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Originally posted by monsterLd
Can mods not have a little more time in deciding if something should actually be warned/reported? I feel people use that button a little too often. Even if you disagree with something your fav artist done and you commented it gets reported. I feel this should be looked at. Half of my reports/warnings are from comments that are not meant in no hate way, at all.
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We do have a chance to individually assess reports, but most are processed at times at which we are also looking at another 30 or 40 reports, so that cuts into time a bit.
More importantly, it's our policy to warn no matter the poster's affiliation with the target - if we didn't, we'd run into problems like fake stans with a Gaga avi who just want to get some shade in without being warned, or people who do that consistently with multiple artists and use it to get out of legitimate warnings.
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Originally posted by Nathan's Nicely
not sure if its been asked but how do you go about reporting someone that always just cosigns with "asdmnfkfndkd" or "-insert sassy gif-* and never exceeds a 3 word limit? Is that even reportable?
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That can be warned for disruptive if we see that they make a habit of spamming that kind of response. The best way to bring that to our attention is via help request.
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Originally posted by Iyanla, Fix Me
Is LaLingo still warnable? My thread was closed the other day but I wasn't warned.
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Yes. Point blank, period. Yes.
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Originally posted by Khal
What is the logic behind Flamebait posts being warnable, but avis are not?
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Originally posted by Hurem
Why are avatars not warnable?
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Avatars are difficult for us to manage on the technical side of things, but also serve as a form of self-expression that's more like a signature - i.e. the user considers it to be an identifying characteristic of their persona here. That's how I see it at least - moderating avatars excessively might become a little too strict and might unintentionally cut into self-expression in ways we don't mean. It's just a difficult subject in general.
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Originally posted by Mileymore
When giving a reason for a report should we put just one word (ex: Flamebait) or explain the whole context of the post that was made?
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A longer explanation can be very helpful to us if you feel that the post's rule violations aren't obvious or if you feel that it violates multiple rules at once.
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Originally posted by AlphaOmega
We need to have a non-warnable day. I have never reported someone and don't see the reason in ever doing so. What are y'all so afraid of? It just encourages more shady threads - which you warn anyway.
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I don't know if that actually would serve to benefit ATRL that much.
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Originally posted by phreshprince
I understand that stand your ground is the land of the free, but when there are talks/trollings about terrorist attacks and killing people, don't you think that's crossing the line and should be warnable? I reported someone who was comparing an album to the bombing in Paris. Not only is that disrespectful but that's too far and quite distributing. Why didn't that get warned?
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What is and is not warnable in SYG is a current topic of discussion, so we can't offer too much specifically, but that's indeed something that could be offensive and is being considered.