Suggestion by tartantipster to report single posts

grumbler

'Spam' works for threads only, not for posts.
Reporting the abuse is less easy unfortunately and involves real people from the MSE team ultimately.

jobbingmusician

Thanks for that, grumbler. I had an idea that spam worked for individual posts, but maybe that was only for the first post in a thread (which obviously deletes the thread). And I can't check now, as I can't see the spam button any more!

tartantipster

jobbingmusician wrote: »

It's actually very helpful if people do hit 'spam' as it's a quick fix for things when misskool and I can't be on the board. Thank you for dealing with an unacceptable post yesterday, which disappeared before I could report it

Hi jobbingmusician, Which button is the Spam one? Thanks.:)

EDIT: Just read other posts. Could you suggest to MSE to add a "Spam Post" button please?

Artofdookie

tartantipster wrote: »

Hi jobbingmusician, Which button is the Spam one? Thanks.:)

EDIT: Just read other posts. Could you suggest to MSE to add a "Spam" button please?

There is one, in between Like it and Reply

tartantipster

Artofdookie wrote: »

There is one, in between Like it and Reply

Thanks Artofdookie, I spend a lot of time on this Forum and never noticed this before.:p

EDIT: I've altered my Post #122

schiff

tartantipster wrote: »

EDIT: Just read other posts. Could you suggest to MSE to add a "Spam Post" button please?

I don't honestly see that as a good idea. The authority for removing a post should rest with someone in a privileged responsible position ie the moderators. Can you imagine the mayhem if we could all remove posts at will :eek:

Reporting a post to the moderators, for them to decide if deletion is warranted, could be a better idea.
Unless - on reflection! - that was how your suggestion would work!

tartantipster

schiff wrote: »

I don't honestly see that as a good idea. The authority for removing a post should rest with someone in a privileged responsible position ie the moderators. Can you imagine the mayhem if we could all remove posts at will :eek:

Reporting a post to the moderators, for them to decide if deletion is warranted, could be a better idea.
Unless - on reflection! - that was how your suggestion would work!

tartantipster wrote: »

EDIT: Just read other posts. Could you suggest to MSE to add a "Spam Post" button please?

The request was so we (MSE members) could report rogue posts/posters - so those with higher authority could delete them.:)

grumbler

What's wrong with then?
I agree that it is less convenient than the 'Spam' button though.

zemoney

tartantipster wrote: »

The request was so we (MSE members) could report rogue posts/posters - so those with higher authority could delete them.:)

You can already report a post ... red triangle bottom left. Did it for the first time on Sunday as some terribly clever people have discovered (or found out about it on one of there them fora) that changing font colour mid-word allows extreme offense to bypass the swear filter.

zemoney

grumbler wrote: »

What's wrong with then?
I agree that it is less convenient than the 'Spam' button though.

Goddamn ... does the beast never rest?!

tartantipster

zemoney wrote: »

You can already report a post ... red triangle bottom left. Did it for the first time on Sunday as some terribly clever people have discovered (or found out about it on one of there them fora) that changing font colour mid-word allows extreme offense to bypass the swear filter.

Knew about the triangle mate=abuse.:)

grumbler wrote: »

What's wrong with then?
I agree that it is less convenient than the 'Spam' button though.

You said it. How about an (S) for Spam next to the triangle.:)