Flag as abuse - currently testing

To help prevent unnecessary drama I've rolled out an test version that lets you flag posts that are "abusive". From now on, if you find posts that contain harsh language directly attacking other members, or posts that accuse other members of having fake accounts, you can select the "flag as abuse" option at the top of the offending post and submit the option that most accurately describes the offense.

* Please flag carefully * - once posts are flagged, we will manually review the posts. During this test phase we may or may not take action against any offending posts, and in particular, since we are using a manual review process there can be significant delays in taking action.

P.S. if you believe someone is a faker, PM mara rather than posting in the forums -- posting in the forums does no good whether you are right or wrong in your accusations -- it's a lose-lose situation.

YAY! Thanks nick! This will help a lot.

Quoting nick:“ P.S. if you believe someone is a faker, PM mara rather than posting in the forums -- posting in the forums does no good whether you are right or wrong in your accusations -- it's a lose-lose situation.”

Yes, please do!

They never listen to me when I tell them that, maybe they'll listen to you!

And this sounds great, thanks guys.  

C.

Great idea! Thanks Nick!! And Max, he is ADORABLE!!  

We'll have system setup to deal with fakers at a later point -- thankfully there isn't an overwhelming number of fakers (well, they come and go), so we decided to tackle the problem of trying to keep unnecessary drama at bay first.

We're very curious as to how the flagging will go -- determining if a post is abusive isn't always a clear-cut decision.

nick you are a star! i hope this works

Heheh - someone (I'm not naming anyone) has just flagged MY post as abuse   If you need to try out the flagging to see what happens, please feel free to flag any of my posts ;)

oooooo... i like this.... excellent idea  

its a great idea

What do we do about spam now? Is that considered abuse?

Is there going to be something set in place to stop people if they abuse the abuse button?

heh

C.

lol abusing the abuse button

Quoting God:“ Is there going to be something set in place to stop people if they abuse the abuse button? heh C.”

lmao.. i luv your thinking...

Awesome! Nicely planned.

Quoting nick:“ Heheh - someone (I'm not naming anyone) has just flagged MY post as abuse   If you need to try out the flagging to see what happens, please feel free to flag any of my posts ;)”

LOL - it wasnt me (sware) but, at first I thought thats what you wanted based on the title!