The signature campaign “syndrome”

[UserU]

I'll keep this feature in mind! If I understood correctly, in a self-moderated thread I can delete any reply, correct?

That's correct. You have the power to remove anything you please

[Upgrade00]

I'm wondering when I see these very low-effort, low-quality, clueless 'helping' replies, if it's correct to report them to clean the threads a little? Because they're technically not 'abusive or wrongly posted messages'.

By all means you can report posts you deem to be low quality and low effort, they contribute to spam which makes may boards on the form virtually unreadable.
Do not however be bothered much if no action is taken as the mods would not always agree with your reply, this shouldn't bother you much though.

[n0nce]

I'm wondering when I see these very low-effort, low-quality, clueless 'helping' replies, if it's correct to report them to clean the threads a little? Because they're technically not 'abusive or wrongly posted messages'.

By all means you can report posts you deem to be low quality and low effort, they contribute to spam which makes may boards on the form virtually unreadable.
Do not however be bothered much if no action is taken as the mods would not always agree with your reply, this shouldn't bother you much though.

Alright, I will then do that when I come across very bad occurences of this issue. Wasn't sure since it's usually not an abusive or wrongly posted message - they 'attempt' to reply something that vaguely fits the topic and in 'benefit of the doubt' scenario, they could argue they legitimately wanted to help (even though they lack the knowledge etc).

I was also a little worried since I once already reported a scam spammer and it now says '100% report accuracy', but I'm not sure if it's bad to have a low accuracy or not.

[Upgrade00]

I was also a little worried since I once already reported a scam spammer and it now says '100% report accuracy', but I'm not sure if it's bad to have a low accuracy or not.

On the report page, you will see the message: Do not worry about your accuracy too much; one accurate report is worth many inaccurate reports..
There's no benefit in having a high accuracy, what matters is making the effort to keep the community clean. However, a good knowledge of the forum rules woukd help, as it allows one report more accurately (saving their time and the mods'), but when in doubt even after reading the rules, report and let the mods decide.

[Rikafip]

I was also a little worried since I once already reported a scam spammer and it now says '100% report accuracy', but I'm not sure if it's bad to have a low accuracy or not.

As it's explained in that report window, "Do not worry about your accuracy too much; one accurate report is worth many inaccurate reports." It's only natural though to want to have report accuracy as high as possible (preferably 100%) but you have to be really unreasonable when reporting to get that percentage low as mods will delete low value/redundant posts and topic more often than not. So feel free to report what you think is shitpost and it will probably be deleted. Few percentage lower accuracy is worth removing the crap. And if you really want to build up %, head over to altcoin section and pick one of the threads that are using shilling services.

I had 100% for a very long time, and then once I went into bad streak (combination of bad admin judgment and series of multiple reports during one reporting session which can count as bad) and it went down couple of %.

edit:Upgrade00 beat me to it.

[Welsh]

I've observed that there's two sides of the argument here. Either, users here preemptively assume signature campaigners are posting just because they earn, when that isn't true for all cases. Besides, I've said this numerous times, I don't personally care their motive for posting, as long as it's of decent quality.

I was also a little worried since I once already reported a scam spammer and it now says '100% report accuracy', but I'm not sure if it's bad to have a low accuracy or not.

Unless, you're abusing the report feature your accuracy should never be the difference of you reporting the post or not. We appreciate all reports, it gives us something to do, and in the majority of the cases the report is handled good. Honestly, the majority of users are pretty accurate at reporting, however it's not a big deal if you get a few bad reports. I have over 200 bad reports for instance.

I partly wish the percentage was removed, and only good, and bad reports were displayed. Sure, users could still work out their percentage manually, but if it's not right there in front of them they'll likely not care as much.

[BITCOIN4X]

Honestly, the majority of users are pretty accurate at reporting, however it's not a big deal if you get a few bad reports. I have over 200 bad reports for instance.

My reporting accuracy rate so far doesn't seem very good at only 96% but that's not a big deal as I've gone to great lengths to report spam for removal based on my observation and ratings. Maybe we have some users whose reporting accuracy is up to 100% here and it seems they can report hundreds to thousands of posts for deletion every month. I'd like to get some tips on how to improve report accuracy for the better. Anyone willing to help, I really appreciate it.

There's no benefit in having a high accuracy, what matters is making the effort to keep the community clean. However, a good knowledge of the forum rules woukd help, as it allows one report more accurately (saving their time and the mods'), but when in doubt even after reading the rules, report and let the mods decide.

I found a good reason from your post, it save moderators time to follow up on reports which is why accuracy is needed. I don't want to report posts that I shouldn't report blindly without regard for accuracy even though in fact in the same thread I can find a lot of spammers.

[Welsh]

My reporting accuracy rate so far doesn't seem very good at only 96% but that's not a big deal as I've gone to great lengths to report spam for removal based on my observation and ratings. Maybe we have some users whose reporting accuracy is up to 100% here and it seems they can report hundreds to thousands of posts for deletion every month. I'd like to get some tips on how to improve report accuracy for the better. Anyone willing to help, I really appreciate it.

96% is very good. Also, remember that percentage isn't a great indicator. If you've reported 1000s of posts then 96% is fantastic. If you've only reported <100 posts then the percentage is rather meaningless. What I'm trying to say is the percentage can be influenced more when you haven't reported a lot of posts. By the time that you've got into the habit of reporting a lot of posts then you would have already likely learned what is suitable, and not suitable to report.

If you ever have any questions regarding improving reporting you can always message me, and I'll try to explain to the best of my ability. You can also check out my guide where I went into reporting in a little more depth. Though, I've been meaning to add a few things to that, and generally clean it up a bit. 

[BITCOIN4X]

If you ever have any questions regarding improving reporting you can always message me, and I'll try to explain to the best of my ability. You can also check out my guide where I went into reporting in a little more depth. Though, I've been meaning to add a few things to that, and generally clean it up a bit. 

Thanks for this offer Welsh, I will do it soon. Because I wanted to increase the intensity of the report, I should have learned some good tips and tricks based on the experiences of many other users here. Actually I'm almost 1/3 out of 1000 if all reports are handled. Still a very small amount, but better than nothing. LOL