Might seem like a small thing but it helps knowing action is being taken in situations like this.
Bill O'Rights
is there a reason for the general lack of the public facing warning messages?
Are you referencing the banners in post like the one above? We do apply them in
very ambiguous cases but we try to not provide positive feedback loops to feed a mob mentality. Mainly for a few reasons:
1. We never really like to publicly 'brand' someone where possible for misdemeanours in thread, or make other aware that they have been given a 'nudge'. It would lead to further baiting of that user to try and push them further towards an edge. Basically it would feed an escalation loop. Sometimes threads are closed with a title amendment where people are being mischievious to say 'look, we know what you're doing, stop it'. For reply bans we sometimes issue them to prevent the same posts being reported.
2. If other members see moderation happening in real time they are more likely to spam report to try and get others that same warning, despite the behaviour and context being different.
3. If we want to reach out privately we have DM functions and notifications attached to edits and deletes which basically allow us to give the same sort of context to the actual poster to maybe put a cork in the bottle.
When reports get generated, generally if a post/behaviour is deemed out of line the offender will be warned, notified and the reporter will often get a short message that action was taken. That way, the two members concerned have clarity that something has happened.
We do our best to respond to most reports and we still reject most as they are not really report worthy. Most fall into 'They said something i don't like', rather than actual breaking of ToS, trolling or baiting. It's probably safe to assume if you don't hear after a report, there is an implicit rejection just because it would take a whole lot of time to simply retype 'Not really breaking ToS, discredit in thread'. We have to be as efficient as possible to catch those actual posts that
are an issue. The rejections that are a bit more complex (misinterpetations etc.) usually get a little note to feed back that we haven't ignored it, but we think maybe it has been misinterpreted by the 'reporter'.
If you have a different take on using the banners more then feel free to sound off, we can always consider specific use cases or certain cases that may be applicable for further expansion.
