Question About Report to moderator

[Sarah Azhari]

Thanks for all the comment, this make me clear and understand how the reports work. I don't mind it either if I got a false or received a bad report. So far I still don't know, which is true, I am still new and never have had experience as a reporter, Possible I will receive a mark bad when continuing because I still don't really understand the rules, when I look at BPIP I have 26 Posts deleted by moderators from 387 posts. which means I'm still learning from my mistakes, I still not good as a reporter.

but I think reporting extensions can save you a lot of time. I used it, it was very helpful.

I still learn how to use it, thank you for your advance.
where I can find that link?

[tranthidung]

but I think reporting extensions can save you a lot of time. I used it, it was very helpful.

I still learn how to use it, thank you for your advance.
where I can find that link?

You can try two following userscripts

• [Userscript] Report to moderator on post history
• [HACK] One-click mod report, not for the faint of heart

And perhaps you will find other useful tools from Quote locked threads, 120-day merit total, custom themes, and other good stuff

[Pmalek]

Why are some of you too serious about reporting and it's stats? LOL

My reporting accuracy is 89%.

I love how the forum keeps these records. My stats, for example, show that I have 1 bad report and 8 unhandled ones. Yet, my reporting accuracy is 100%. I don't report that much. But imagine you watch a news report about a highway accident involving dozens of cars. 1 driver was killed, which means that 100% of them made it home sound and safe.   

[hosseinimr93]

I am still new and never have had experience as a reporter, Possible I will receive a mark bad when continuing because I still don't really understand the rules, when I look at BPIP I have 26 Posts deleted by moderators from 387 posts.

Read the forum rules. It will help you to know which posts have been made against the rules.
Also, if you doubt whether a topic has been made in the correct board or not, you can get help from Guidelines for threads.

My stats, for example, show that I have 1 bad report and 8 unhandled ones. Yet, my reporting accuracy is 100%.

It may worth mentioning that the report accuracy is always rounded up. So, any percentage above 99% is reported 100%.
My report accuracy is now 99% while the exact percentage is 98.37%.

[Mpamaegbu]

It's also possible that a moderator see your report, mark it as bad and don't take any action on the post. Then another moderator move the topic. In this case, your report will be still bad.

I believe we're dealing with a hypothetical situation there, thus why I underlined that part. However, let me throw realism into it and ask "isn't that the right thing to do if mods feel a report is bad, to ignore it?" It's like raising a false alarm and the police gets there, realizes it calls for no concern. The police turns and leaves. The one that should be horrible is when it's marked as good report on a bad post and no action is taken on it, isn't it? Is there anything I'm misplacing here?

[Pmalek]

However, let me throw realism into it and ask "isn't that the right thing to do if mods feel a report is bad, to ignore it?" It's like raising a false alarm and the police gets there, realizes it calls for no concern. The police turns and leaves.

Imagine how much time the police would waste if they responded to hundreds or thousands of these reports every day and there were no consequences for it? A lot of real crime wouldn't be stopped or prevented in real time by all that time wasting. So, when you call the police, they ask for your name and address, so they have you on file. With today's technology, they don't need to in many cases, but still.

Reporting false crimes and alarms is against the law in normal countries, and you could be fined or charged for doing it. Bitcointalk won't charge you, but your "punishment" is a bad report.   

[krishnaverma]

You will post the number of total reports you made so far.

0
Everyone here will beat me in this contest because of above figure.

[Mpamaegbu]

~snipped~

Bitcointalk won't charge you, but your "punishment" is a bad report.   

Yeah, I know and I don't think anybody would've any issue having their reports tagged bad if it was a false crime. The issue I raised is that the person who reported a post (which they didn't know was a false report) shouldn't expect that the post(s) would either be moved or deleted. Again, I've read somewhere here where members complained that reports they made were marked good but no action was taken on the said posts. I wonder why that happens. Perhaps the mods are overwhelmed with work?

[_BlackStar]

I still learn how to use it, thank you for your advance.
where I can find that link?

@tranthidung has answered you, apply it in your browser if you like to use it.

Again, I've read somewhere here where members complained that reports they made were marked good but no action was taken on the said posts. I wonder why that happens. Perhaps the mods are overwhelmed with work?

Consider that moderators are human and they are very likely to get tired or make some mistakes, it doesn't really mean anything as long as the report is handled. They handle it manually, so such problems should be understandable. I'm know that reporting accuracy shouldn't be a concern, but if you want to be a moderator then maybe you should pay attention to accuracy and report more posts.

[Rikafip]

I still learn how to use it, thank you for your advance.
where I can find that link?

I would advise you to not use any tools for faster reporting until you have more experience with reports and until you get the better feeling of which posts are breaking forum rules and should be removed.

I believe we're dealing with a hypothetical situation there, thus why I underlined that part. However, let me throw realism into it and ask "isn't that the right thing to do if mods feel a report is bad, to ignore it?" It's like raising a false alarm and the police gets there, realizes it calls for no concern. The police turns and leaves. The one that should be horrible is when it's marked as good report on a bad post and no action is taken on it, isn't it? Is there anything I'm misplacing here?

As Pmalek said, there should be some consequences for a bad report otherwise mods would be flooded, but they are already doing something similar to what you suggested via unhandled reports that can be sometimes seen as "soft bad". So, when mods are not sure how to act on a report, instead of flagging it "bad" they will just leave it as unhandled indefinitely as those reports don't affect percentage.

[Pmalek]

As Pmalek said, there should be some consequences for a bad report otherwise mods would be flooded...

This got me thinking. I wonder if theymos has an option to prevent a user from reporting? Let's say I am angry at the world of Bitcointalk, and I just start flooding the mods with hundreds of posts per day for the fun of it. They will obviously notice that the same user is just spamming and falsely reporting. I have never heard that someone got banned for overreporting, but I am guessing that's what would happen if the user didn't stop after being warned. 

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

I have 2 reports, so far all my reporter is good, the question is,
1. how to look the history report?,
because I have noticed: You have reported 2 posts with 100% accuracy., which mean all my 2 report is perfect.

I am just curious about 1 of my reports that feel is looking bad, I reported 1 thread to move to economic board, but when I look again the thread has moved to the bitcoin discussion board, which means I have a bad report?, correct if I am mistaken.

so in this case,
2. if the moderator moves the topic, whatever the reporter did (if not in accordance with the board) will mark as good?

Normally, that you made a report that your post should be moved to a certain board and it was moved elsewhere does not mean your report was bad, it's likely to be that maybe the board you requested is not the right thread for it, as that's the work of moderators and they knows best. Because normally there are three or more common reasons why people make reports to moderators, and they are...
1. To report a post for plagiarism
2. To report that a comment should be deleted
3. To report that a post should be moved to a different board. e.t.c

As it is the duty of each moderator that threads aren't spam  

[Sarah Azhari]

I have a new question about reporting to a moderator which I think is still on the related topic because I create a thread with the general question ( I won't create many threads to only a question related).

1. when accidentally sending twice reports on the same post, what next happens?
If that post reported mark is good, is another one marked good also?

2. I've a double post at the same time or making posts sequentially, and my 2nd post is deleted without merged
but in another post, I find another member get merged his post, not wiped clean like me.
the question is what the criteria the post got delete clean and merger?

[Lafu]

I have a new question about reporting to a moderator which I think is still on the related topic because I create a thread with the general question ( I won't create many threads to only a question related).

1. when accidentally sending twice reports on the same post, what next happens?
If that post reported mark is good, is another one marked good also?

2. I've a double post at the same time or making posts sequentially, and my 2nd post is deleted without merged
but in another post, I find another member get merged his post, not wiped clean like me.
the question is what the criteria the post got delete clean and merger?

To Question 1.
It depends , sometimes if one of the 2 reports get marked as good the other also maybe gets marked as good.
But sometimes one gets marked as good and the other as bad , if all 2 are wrong reported both marked as bad.
It depends on the Moderator that handle the reports i guess.

To Question 2.
Mostly its happen when the post is to long without any content to the topic or to much off topic.
Also here it depends i guess on the Moderator that is handling it.