Abuse of the Report System?

[Katrina]

How do you handle it when a member abuses the Report System on your forum?

 

[Uncrowned Guard]

Thankfully I have not really had this issue yet. I would have to take it on a case-to-case basis and would likely add in a warning to our warning system for abusing the feature. Granted, good communication might be all that is needed as people have different standards of content and just reinforcing that a certain type of content is not against the rules might work.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

Yeah, this never happens. I would love it if the Report Post feature was used more, instead of members getting into arguments, lol.
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[John]

I think this is a pretty dumb thing to be mad about. If someone makes 50 reports that are stupid, it does nothing to hurt you or your forum other than you spending 20 minutes to clear your active reports followed by a PM asking them not to do it.

 

[Gizmo]

On my forum I use the report to thread feature so it's easy enough just to ban someone and remove their threads.

 

[Shortie_]

I can't say I have run into any issues where someone has abused the report system, at least not yet. I do like having the report system as it does help with members being able to point out issues so they can easily be dealt with.

 

[zappaDPJ]

I sometimes find on one particular forum two members with opposing views reporting each other's content. Unless the content contravenes the forum's terms I just ignore the reports.

Generally I don't really see much abuse of the reporting system on any of the forums I admin.

 

[Carlos X]

I've gotten some people who abuse the report button.

I get annoyed with it, especially if the report is dumb. For example, out of nowhere this member reported an old post from 10 years ago or a few weeks ago. Both has happened.

Waste my time, and I might turn around and ban your ass. I am not having petty people on my board.