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[Site Funtionality][Site Rules] Reporting users?

There's a user that's been posting blatant spam for his own websites. Over 80% of this user's snaps are from a website that shares a name with the account's user name. The other 20% are all sites that use the same template. One even has a line at the bottom - Designed by [username].

I've been downvoting these posts as I see them, and marking them as spam / blatant self promotion, but recently when I downvote I no longer get the prompt to enter a reason.

What's the best way to go about reporting this behavior? Is there already a reporting mechanism in place that I'm missing?

8 years ago by a7h13f with 4 comments

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  • drunkenninja (edited 8 years ago)
    +9

    When you down vote and select spam, the user is automatically reported. There is currently a glitch in the functionality that has effected the downvote reasons for snaps. We are working on fixing the issue and releasing a hot fix. We should have this resolved within the next couple of days.

    • Fuyu
      +7

      I think maybe the "self-serving" reason should automatically report as well to deal with these users. Because when I see these spambots, the primary reason I see for downvotes that people select is the "self-serving" rule, because that's what it is. I think most people think of spam as meaningless posts, which these posts aren't since they'd be acceptable if not for the "self-serving" rule so posts may not be getting reported effectively.

      • drunkenninja
        +3

        Currently we have an issue with the down vote reason functionality which will be corrected shortly. I'm not sure if you have read a recent blog post in /t/blog about our upcoming voting functionality update but there is a lot of details inside that explain how we plan to improve on the current concept.

  • pseudopsynic
    +6

    I know exactly who you're referring to.

    They're the reason I was looking for a way to report as well.