Report Comments as Spam

ProdigyZeta7

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We've all seen it. We've all hated it.

Spamming is not a good way to get views on projects. It annoys people, and doesn't have any constructive criticism towards the project it is on. So I've got the idea to add another option to our commenting system: Report as spam!

“Report” will have a drop-down arrow that, when clicked, would give two options.

Default:
Username ▼Report
Blah blah blah blah blah blah…
Reply

When “Report” is Clicked:
Username ►Spam
Blah blah blah blah blah blah… ►Inappropriate
Reply

This way, if a comment isn't mean, it can still be flagged as spam for being irrelevant to the project. Then, if a user has spammed too many times in a given period, say 10 times in 3 days, he/she receives an admin message to not spam again or else get a block on his/her account, up to a fair number of days:

From the Admin:
You have repeatedly spammed in a short time. We are asking of you to please be respectful of other's projects by providing nice, constructive comments instead of links to your projects. If you would like to show off your projects, please do that in the Show and Tell forums. If you are reported again for spamming anymore, you will have a block on your account.

So, what do you guys think?

Supporters (18):
ProdigyZeta7
NoxSpooth
CS-Studios
mitchboy
mathfreak231
jvvg
ThePancakeMan
mariobros406
powerpoint56
joshuaho
zorket
thebriculator
DotDash
Rumanti
AgentRoop
dvd4
mangopopsicle
PH-zero
theotherguy08
ToxicQuillz

Last edited by ProdigyZeta7 (May 22, 2014 06:26:48)

NoxSpooth

Looks good. Support!

CS-Studios

Support! But people could report a person a bunch of times just because they hate them, you know.

Last edited by CS-Studios (June 30, 2013 02:44:41)

mitchboy

People could report people a bunch of times anyway.

Sounds a little like Youtube. I support.

Last edited by mitchboy (June 30, 2013 02:45:31)

mathfreak231

Support. But of course, the Scratch Team would look over it to make sure that it is spam.
The message should be cleared up as well, as not everybody that “spams” actually knows what “spam” means.

jvvg

I think a better solution would just to be allowing a reason when flagging a comment, but I still support this one.

ProdigyZeta7

Bump

ThePancakeMan

I support!

ProdigyZeta7

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:
Bump

mariobros406

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:
We've all seen it. We've all hated it.

Spamming is not a good way to get views on projects. It annoys people, and doesn't have any constructive criticism towards the project it is on. So I've got the idea to add another option to our commenting system: Report as spam!

“Report” will have a drop-down arrow that, when clicked, would give two options.
Default:
Username ▼Report
Blah blah blah blah blah blah…
Reply
When “Report” is Clicked:
Username ►Spam
Blah blah blah blah blah blah… ►Inappropriate
Reply
This way, if a comment isn't mean, it can still be flagged as spam for being irrelevant to the project. Then, if a user has spammed too many times in a given period, say 10 times in 3 days, he/she can get a 1-day block on his/her account, along with an admin message to not spam again:
From the Admin:
You have repeatedly spammed in a short time. We are asking of you to please be respectful of other's projects by providing nice, constructive comments instead of links to your projects. If you would like to show off your projects, please do that in the Show and Tell forums.
mariobros406 wrote:
I think that Scratch should DEFINITELY add this idea! You're right, there's way too much spam on Scratch.

powerpoint56

I support.

Mokat

I think that instead of the drop down, you could just type in a reason for flagging a comment.

manwithmanykids

Drop down, makes it easier for a moderator because they can just list the comments and do a quick flagging without having to read the reason etc. a comment only really helps if it's an opinion based complaint and really that kinda falls into a whole other area od moderating

joshuaho

CS-Studios wrote:
Support! But people could report a person a bunch of times just because they hate them, you know.

Flagging a person just because you hate him/her is possible, but the Scratch Team will decide what to do on what they see. If someone flags a person just because he hates that person, he would eventually get banned.

Last edited by joshuaho (July 2, 2013 19:21:52)

joshuaho

I support!! However, the block can sometimes not be fair. If the scratcher is new, he/she most likely does not know that spamming is. What would be better is that the scratcher FIRST gets the admin message, THEN a ban if he/she does not stop spamming. Banning a new scratcher who knows nothing about the rules can be a little unfair. But the flagging options…. I support!

Last edited by joshuaho (July 2, 2013 19:22:26)

ProdigyZeta7

joshuaho wrote:
I support!! However, the block can sometimes not be fair. If the scratcher is new, he/she most likely does not know that spamming is. What would be better is that the scratcher FIRST gets the admin message, THEN a ban if he/she does not stop spamming. Banning a new scratcher who knows nothing about the rules can be a little unfair. But the flagging options…. I support!

Fixed.

joshuaho

ProdigyZeta7 wrote:
joshuaho wrote:
I support!! However, the block can sometimes not be fair. If the scratcher is new, he/she most likely does not know that spamming is. What would be better is that the scratcher FIRST gets the admin message, THEN a ban if he/she does not stop spamming. Banning a new scratcher who knows nothing about the rules can be a little unfair. But the flagging options…. I support!
Fixed.

Great!

And thanks for adding me to the list!

Last edited by joshuaho (July 2, 2013 19:30:52)

mathfreak231

Should I point out that you mistyped my username?

Failord

jvvg wrote:
I think a better solution would just to be allowing a reason when flagging a comment…

Or perhaps making you have to add a reason and go though a Capcha. This helps prevent spam bots, and also cripples trolls. After all, you don't flag a comment that often, and this would help prevent hate reporting.

Last edited by Failord (July 2, 2013 22:22:04)

ProdigyZeta7

mathfreak231 wrote:
Should I point out that you mistyped my username?

Whoops. I got confused with two other usernames that are strikingly similar to yours. Fixed it.

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