On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Moriel Schottlender <mor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Online communities can allow anyone to "report" problem posts or PMs. Only >> the moderators see these reports, not the general membership or public. For >> example, Simple Machines Forum has a report link on every post. >> > > I've been part of the moderation team in scienceforums.net for the past > 6-7 years, and I can account for this from the "other side" (of a > moderation team member) --- it really depends on how well the moderation > team handles these reports, but from my experience, the system has great > advantages- > > 1. It allows users to complain about anything from bias to bad attitude to > stalking *privately* and without repercussion (no one other than the > moderators knows that something was reported) and when we take action, we > take care not to imply that anyone reported the post. > ... > > > > Janine, Ryan, Pete and Moriel, these are great ideas. I love the idea of a button that anyone can press to send an alert to a Wikiquette team. How can an idea like this be moved forward? There could be different levels of urgency (low: general incivility; medium: sexism, racism, homophobia; high: harassment, outing, threats).
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