[META] Reddit's reporting system
Has anyone noticed that the menu for "reporting" posts has recently changed? (At least, I think it's recent; maybe I'm just the last to notice and it was all discussed a while ago.)
In particular, the "Sexualizing minors" option has disappeared from the menu; and there's an explicit notice that all reports go to moderators, rather than administrators.
The menus also appear to be customizable by subreddit owners; for example, r/gifs has its own menu with that subreddit's rules.
Posted Feb 14, 2016, 9:21 PM UTC
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The report system was supposed to get an overhaul and have more ability to customize for sub-specific rules. On the backend, there are also some new options for adding a dropdown menu onto bans for easier sorting of ban reasons... though it needs some work still.
Not sure when we are gonna get around to trying to mess with that here, we are dealing with some other things first, and still have to work that flair overhaul in at some point as well.
When it happens, you guys should consider adding a repost option to the report function
We will go over it in the next couple weeks most likely. If I am understanding it properly, it looks like we set up a separate rules page internally and the report list will point at those rules - which should make it far easier to report reposts and such. Didn't get to look too deeply at it, though, and we have another priority coming up this week first.