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“Report” meaning a communication and “report” meaning a noise - is there a connection?
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When we went to get fireworks on the 4th of July I remember some of the fireworks bearing labels to the effect of “Caution: flames with report” or something like that. As someone who knew the word “report” to mean a communication (written or spoken) of some sort - like a book report or news report - I thought the label seemed weird until I realized that “report” can also mean “a loud noise”.
Is there a connection between those senses? I suppose it makes sense if you think back to how news was often disseminated centuries ago - namely, the “town crier” coming forth with a report of some major event, often punctuated with the “report” of cannons. Does that seem right?
Top Comment: The etymology listed at https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/report#English suggests that the underlying Latin sense of “to carry back, return, remit, refer” gave rise to both the English senses of "to communicate about something" and "to return or repeat, as a sound; to echo" (and the noun senses as well).
MTG Explodes Over Report Exposing Massive Wealth Jump : politics
Main Post: MTG Explodes Over Report Exposing Massive Wealth Jump : politics
What on Earth did you do to reddit.com/report??????
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What was the logic for messing with the perfectly functional reddit report location (reddit.com/report) that stayed on a single page and was easy to use? Now, it's multiple unnecessary screen refreshes to do something simple like a ban evasion report. What happened to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" adage?
Look, I'm filing a report. I want simple functionality all on one screen that is fast to use. I don't want fancy, cool, and slow.
Stop trying to make the browser UI be the same as the mobile one, especially for moderator actions. There's a reason most of us try to moderate while on a browser: better UI.
Top Comment: Looks like they're wiping out all traces of the "old" new reddit (new.reddit). I'm now using https://old.reddit.com/report And YET, they haven't updated the messages view on the notifications in sh.reddit. It's still the old reddit interface
r/ModSupport Guide: Reporting on Reddit
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How does reporting content to Reddit actually work?
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We had a user on one of my subreddits call another user "monkey" as well as several slurs. I did my usual report to Reddit on top of removing the comments and banning them expecting Reddit to respond to me with the typical "We have found that this user violated terms..."
Except this time that did not happen. This time i recieved the "User did not violate out terms" on each of my reports (I'm still waiting on a report response for the DM they sent me). Are the reports we submit manually reviewed or is it an AI that I'm putting my trust into, because I figured at least the slurs would result in some actions from Reddit themselves. Is there anything I can do to appeal these report results in the future and get them checked over again?
Top Comment: The initial response is typically automated. Anytime you feel the response is inaccurate, send a modmail here with a link to the reported post or comment, along with a permalink to the automated "no violation" message. Admins will review it.
Reddit's report system is useless
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Title should say enough but...
I reported a comment from a subreddit I moderated as it was indirectly saying that it was better if the person was dead.
The reaction I got from Reddit was that there wasn't any rule breaking... why is there a report system if it doesn't work?
Top Comment: Meanwhile, I got a 6 day "report abuse" ban for reporting malware links
How do I report a poster to reddit admins
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Had a user pist something very inappropriate, it was captured by automod for lack of karma; however the post was disgusting
Top Comment: Use the report button on that post and find the report topic that most closely matches the situation. Do not select the one about breaking your own subreddit rules. It can take a few days for them to get back to you. If the reply you get says that no rule was broken then escalate it by sending a modmail to this subreddit with only the words More Help in the subject line. Document everything about the situation in that modmail so a human moderator can look into it, including the "we're not seeing a problem" automated reply. This is the process that the admins ask us to follow. Good luck!
What is Reddit's general approach to report abuse? It's so common, which seems like it's not being treated the same as other ToS violations.
Main Post: What is Reddit's general approach to report abuse? It's so common, which seems like it's not being treated the same as other ToS violations.
Top Comment: In general I think the admins give users the benefit of the doubt that it was in good faith. Unless a pattern develops, they probably don't want to step in. The times I see them action it are Spam reporting against a user (harassment) Abusing the suicide bot Abusing the sexualization of minors Custom report reasons that are just whining It's not abuse to "be wrong" and you don't want to discourage users from reporting borderline things, or they won't report at all. But there are some clear cases of abuse, and those tend to get actioned consistently from what I see.