Forum Suggestion: Report Button

[marks7389]

I’ve mistaking clicked on the Report button instead of Quote a few times… must be going senile in my advancing years, but it would be good to have a confirmation box, as once you’ve clicked on it you can’t reverse it (presumably until Rhys sees it and wonders why on earth I’ve flagged a post that’s perfectly fine) 🙂

Is that possible?

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

I agree!

Done it several times myself due to fat fingers. And the number of “sorry I reported you in error” comments would vanish,

When you report a post on flyer talk a box appears where you can say why you’re reporting the post before actually reporting it, it also means you can go back and not report.

[duggie1982]

It has been a long-standing issue and has been discussed many a times, i cant recall the conclusion but imo it will be the software used to have this forum may not be flexible to change this button or move it

[Rob]

We can’t change it.

We COULD scrap it, however, because – since we started moderating the first post from everyone – there has been no real spam to report and so it is a time-sink for Rhys and myself with minimal value.

[BA Flyer IHG Stayer]

I vote to scrap it then if it saves you work!

[AJA]

I vote for scrapping it, too.

[ChrisBCN]

I’ve still never seen the report option on my mobile

[slidey]

Theres no point to the report button. It just results in inadvertent clicks and if there was any actual spam to report, someone would probably just create a post about it anyway 🙂

[Rob]

I’d say about 10% of the reports are worthwhile. The odd bit of spam, in its many forms, still gets through.

As reported posts are not deleted or hidden when reported I don’t see it as a major issue. During the day we will see it within 1-2 hours.