Reporting threads

[Solver]

Just a suggestion to those of you seeing spam. Why don't you use the "Report post" function? It's pretty effective, but I haven't seen it used much. A tip for you all.

[tniem]

Below is what I originally posted before I found the report post link in the upper right corner of every post. My fault.




Are you talking about the rate thread option? Because I have not seen a reporting thread feature. Is it something not included in light style?

[DaShi]

[tniem]

Re: Reporting threads

Originally posted by Solver
Just a suggestion to those of you seeing spam. Why don't you use the "Report post" function? It's pretty effective, but I haven't seen it used much. A tip for you all.

If you do report some thread, does anyone see who reported the thread?

[Rasputin]

thanks solver i didnt notice that button, i will be using it often now i think, watch out you spmammers !!!!

[Gramphos]

I don't like looking at that part of the posts as the '|' between report and ip is in the wrong color in the Civ3 styles.

[Solver]

When you report, moderators of the forum get an email, saying that Username reported a thread Threadname located at ThreadURL, and sent a message MessageText.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Gramphos
I don't like looking at that part of the posts as the '|' between report and ip is in the wrong color in the Civ3 styles.

fixed, just so that you feel more comfortable with reporting posts....

[TCO]

Until MTG mentioned it a while ago, I did not understand that the ! symbol was a report post function. It's pretty low profile. Maybe if you put some little test next to it, people will use it more.

[Solver]

Aim of this thread is to make people use it more. If I saw something I don't know purpose of, I'd check what it is.
Plus, I use Light-Civ 3 style, and it is text, instead of the ! image.

[TCO]

My reply to Solver's comments:

"Aim of this thread is to make people use it more."

This will not have permanent impact.

"If I saw something I don't know purpose of, I'd check what it is."

You are not the average user. When you design webpages, you have to make the functions obvious. Most people DON'T investigate.

"Plus, I use Light-Civ 3 style, and it is text, instead of the ! image."

1. You need to design the page for the average user, not yourself.
2. The default style is not light. The average user will have the default style on.

[Solver]

For sure I'm not an average user, being an ACS Staff Member.
I thought most users investigate. Don't they get curios seeing a unknown purpose incon? Anyway, I have never received a reported thread in my forums, and want people to use the feature at least sometimes.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Solver
I thought most users investigate. Don't they get curios seeing a unknown purpose incon?

Read some web design stuff. People are lazy. They will use a feature if it is obvious what it is. But they won't investigate every little curlicue on every little site.

Originally posted by Solver
Anyway, I have never received a reported thread in my forums, and want people to use the feature at least sometimes.

Well...I couldn't have made my point better... ;-)

Text, grasshopper, text. Like the reply with quote text...

[MarkG]

Originally posted by GP
Well...I couldn't have made my point better... ;-)

it's more probable that the ctp and ac multiplaying forums hardly ever have posts that people want to complain about to the moderators...

[Solver]

That's why I want to kick you, Markos. These forums are so boring that, wanting eve more job to do here, I started making those interviews .