Linking user account to reports on their messages.
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10 spam/abuse reports on a user's posts (articles/messages/comments) should auto close their account.
I disagree, at least for "abuse" reports. It's perfectly reasonable to think that a specific message is inappropriate and should be removed, without also thinking the user who posted it should be booted as well. The current system gives you the option to report just the message, or report both the message and the user. Changing it so you can't report a message without also reporting the user would not end well.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I disagree, at least for "abuse" reports. It's perfectly reasonable to think that a specific message is inappropriate and should be removed, without also thinking the user who posted it should be booted as well. The current system gives you the option to report just the message, or report both the message and the user. Changing it so you can't report a message without also reporting the user would not end well.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Richard Deeming wrote:
It's perfectly reasonable to think that a specific message is inappropriate and should be removed, without also thinking the user who posted it should be booted as well.
Of course, hence the reason to check if the user is a repeat offender.
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Richard Deeming wrote:
It's perfectly reasonable to think that a specific message is inappropriate and should be removed, without also thinking the user who posted it should be booted as well.
Of course, hence the reason to check if the user is a repeat offender.
You've been here over 9½ years, and posted over 1300 messages. If just 10 of those messages were deemed "inappropriate", do you think your account should automatically be closed?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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You've been here over 9½ years, and posted over 1300 messages. If just 10 of those messages were deemed "inappropriate", do you think your account should automatically be closed?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I see your point. Only that this morning a spammer posted 6 spam articles and I could report their account once, which probably allowed them time to spam more of those articles.
To nuke an account you need 10 users. If you had reported 6 articles, even when linking the account as you suggest, it would have still counted as only 1 user report. Doing it in another way, would allow a user account nuke by only one reporter... that's really dangerous. No real advantages, a lot of potential problems.
GKP1992 wrote:
which probably allowed them time to spam more of those articles.
We have had automated spam waves, they posted several hundred messages pro minute. But only one or two messages pro spam account. Your suggestion would have brought nothing in that case. In the case of this morning (we have some cases from time to time), it is still not a "serious issue", we are a big group in the S&A. Yeah, it gives a bit more time to post some spammy articles more, but it will not last a lot until they are gone. I repeat myself: No real profit, a lot of headaches.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
