@mods:50 reports of shill posts in the same thread marked bad. What went wrong?

[Rikafip]

So, earlier today I reported approximately 100 posts from this thread that obviously hired bumping service [ANN] Cryptoenter - THE WORLD'S FIRST DEFI SERVICE ON THE ENTERPRISE BLOCKCHAIN! .

Whole thread is full of one-liner shill post so I was surprised when I saw that almost half of those reports are marked as bad, while other half is still unhandled, with few posts that got deleted. Here are few examples of the posts I reported but were marked as bad for some reason, even though it's obvious what is going on here.

Hello guys,not yet added to ibm public marketplace?

Who created this platform and when, is there a little information about it?

Hello everyone, what are the main functions of this project?

So what are your plans for the end of this year?

I like your project, I would like to give you advice: set only measurable specific goals and clearly understand how they will be assessed, I wish you good luck in further development.

Hello,what community events do we have now?And do you plan to provide video ama or stream?I think that would be a good idea.

Hello guys and have a nice day, meyan has a question that interests me,what about listing on exchanges?

What about cryptoenter platform?Is beta test is over?

Beside writing that one-liner nonsense, majority of accounts used are newbies created during 2018/2019 and now suddenly woke up when Cryptoenter ANN appeared, and are writing exclusively there. Looks like an obvious case of thread bumping. Or at least I though it is.

If those are not shitposts that deserve to be deleted, then I have no idea what shitposts are. I mean, I understand that misclick happens so few reports might get marked bad by accident, but 50?

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[mprep]

Duplicate reports. You've reported a bunch of posts twice (once some time in the past and another time earlier today). Someone will sooner or later get to the unhandled reports though.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

So, earlier today I reported approximately 100 posts from this thread<snip>

Jeezus--I give you megaprops for trying to sweep the poop off the door o' that thread, but would it not have been easier and more efficient to report just a handful with a note to the moderator to check the thread for the constantly-refreshing nonsense?

Duplicate reports.

Hmm.  Does that actually count against your reporting accuracy?  I'm pretty sure I've bumblefooted my way through threads like OP linked to, reporting nonstop, and it can get confusing.  Maybe there should be a box to check off "nuke thread please" when you're reporting stuff to the mods.  It'd be one hell of a time saver.

[mprep]

Duplicate reports.

Hmm.  Does that actually count against your reporting accuracy?  I'm pretty sure I've bumblefooted my way through threads like OP linked to, reporting nonstop, and it can get confusing.  Maybe there should be a box to check off "nuke thread please" when you're reporting stuff to the mods.  It'd be one hell of a time saver.

It does, just like any report marked as bad. As for preventing duplicate reports, removing the "Report to Moderator" link on any post a user has already reported would probably be the best solution. Either that or replacing it with something like "Edit report" though that would require even more coding work than just hiding the link. Either way, that's something that should be addressed to theymos or posted as a feature suggestion in the "New forum software" board.

[Rikafip]

Duplicate reports. You've reported a bunch of posts twice (once some time in the past and another time earlier today). Someone will sooner or later get to the unhandled reports though.

Some might have been marked due duplicate reports, but 50 and all from the same thread? And up until today I had 19 marked as bad, from more than 5000 reported posts (not that I care about accuracy, it's just that this is not the first time I am reporting).

What about all those posts that I shared as an example?  They are marked as a bad report, and are still there even though they are obvious spam. And if they are marked as bad that means someone checked them I guess.

Also, those marked as bad are posts that were written in the last few days, so it's not like I reported them months ago and then reported them again today.

[mprep]

Duplicate reports. You've reported a bunch of posts twice (once some time in the past and another time earlier today). Someone will sooner or later get to the unhandled reports though.

Some might have been marked due duplicate reports, but 50 and all from the same thread? And up until today I had 19 marked as bad, from more than 5000 reported posts (not that I care about accuracy, it's just that this is not the first time I am reporting).

What about all those posts that I shared as an example?  They are marked as a bad report, and are still there even though they are obvious spam. And if they are marked as bad that means someone checked them I guess.

Also, those marked as bad are posts that were written in the last few days, so it's not like I reported them months ago and then reported them again today.

I didn't count how many but there were quite a few. Just cause a report was marked as a duplicate doesn't mean that its predecessor (the user's first unhandled report on a post) will be immediately investigated / acted upon. As I've said:

Someone will sooner or later get to the unhandled reports though.

[FatFork]

It does, just like any report marked as bad.

They shouldn't be, imho.
Judging from the  posting history of these members, it is obvious that these are shilling accounts used for thread bumping. I don't know if there's enough evidence to nuke a complete thread, but at least these reported posts should be deleted.

[mprep]

It does, just like any report marked as bad.

They shouldn't be, imho.
Judging from the  posting history of these members, it is obvious that these are shilling accounts used for thread bumping. I don't know if there's enough evidence to nuke a complete thread, but at least these reported posts should be deleted.

Only the duplicate reports are marked as bad. Their "predecessors" (for each duplicate, the user's first unhandled report on said post) are handled as any other report.

[FatFork]

It does, just like any report marked as bad.

They shouldn't be, imho.
Judging from the  posting history of these members, it is obvious that these are shilling accounts used for thread bumping. I don't know if there's enough evidence to nuke a complete thread, but at least these reported posts should be deleted.

Only the duplicate reports are marked as bad. Their "predecessors" (for each duplicate, the user's first unhandled report on said post) are handled as any other report.

Oh, I see. But it's still weird. I know how proud the reporters are of their 'perfect score'.

[hosseinimr93]

Just cause a report was marked as a duplicate doesn't mean that its predecessor (the user's first unhandled report on a post) will be immediately investigated / acted upon.

Aren't duplicate posts reports marked as bad automatically?
Every time I reported a post for the second time, the first report was marked as bad in a few minutes, while the second report took a much longer time (sometimes 1-2 days) to be handled.
Since this has happened to me every time I reported a post twice, it made me think that it is done automatically.

The image below shows my last bad report.


As shown in the image, I reported a post for the second time 6 seconds after my first report.
The first one was marked as bad once I reported the post for the second time.

[mprep]

Just cause a report was marked as a duplicate doesn't mean that its predecessor (the user's first unhandled report on a post) will be immediately investigated / acted upon.

Aren't duplicate posts marked as bad automatically?
Every time I reported a post for the second time, the first report was marked as bad in a few minutes, while the second report took a much longer time (sometimes 1-2 days) to be handled.
Since this has happened to me every time I reported a post twice, it made me think that it is done automatically.

The image below shows my last bad report.


As shown in the image, I reported a post for the second time 6 seconds after my first report.
The first one was marked as bad once I reported the post for the second time.

AFAIK they aren't, otherwise there probably wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) be a way to accidentally make duplicate reports (e.g. by warning users before they submit a second report). You probably lucked out and reported a post while a moderator was actively checking the report queue.

[GazetaBitcoin]

I'm sorry to hear this, Rikafip, but it can happen to anyone, especially when you make a report spree. I have a bit more than 10.200 reports, from which 469 are bad (7958 good and 1838 unhandled). From those 469 bad reports, I think more than 400 are bad for being duplicate... Sometimes it's hard to keep track of what you already reported, especially if you have - let's say - a long list of topics where you want to report post from all of them.

At the beginning of my "reporting career", due to my human error, I had so many duplicates that my ratio was a discouraging 74%. However, in time it got up to 95%. I encourage you to keep reporting and try to pay as much attention as human possible Maybe write somewhere which threads you "covered".