If you are going to complain about/report someone, make sure you have evidence of the mischief. If someone spam your comments, DO NOT delete it. Report it, wait until a mod replies, then delete it. If you need to make a mod aware of a thread, POST THE LINK ALONG with the complaint/comment. And, most importantly... If you want something to be locked, or deleted... REPORT IT!!
Why? In the first case: No evidence, nothing happened. Second case: It is sometimes hard work to track down "That thread about kittens" when we don't know where it is, or even what it is called. Third case: Because otherwise you spam with your "this should be locked", "this is stupid", "this is a repeat"... The last case at least if that is the only comment.
Send comment to administration to check if it's breaking the rules. For more direct results just contact a mod.[/quote]
Yeah Justin and I go through the flagged comments at least once a day, and either reset the flag count if the message is okay, or we take action on the message and/or user who posted it.
I always give a hyperlink to where the spam was when I report spam. BTW, I previously thought that moderators and administrators alike get to see which posts are flagged. Now I know the facts.
