reporting self promo

robbies_gal

ive reported in the past with no problem

today when i reported one i recieved in the standard emaill saying in future could you provide links to why you think its self promotion

how ma i supposed to do that if its just a gut feeling

i thought the point was for us to report it then the mods sort all the rest out

Moneybot

This came up before in the Spam Thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5043582


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=66339946&postcount=32

Gut feeling is hard one to follow up on...

robbies_gal

woops sorry didnt see that

Moneybot

No reason you should have given the title of the thread.

Zanzib

I'd seen the first but not the second.

On that basis, self-promotion will be getting through then.

robbies_gal

just ridiculous imo-im not a mod im not here to do that job sorry if theyre not going to remove posts because we dont prove it theres going to be a lot of it left onthe boards

Moneybot

robbies_gal wrote: »

just ridiculous imo-im not a mod im not here to do that job sorry if theyre not going to remove posts because we dont prove it theres going to be a lot of it left onthe boards

I suppose the argument is if you haven't got anything other than a feeling it's self promotion how can they tell if it really is self promotion? It might be you have another reason for wanting that comp removed from the board.

gholmes724

I'm happy to report it but I'm not prepared to spend hours preparing the case for the prosecution, and since that seems to be required now when common sense should suffice I don't bother any more.

Moneybot

gholmes724 wrote: »

I'm happy to report it but I'm not prepared to spend hours preparing the case for the prosecution, and since that seems to be required now when common sense should suffice I don't bother any more.

I would have thought a link showing a similarity in names between the poster and the someone at the company would suffice. I usually have that before I would report it as elf promotion anyway.

Blulu

I think I can see their point. If they take negative action, including removing a post, it has to be based on evidence, not opinion.

They must deal with lots of reports every day. They wouldn't have the resources to investigate each one. It makes sense to me that someone reporting for self-promo must be basing that on something. If it’s based on nothing more than a hunch, we shouldn't expect MSE to take action. But if they can show evidence to back up their hunch, then MSE can remove the post.

People can report maliciously or because they mean well. Either way, it’s better for the person reporting to do just a little evidence gathering, to back up their claim, rather than expect MSE to keep playing Sherlock Holmes on everyone else’s whim.

Blu X

gholmes724

The main problem is that even when you do take the time to supply the evidence they still don't act on it. You don't bother again after that.