Why reveal my email for spam report.

[Alone055]

Here are some of the responses of moderators/staff in an older thread regarding the same issue:

I can't see the user's email whether it is in reports or in their profile. I'm not sure about global mods though, it might be different for them.

This function hasn't worked for a long time. You can ignore this phrase (Please note that your email address will be revealed to the moderators if you use this.). It's just that theymos hasn't deleted it yet. Moderators process tens of thousands of reports every month. Imagine what their inboxes would be like

I did a little search in the Staff section, and for the record the ability to send an email for each report was removed in January 2018.

So if you did a report in 2017 or earlier, it's possible that a mod has your email address somewhere. But if I believe this answer from a mod (I won't name him ) following this change, you don't risk a lot :

I had a filter set up as well though I recently changed it to move all the messages to the trashcan. Guess that's no longer needed.

Right, so the reason why is likely this is a default Simple Machines Forum implementation, and just wasn't addressed until a couple of years ago. Although, it's probably best to assume that the email you have registered with will be seen, and to be cautious with that, since the forum could be attacked, and data leaked, like a few years ago or simply admins might be able to see your email. The good news is you can prevent the former by changing your email now if it connects you in anyway to your meatspace identity.

It's a default SMF feature, which has been explained has since been removed. For additional confirmation, I don't see anyone's email when they report.

So, it seems like that phrase saying your email will be revealed to moderators for submitting the report is outdated and that doesn't happen anymore. Even if it does and moderators can see your email when you report a post, like everyone else suggested it already, you should use an email address that is new and isn't connected to anything else if you are insecure about the email address attached to your account if it's an important one.

About receiving emails for making reports, I have never received an email from any moderator for reporting posts. So that doesn't happen.

[Charles-Tim]

It seems he meant 25 posts reported as "good" because I've reported 41 posts with 97% accuracy, but the reports indicator isn't yet activated. There's a chance if my good report is only 20 with 1 bad and rest of them were remain unhandled.

You can read what Halab posted about it.

Also know that if your report is having 97% accuracy, it means out of the 41 posts that you reported, 39 or 40 posts are likely marked as good. Although this is just a calculation of good versus bad report. I think nothing is done to unhandled reports.

[EarnOnVictor]

I saw an annoying spam and I wanted to use the report function and I was told that my email address will be revealed to the moderator when I report a spam. I was temporarily deterred. Am I going to be receiving emails from a moderator as a follow up for a report I made?
I think the report system should be simple and if possible automated in order not to discourage anyone from reporting obvious spams. What's the essence of revealing my email?

I think I received such a warning prompt last year too which scared me, but I am not sure anymore (this brain is full of many thoughts ), if at all, maybe once because I majorly report topics to be moved to the right section rather than reporting those who might be considered spamming, if a post is not good in look, I move to the next, no time to waste.

Nevertheless, your concern is genuine and if the forum could support true privacy, I don't think such a thing should happen. If at all it would happen, maybe the admin alone should know the email and not the moderators, after all, we opened the forum with our email address and whether we like it or not, they already know it. However, no one's email has been revealed or spammed to date which is a layer of trust as far as I am concerned.

[SatoPrincess]

@Faisal2202 you made the same post on the thread twice, yesterday and today. I don’t think it’s a glitch because the time difference between the two posts is over 24hrs. Probably you wrote the post on a note app and saved it to post later.…dunno.  Whatever the case may be, it’s only right that you delete one of the posts.

[Faisal2202]

@Faisal2202 you made the same post on the thread twice, yesterday and today. I don’t think it’s a glitch because the time difference between the two posts is over 24hrs. Probably you wrote the post on a note app and saved it to post later.…dunno.  Whatever the case may be, it’s only right that you delete one of the posts.

Oops I did not notice, actually the post section was still open on my device I thought I wrote it but did not posted, so I hit post even though it gave an error. I opened the thread again, then copied the data and pasted I but did not come to remember that I already said this one. Thanks for noticing. I will delete it.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I saw an annoying spam and I wanted to use the report function and I was told that my email address will be revealed to the moderator when I report a spam. I was temporarily deterred. Am I going to be receiving emails from a moderator as a follow up for a report I made?
I think the report system should be simple and if possible automated in order not to discourage anyone from reporting obvious spams. What's the essence of revealing my email?

I don't  have any idea why the email is usually being shared with moderators before you can report a spam port but I know it doesn't cause you any harm to do so and from my experience, I have reported many post but yet have not receive any follow up email from any moderator concerning the post I have reported.
If you don't want to share you email on this account, , you can create a new account with a fresh email and use the account for reporting spam.

[SatoPrincess]

If you don't want to share you email on this account, , you can create a new account with a fresh email and use the account for reporting spam.

That’s unnecessary. I know some people do not want to hurt their account with forum drama so they create alt accounts to make serious accusations against other users. Reporting posts for spam or off-topic is different, only the mods can see your email and they won’t expose their reports to the next user. So there is nothing to be afraid of.