyny, racism, forum violations, etc, somehow costs the site money? this makes no sense... please break this down so my simple mind can understand all your big brain think-a-ma-jigs... thank you...-Bj

by **Metsfanmax** on Sat Nov 26, 2016 1:18 pm

I can't say this is the worst idea I've heard. I'd say about 80% of the reports I see are people complaining that they feel personally insulted by a post rather than it truly being against the rules, especially given that in general the mods take a much more relaxed stance on minor 'transgressions' than we did earlier in CC's history.

by **TeeGee** on Sun Nov 27, 2016 5:04 am

Why do we want to ban anyone?

by **owenshooter** on Sun Nov 27, 2016 10:28 am

TeeGee wrote:Why do we want to ban anyone?

because building walls and shit is über cool...-Bj

by **Beast Of Burson** on Sun Nov 27, 2016 1:13 pm

TeeGee wrote:Why do we want to ban anyone?

Because they're ugly, their feet stink and they don't love Jesus?

by **owenshooter** on Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:26 am

Beast Of Burson wrote:
TeeGee wrote:Why do we want to ban anyone?

Because they're ugly, their feet stink and they don't love Jesus?

HOW DARE YOU?!!!!-Bj

by **nagerous** on Thu Dec 22, 2016 4:18 pm

mrswdk wrote:Concise description:
When people report posts, they get banned instead of the person being reported

Specifics/Details:
Reporting a post is now treated as a forum infraction and punished accordingly
All other forum infractions are given an amnesty (with one exception - threads in sub-forums must still be relevant to that sub-forum)

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Removes capacity for 'report button trolling' and resulting conflict
Encourages all users to toughen up
Lower workload for mods
Liberty, fraternity and egality
Profit

I heard rumours that this was true but it can't possibly be true ? If so it is very scary for the future of the site

by **Dukasaur** on Thu Dec 22, 2016 5:58 pm

nagerous wrote:
mrswdk wrote:Concise description:
When people report posts, they get banned instead of the person being reported

Specifics/Details:
Reporting a post is now treated as a forum infraction and punished accordingly
All other forum infractions are given an amnesty (with one exception - threads in sub-forums must still be relevant to that sub-forum)

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Removes capacity for 'report button trolling' and resulting conflict
Encourages all users to toughen up
Lower workload for mods
Liberty, fraternity and egality
Profit

I heard rumours that this was true but it can't possibly be true ? If so it is very scary for the future of the site