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We've been getting those report spams sometimes. Ours is not exactly an abuse all the time though.
Converting a username to a random one is still traceable back to him. All you have to do is follow up those reports by the *random user* to finally find a connection/conversation/argument to the real user.
You can generate a random number/ticket for each report and then all you have to do is report to reddit those numbers which will ease reporting.
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It might not be perfect but I might combine your solution with an "abuse" system. If user reports more then XX reports per YY time. attach a random username to the report or don't attach a username, keep it hidden but pops an option to ignore report/snooze/ignore report from this user.
This requires some programming from reddit site but this way it keeps the username hidden and all you see is a "snooze reports from this user" or whatever you'd like to call it
Comment by WoozleWuzzle at 19/05/2022 at 19:45 UTC
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Converting a username to a random one is still traceable back to him. All you have to do is follow up those reports by the *random user* to finally find a connection/conversation/argument to the real user.
How would you be able to do that? Them complaining in the thread about it? You could do that already with the completely anonymous report as well if you wanted to. I am not sure how you could track a user based off the randomized name.
Edit: Also there's now 60 reports in queue all falsely reporting with no way to snooze.