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View submission: Improvements to subreddit rules
Have you guys thought about no longer making reports anonymous?
The problems associated it seem to greatly outweigh the benefits of it. And it would be nice to give feedback to specific users on whether or not their report was useful. Right now, a vast majority of reports are just wasting both user's time and ours.
Comment by [deleted] at 16/02/2017 at 15:31 UTC
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Comment by Wiltron at 16/02/2017 at 04:03 UTC
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I'll second this.
In a sub where some posts are controvercial, such as one of the subs I mod called /r/theydidthemath, we're trying to lower the shitposts and meme type posts. We get tons of reports just of "spam" instead of using the predefined rules that state "meme/shitpost".
Alternatively, could we get a broad "message all reporters" as a modmail, having a tag that says "if you reply to this modmail from automoderator (or whoever), your name will be visible to moderators".
Comment by Natanael_L at 16/02/2017 at 12:09 UTC
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How about throttling anonymous reports? (per sub, per user?)
Creating multiple throwaways can already be done, and would mostly make it meaningless. But that could cut down the volume from the people who don't want their username to be known to the mods.
After all, anybody making a large number of honest reports likely would want to talk to the moderators eventually anyway.