Does "Report Bad Post" Work?
 

Hi, all.

I'm just curious to know if the "Report Bad Post" icon found on every FT post actually works. I've used it a few times to report flaming, bad handles, etc., but have never received any sort of reply to my report. Just curious to know if anyone actually sees these reports, and if so, if anyone investigates/takes action.

BTW, Thanks again to Randy, the moderators, TalkBoard, and everyone involved with FT! I love it!

Cheers,
LBBZman

Works on the AC forum. We have a grass on there who loves running to tell tales on naughty posts in wrong places....we havent found out who yet as they are too sad to admit it in public, but we will......;)

From my experience, it works so long as there is a Moderator in the Forum that the bad post is located. Apparently, if there is not a Moderator, it goes into the FlyerTalk 360 file. I posted this question publicly a while back, along with a private e-mail to Randy and didn't receive a response from anyone.

You've hit indirectly on the single most frustrating issue for me with Flyertalk. Volunteers are solicited - people taken the time to complete applications to become Moderators, try and resolve problems, etc, and they are ignored. At least, don't solicit volunteers if they aren't needed/wanted. @:-)

Report-Bad-Post works.

In forums that are moderated, the messages are sent to all moderators of the forum.

In forums that are not moderated, the messages are now (recent change) sent to the designated senior moderators.

As far as messages that I've received, I try to respond to them and I apologize if there have been times that I've just clicked the link to the thread provided, dealt with the issue, but not closed the loop with the member reporting the thread. There are times when I might check in between meetings, or right before going out, and I have the moment to address the problem but fail to thank the member.

When I disagree with the report a post, I try to write back to the member and explain my thinking. And I apologize if there are times when I fail to do that.

gleff

That's good to know that the report a post now is supposed to work in all of the Forums. Thanks for the work that you do here. ^ It is nice when the Moderators have the time and can explain action or non-action, as appropriate - that's the best way for the users to learn.

Thanks for the explanation, gleff. It answers my question I had posted in the other thread. I had not seen your post here.

Thank you very much, gleff. You really do an excellent job. I very much appreciate your unbiased, and sometimes humorous, approach.

So not moderated = moderated. In fact it = more moderated as it means moderated by people who spend no time in the forum.

Being an active member of a forum can actually be viewed as a case against being appointed moderator. Too difficult to be viewed as "unbiased".

This is of course balanced with asking a volunteer to spend extra time in a forum that they may care nothing about.

For <Censored> sake. Anywhone who wants to moderate = power! just admit it, be sad and move on .....................

I volunteered to become a moderator because I have benefitted a great deal from FlyerTalk and believed that moderating the Delta forum is one of the many ways I could give back to the FlyerTalk community.

Any FlyerTalk member is welcome to review my record as a moderator of the Delta forum. If you can find any solid unquestionable evidence that I volunteered to moderate the Delta forum simply for the sake of power, FatBoyYVR, by all means please present it and I will “admit” that — in your own words, FatBoyYVR — “moderate = power”.

Furthermore, while I do not intend to speak for other moderators, I know for a fact that there are many other FlyerTalk moderators who feel the same way as I do.

ROTFLMFAO! I've been a member here for a while (I lurk more than post as there's more knowledgeable folks out there than I), and despite seeing fair handed-ness of moderation, I can't comment for the mods on FT. But, for my own PoV, I'm a moderator on another board and I can tell you that I don't believe the majority of volunteers sign up for it as any sort of a "power trip" at all! Of course, if the mods were paid for their time, no doubt folks would accuse them of being on "performance related pay" ;)

Cheers

Michael
(first post in ORP, despite being tempted many a time ;) )

Yup, it works. In fact, IMHO, it works quite well. I have used it several times and on almost every occasion I have received an email from the moderator of the forum explaining any action taken.

To add another moderator's perspective on the Report Bad Post topic...

I tend to get quite a few posts reported from the combination of Mileage Run and Coupon Connection. In some cases, I do respond to the user, but to be honest, in most cases I don't. It's not because I don't respect the user -- it's mainly because of the amount of additional time I would be spending doing that and not being able to enjoy reading other posts. While I enjoy volunteering as a moderator, I still want to be able to benefit from FlyerTalk as a member, and though a single PM doesn't seem like much, the volume of them would quickly become too much.

In addition, in most cases the response to the report is evidenced by the post being moved, edited or deleted. In cases where it requires action against a particular user, that's not something I can discuss anyway.

I will say, however, that if you feel particularly strongly about getting a response, please indicate as such in your comments when reporting a post, and where possible, I (and I'm guessing most of my fellow moderators) will make every effort to respond.

Thanks for the (mostly) positive input, gang!

Dave, a.k.a. dmfriedman
Moderator, Mileage Run and Coupon Connection

Oooh yeah. Don't overlook the cash. and the babes. and the free liquor. The power is just icing.