Things the Report button is NOT for

[Morrus]

1) Telling us somebody is wrong. Being wrong is not against the rules.
2) Making snide remarks at moderators.
3) Replying to somebody. Sometimes we get somebody 'replying' to somebody via the report button. They can't see your report.
4) Giving us advice. If we want your advice, we'll ask for it.
5) Objecting to somebody disagreeing with you. People are allowed to disagree with you as long as they are not breaking any rules.
6) Writing your pithy 'finishing remark'. Again, they can't see it.
7) Rules lawyering the moderators.
8) Saying 'he started it'. We're not 8. Also see: whataboutism.
9) More items as they occur to me!

Hope that helps!

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

3) Replying to somebody.

Rep-this, rep-that, what's the difference?

(I've honestly clicked the wrong one now and then. The very different interface of the result has always clued me in right quick.)

 

[rredmond]

I've honestly clicked the wrong one now and then

I've modded on several D&D boards, and this happens no matter the interface! Not a ton, but it happens often enough!

 

[payn]

3) Replying to somebody. Sometimes we get somebody 'replying' to somebody via the report button. They can't see your report.

I dont know why, but I find this to be very funny.

 

[Reynard]

Serious question: if we disagree with a mod post or action (even one not aimed at ourselves), is the Report button an appropriate way to express that?

 

[RealAlHazred]

Serious question: if we disagree with a mod post or action (even one not aimed at ourselves), is the Report button an appropriate way to express that?

Is it not permitted to just message someone (even a moderator) and ask about a ruling? Have we gotten to the point where the first response must be to report to an authority? I'm asking because my autism expresses itself as an inability to properly gauge proper social responses.

 

[Morrus]

Serious question: if we disagree with a mod post or action (even one not aimed at ourselves), is the Report button an appropriate way to express that?

The ways to contact a moderator about a moderation issue can be found in the site rules. The report button is not one of those ways.

 

[Morrus]

Have we gotten to the point where the first response must be to report to an authority?

No. The mod cannot reply to you via a post report.

Plus ‘reporting’ somebody to themselves is at worst very passive aggressive and at best pointless.

The site rules explain what to do if you have a moderation question.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Plus ‘reporting’ somebody to themselves is at worst very passive aggressive and at best pointless.

My main participation on the site has become my, uh, "contributions" in the Pineapple Express thread, so "pointless" is apparently my middle name. But I take your point!

 

[Kichwas]

3) Replying to somebody. Sometimes we get somebody 'replying' to somebody via the report button. They can't see your report.

Not on this forum but on some other software I was using in the last year the report and reply were side by side and so yeah... I hit the wrong one a few times.

Thank goodness over here report is on the opposite side of the interface.