Report rule-breaking posts, get karma

[b8348a36c36]Report rule-breaking posts, get karma[/b8348a36c36][/size8348a36c36]

Beginning 1/22, you can earn karma by reporting rule-breaking threads with the http/" alt=""/img71.imageshack.us/img="71/2205/iconreport1tm.gif[" alt=""/img8348a36c36] button.


To the first person to report a post, karma will be awarded [b8348a36c36]IF[/b8348a36c36]

1. The post is deemed by a moderator to violate the rules AND
2. The reporter does not post about the violation in the thread itself.


[b8348a36c36]LINKS TO THE FORUM RULES[/b8348a36c36]
[url==http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=21]General rules[=http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=21]General rules[/url]
[url==http//forum.freeipodguide.com/newbie.php]Dos and Don'ts[=http//forum.freeipodguide.com/newbie.php]Dos and Don'ts[/url]
[url==http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=8376]The Trading Post[=http//forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=8376]The Trading Post[/url]


[b8348a36c36]NOTE[/b8348a36c36]
Karma will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Awarding of karma is at the moderators' sole discretion. All moderator decisions are final. (This is not an invitation to share your interpretation of the forum's rules.)


Any questions? Post them here.

cool D

Sweet, It really doesn't seem like anyone follows the rules at this point. Maybe this will help )

Reported.

Neeeeeeeat!

I've already been using the button quite a bit but haven't seen any discipline. X

What kind of posts are you repoting Shamash? I haven't seen anything worth reporting yet.

Does this apply to [b8a910ab019]all[/b8a910ab019] forums, i.e. the Trading Post?

Probably.

Yeah it's all over the board.

[quote8b7f593fc8="shamash"]I've already been using the button quite a bit but haven't seen any discipline. X[/quote8b7f593fc8]


[quote8b7f593fc8="KeithA"](This is not an invitation to share your interpretation of the forum's rules.) [/quote8b7f593fc8]

karma is boring.

[quotea53794c05d="KeithA"]
To the first person to report a post, karma will be awarded IF

1. The post is deemed by a moderator to violate the rules AND
[ba53794c05d]2. The reporter does not post about the violation in the thread itself. [/ba53794c05d][/quotea53794c05d]

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What's so bad about doing that? I like doing that. P

It also teaches them what they did wrong.

[quote2092f5a54c="J4320"]
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What's so bad about doing that? I like doing that. P

It also teaches them what they did wrong.[/quote2092f5a54c]

It shits up threads and makes me angry.

And nobody likes a crabby admin. lol

So instead of the people with high karma being thought of as helpful, they can just be jackasses that snitch on people...

Great idea...

[quote9663953c61="bballp6699"]So instead of the people with high karma being thought of as helpful, they can just be jackasses that snitch on people...

Great idea...[/quote9663953c61]

It [i9663953c61]is[/i9663953c61] helpful to discreetly notify the mods of rule-breaking posts. Rather than have the jackasses that snitch on people do so publicly, I'd like them to leave the moderating to the mods.

I still think it defeats the purpose of having only positive karma to show that someone is helpful, but I'm not the one in charge.

Helpful as in clicking a report button for every stupid infraction and, helpful as in assisting someone on the forum are two entirely different things IMO.

[quoteaee99ae3e2="bballp6699"]I still think it defeats the purpose of having only positive karma to show that someone is helpful, but I'm not the one in charge.

Helpful as in clicking a report button for every stupid infraction and, helpful as in assisting someone on the forum are two entirely different things IMO.[/quoteaee99ae3e2]

Agreed. I also think the karma should show how you contribute to the forum instead of clicking a button and typing a few words.

People should report stuff anyway just to be helpful to the mods.

[quotebf53628ead="bballp6699"]I still think it defeats the purpose of having only positive karma to show that someone is helpful, but I'm not the one in charge.

Helpful as in clicking a report button for every stupid infraction and, helpful as in assisting someone on the forum are two entirely different things IMO.[/quotebf53628ead]

We aren't giving karma for every stupid infraction reported. In fact, I haven't given a single karma point yet.

We're doing this for a week to draw attention to the report button so that people stop playing armchair moderator and ruining threads. It's a modest effort to keep rule enforcement consistent by consolidating authority among those designated to respond to rule-breaking posts--the mods. Essentially, it's the other side of the "NO THREADCRAPPING" coin.

You're behind Skunk and Googler on the karma rankings anyway. Why don't you prove yourself as helpful as them, then get back to me?

Haha, check out my post count in the past two weeks compared to theirs.

Also, Skunk was having friends give him karma.

I love how constructive criticism turns into you attacking my contributions to the board.

[quote4b9219f566="bballp6699"]Haha, check out my post count in the past two weeks compared to theirs then get back to me...

Also, Skunk was having friends give him karma.[/quote4b9219f566]

As do several others.

I'm not trying to bastardize anyone's precious karma system, I just know that people respond to incentives. And I'm sure as hell not doling out greens or PayPal to get people to use the report button.

[quote681b76737c="bballp6699"]I love how constructive criticism turns into you attacking my contributions to the board.[/quote681b76737c]

I was kidding man--poking fun at your reverence for karma. I'm not questioning your contributions.

[quote8e3055f609="KeithA"][quote8e3055f609="bballp6699"]I love how constructive criticism turns into you attacking my contributions to the board.[/quote8e3055f609]

I was kidding man--poking fun at your reverence for karma. I'm not questioning your contributions.[/quote8e3055f609]

Please poke me too. I love being poked.

If the report button was to be used to notify Mods/Admin that someone neds help, then the karma would be used for hat also.

But it's not. If someone voluntarily helps someone else then I'll give them karma, but to be honest, there are very few people who do and I very rarely give karma to people for helping.

Too many idiots reply to ref link threads and quote the ref links and just spam the thread, I'd rather see those idiots just hit the report button and leave it alone. Newbies tend to listen to Mods/Admins more than they do regular members and ther is usually a Mod/Admin on at any given time thoughtout the day, so now that we have this in place we'll be more likely to take care of things in a timely manner.

[quoted7655f4add="theysayjump"]If the report button was to be used to notify Mods/Admin that someone neds help, then the karma would be used for hat also.

But it's not. If someone voluntarily helps someone else then I'll give them karma, but to be honest, there are very few people who do and I very rarely give karma to people for helping.

Too many idiots reply to ref link threads and [bd7655f4add]quote the ref links[/bd7655f4add] and just spam the thread, I'd rather see those idiots just hit the report button and leave it alone. Newbies tend to listen to Mods/Admins more than they do regular members and ther is usually a Mod/Admin on at any given time thoughtout the day, so now that we have this in place we'll be more likely to take care of things in a timely manner.[/quoted7655f4add]

lol

I find that hilarious when they do that, knowing that a mod is just gonna have to come through and edit more stuff after that.

Maybe it's not so funny for you mods though. oops

[quotef4d185070f="theysayjump"]
Too many idiots reply to ref link threads and quote the ref links and just spam the thread, I'd rather see those idiots just hit the report button and leave it alone. Newbies tend to listen to Mods/Admins more than they do regular members and ther is usually a Mod/Admin on at any given time thoughtout the day, so now that we have this in place we'll be more likely to take care of things in a timely manner.[/quotef4d185070f]

Agreed, but instead of rewarding those for tattling, why not punish the idiots instead? I just think you're asking for more of a headache with this...

Don't be surprised if 90% of the reports are either repeats or nonsense...

....buuuuuuut like I said, you guys are the ones in charge. Your headache, not mine.

From my point of view as a Mod/Admin, it's more of a headache to have to go through threads where some broke the rules, with a bunch of idiots replying, quoting ref link and spamming it, having to lock the thread, edit the original post, wade through all the other posts for quoted ref links, edit them where applicable and then have to go and ban certain people for thread-crapping.

I'd much rather have a pop-up saying "View Reported Post", go to that thread, lock it and edit the thread accordingly.

Then give some +karma.

I just saw this and I wanted to respond to what someone said about stupid reporting (i.e., I hate someone so I'm going to report each of their threads).

Maybe if you [b0d883d2647]abuse[/b0d883d2647] the reporting system (my example above) the mods have the right to deduct karma? I don't know if you guys have that power but it would be a great way to deter reporting abuse. lishrugli It's not as if all the users are going around -karma again. ;)

There is only one user frivolously reporting posts, and I would rather ignore that person than acknowledge his melodramatic complaining.