(...) Some forum members live in the delusion that they can send PM with any content and that it will not have any consequences.
Indeed I used report to admin and it did not have any (visible) consequences.
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Indeed I used report to admin and it did not have any (visible) consequences.
I have 900 good reports at the moment, if any 1, 2, 3 of them change their posting pattern for the better then that is a success in itself for me. The thing is, have any of you ever reviewed the post history of the users you reported before? If they start to change, will you thank them for it?
There’s no need to check someone’s post history for that, it’s enough that I’m active almost every day on the forum and can see if someone has changed their approach or continues to do the same things as before. Most, however, do not react to the fact that their posts are deleted on a daily basis and there is a greater chance that they will be banned rather than try to get better.
I don't know if you mean private or public thanks, but I think both are completely unnecessary - although I've never been able to say anything like that to anyone, no one has changed from a bad to a good member, at least not those who came under my radar.
Why thank those who allegedly corrected themselves, but, on the contrary, these people should thank those who contributed to their correction?
I mean, we don't have to give thanks for doing good things, which is a natural behavior for most other people.
At a time when reports are often sent to the moderators, the nicknames of the users become recognizable, and I also noticed that some users have changed their behavior, but often they only change after some ban assigned to them by the moderator.
I have 900 good reports at the moment, if any 1, 2, 3 of them change their posting pattern for the better then that is a success in itself for me. The thing is, have any of you ever reviewed the post history of the users you reported before? If they start to change, will you thank them for it?
There’s no need to check someone’s post history for that, it’s enough that I’m active almost every day on the forum and can see if someone has changed their approach or continues to do the same things as before. Most, however, do not react to the fact that their posts are deleted on a daily basis and there is a greater chance that they will be banned rather than try to get better.
I don't know if you mean private or public thanks, but I think both are completely unnecessary - although I've never been able to say anything like that to anyone, no one has changed from a bad to a good member, at least not those who came under my radar.
Absolutely. Some users change for the better, some adapt trying to avoid punishment by trying to disguise it, or some just couldn't care less about getting their posts deleted. However, there are definitely a select few who improve their post quality, and become decent users of the forum. They're just drowned out by the mass amounts that don't.
I'll always have respect for someone who can change their ways, after all mistakes aren't bad when you correct them.
Looks like I'm not alone here. I try to remain objective with each user whose posts I report to the moderators to detect whether or not they are willing to change spam behavior. I'll always have respect for someone who can change their ways, after all mistakes aren't bad when you correct them.
So far I haven't found any of them aware of it and they started trying to avoid reports by posting on board that I rarely report on. It was a stupid act I got from them, obviously it's just because they weren't able to achieve good post quality. Obviously I reported that to the manager who hired these people, but apparently that wasn't enough.
I also detected some abuse and other rule violators such as merit abuse and possible account being sold and bounty abuse. While I didn't report it to the moderators because I think it would be very effective to do it in a thread so that other DT members can take quick action.
As for the shitposters, unfortunately, if we removed them all from the signature campaigns, there would be a lot of empty spaces left, which is not realistic to expect. So the only option is to report their posts and hope that at least some of them will try to change for the better.
More slots for quality users is a good thing. Don't let them being in a signature campaign stop you from reporting them if they're breaking the rules. Unfortunately, the most problematic ones are run by campaign managers that couldn't care less, since they're usually paying in some worthless token of theirs, so they just replace the bad quality posters, with the well...the same. The thing is, have any of you ever reviewed the post history of the users you reported before? If they start to change, will you thank them for it?
Absolutely. Some users change for the better, some adapt trying to avoid punishment by trying to disguise it, or some just couldn't care less about getting their posts deleted. However, there are definitely a select few who improve their post quality, and become decent users of the forum. They're just drowned out by the mass amounts that don't. I'll always have respect for someone who can change their ways, after all mistakes aren't bad when you correct them.
So the only option is to report their posts and hope that at least some of them will try to change for the better.
Lucius, This is best hope when we try to report spammer action to moderators so that our time is not wasted. Some of them may be aware, but maybe not. Things are starting to change with some of the posters I've been reporting on, and they're posting less frequently on the boards I frequent [altcoin discussions]. I have 900 good reports at the moment, if any 1, 2, 3 of them change their posting pattern for the better then that is a success in itself for me. The thing is, have any of you ever reviewed the post history of the users you reported before? If they start to change, will you thank them for it?
Also, the fact that I'm openly pointing fingers to certain campaigns packed with shitposters, has made me receive plenty of fan mail by PM, from people who explain to me in colorful terms several things they'd like to do to me and to my mother. Such nice people. 
I hope you use the report to admin option in the same effective way as the report to moderator. Some forum members live in the delusion that they can send PM with any content and that it will not have any consequences.
As for the shitposters, unfortunately, if we removed them all from the signature campaigns, there would be a lot of empty spaces left, which is not realistic to expect. So the only option is to report their posts and hope that at least some of them will try to change for the better.
Only noticed this thread today and completely surprised to be so high in the list. I do take some pride in my 99% accuracy rating (with almost all of the 1% being due to double reporting......
), as it confirms my "firm but fair" policy. Bringing this gang of 13 shitposters down was great. They haven't been back since June.
Also, the fact that I'm openly pointing fingers to certain campaigns packed with shitposters, has made me receive plenty of fan mail by PM, from people who explain to me in colorful terms several things they'd like to do to me and to my mother. Such nice people.
Some extra help in the non-English threads might be welcome. I'm quite sure they're full of shitposters but it's difficult to prove if you don't speak their language.
Further on: let's keep it up.
Holy shit!
Some of you managed to report 38580 or 33267! Do you guys ever log out from your account?
Some of you managed to report 38580 or 33267! Do you guys ever log out from your account?
You have to remember you're the product here, not the customer.
It's hard to take but it's true. But I am happy that I am helping the community to bring more people in the bitcoin space.It's part of my privacy
Come on man! don't hide yourself. What are you scared of? Topics from spammers against you on reputation board. 
What about the users who don't want to have their activity exposed? Have you thought about it?
I know I can't really say, it's personal, but it is a bit to me. It's part of my privacy
Without debating on the social side it can have, because it's something else and I'm not concerned, but someone else can be
You won't be able to work as a cop. Imagine, you snitch everybody who snitched
no hard feelings
I know I can't really say, it's personal, but it is a bit to me. It's part of my privacy
Without debating on the social side it can have, because it's something else and I'm not concerned, but someone else can be
You won't be able to work as a cop. Imagine, you snitch everybody who snitched
no hard feelings
Your privacy isn't something that the forum worries about. You have to remember you're the product here, not the customer. Your activity will be displayed in the way that will most benefit the forum, not you. Not the way I think it should be, but any other answer would just be wrong. People can even go as far as to dox you and make up stories to try and have you targeted by police agencies or vigilantes without any recourse. It's sad, but it all comes back to us being the product and not the customer. There was once a time when that wasn't the case, but those days are long gone.
These are the people who have the most good reports over the last year:
If their accuracy has been good, why have these top reporters not been made moderators, or offered such a position? The clearest test of a good moderator is a user with good judgement, much less their activity.
If these users were assigned as mods in their most popular sections (based on their stats), it would save a lot of global mod work not having to deal with these reports. Just saying.
In my last post, I was referring to the original idea of the badge reporter: getting a badge after X good reports. I can't see Theymos doing it manually
He could delegate the final approval of badges to mods who handle those reports anyway and know if the 5000 reports were useful or some fluff to pad the stats.
Delegation is the direction of decentralization, even if it's not idealistic decentralization, it's a step in the right direction. Delegation not deliberation 💪
I guess it depends on how it's currently implemented. If it's pretty complex to code around at the moment, it might mean that allowing certain staff to manually add badges could potentially cause issues, and that could be unpredictable due to the nature. It's probably better, and would save less headaches if theymos did it themselves or going the automatic route, since they know the way around the code.
There's nothing unpredictable about special membership groups. You grant trusted mods access to membership groups, they then add/remove users from such groups (which shows in admin logs). Not sure why this is considered complex to code, membership groups with badges is a very basic part of modern forum software. It'd only be complex to code if the software is archaic. Otherwise it's just easy button clicking.
If as an admin you can't trust your global mods, you can't trust anyone
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I just noticed this topic and I'd like to say that it's a great honor for me, to see me included in the top reporters group from last year. To be honest, I even forgot how many reports I made last year ( ) therefore it was a very nice surprise to see me there, in the upper part of the list. I remember though that I spent a while to make all those reports, which I made manually, with no intervention of a script of some sort.
I am glad that I could help the forum with my contribution and I'd like to congratulate all the others which helped in their own ways. Only working as many of as as possible we can keep this forum clean. Besides these, I have to say that I almost can't believe my eyes seeing users which made more than 30.000 reports in a year. I take off my hat in front of such performance!
) therefore it was a very nice surprise to see me there, in the upper part of the list. I remember though that I spent a while to make all those reports, which I made manually, with no intervention of a script of some sort.I am glad that I could help the forum with my contribution and I'd like to congratulate all the others which helped in their own ways. Only working as many of as as possible we can keep this forum clean. Besides these, I have to say that I almost can't believe my eyes seeing users which made more than 30.000 reports in a year. I take off my hat in front of such performance!
What about the users who don't want to have their activity exposed? Have you thought about it?
I'm absolutely sure that if anyone wanted to continue reporting, but didn't want to be included in these statistics from time to time they could send theymos a message. It was be relatively easy to omit certain users with a generic placeholder without losing the usefulness of the data, especially considering this isn't something which is done frequently. He could delegate the final approval of badges to mods who handle those reports anyway and know if the 5000 reports were useful or some fluff to pad the stats. Yeah, I know it's not decentralized and whatnot but still would be better than nothing IMO. And mods could ask the user before approving a badge so that would take care of privacy concerns.
I guess it depends on how it's currently implemented. If it's pretty complex to code around at the moment, it might mean that allowing certain staff to manually add badges could potentially cause issues, and that could be unpredictable due to the nature. It's probably better, and would save less headaches if theymos did it themselves or going the automatic route, since they know the way around the code. 
In my last post, I was referring to the original idea of the badge reporter: getting a badge after X good reports. I can't see Theymos doing it manually
He could delegate the final approval of badges to mods who handle those reports anyway and know if the 5000 reports were useful or some fluff to pad the stats. Yeah, I know it's not decentralized and whatnot but still would be better than nothing IMO. And mods could ask the user before approving a badge so that would take care of privacy concerns.
You're probably not wrong at all, and my point is that Theymos did indeed give someone a badge, so it can be done again. I wouldn't expect that he'd have to give different badges to however many reporters he wanted to give reporter badges to, so it isn't as though he'd have to create more than one. Nor would he have to hand out more than, say, 10 (for the top 10 reporters of all-time, which is who I think they ought to be given out to). How much extra work could that possibly be? I don't think it's a matter of work or coding; I think it's a matter of will.
OK, I had misunderstood your last post. I agree, it should be possible to give a badge to 1/5/10/X people (for those who want) for the best reporters of a year.
In my last post, I was referring to the original idea of the badge reporter: getting a badge after X good reports. I can't see Theymos doing it manually
If I'm not wrong, for the art contest badges, he put them on manually. He can do it occasionally for a particular event, but I can't see Theymos doing it on a regular basis (unless he appoints a "badge giver", like he did for the "whitelisters").
You're probably not wrong at all, and my point is that Theymos did indeed give someone a badge, so it can be done again. I wouldn't expect that he'd have to give different badges to however many reporters he wanted to give reporter badges to, so it isn't as though he'd have to create more than one. Nor would he have to hand out more than, say, 10 (for the top 10 reporters of all-time, which is who I think they ought to be given out to). How much extra work could that possibly be? I don't think it's a matter of work or coding; I think it's a matter of will.What about the users who don't want to have their activity exposed? Have you thought about it?
I'd say PM Theymos about that if you're concerned about your anonymity. I'm pretty sure he'd respect that. 
This is to say, every work you're doing to keep the forum going is been recognized in one way or the other.
It's awesome seeing the top reporters that have given all their best to fish out the bad seeds in this forum.
Their deeds are so remarkable.
Shout out to everyone that has been reporting in one way or the other, keep it up
It's awesome seeing the top reporters that have given all their best to fish out the bad seeds in this forum.
Their deeds are so remarkable.
Shout out to everyone that has been reporting in one way or the other, keep it up
What about the users who don't want to have their activity exposed? Have you thought about it?
I know I can't really say, it's personal, but it is a bit to me. It's part of my privacy
I know I can't really say, it's personal, but it is a bit to me. It's part of my privacy
That question has been asked before about reporter's badges if I’m not mistaken, and I accept that everyone has a right to their privacy, even if they don’t want to be publicly known to be doing something good. I guess anyone who has such an opinion could contact the admin and ask that he not be exposed in public.
For me, this is not a problem, and I do not consider it a violation of privacy (like most other members of the forum) - nor do I expect that someone could take revenge on me for reporting his bad posts since only mods/admins can see such a link.
Amazing numbers!
LeGaulois who is at the bottom of the list has 3 more good reports in the last year alone than I have overall. All I can say is congratulations to everyone who made it. I certainly can't commit to doing what you do in keeping the forum clean on a regular basis. The administration is lucky to have you onboard.
LeGaulois who is at the bottom of the list has 3 more good reports in the last year alone than I have overall. All I can say is congratulations to everyone who made it. I certainly can't commit to doing what you do in keeping the forum clean on a regular basis. The administration is lucky to have you onboard.
A round of applause for the top reporters. Posts that should be deleted as it doesn't pass the requirements of being a high quality post won't always be found as there are lots of forum users then here comes our reporters finding such posts. I thought those forum users I have read that report the posts would be in thay list but only see few. I think there will be a new contest which is to create a reporter badge.
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