First of all, as always, some context, or why I'm making this.

A while ago, there was a Scratcher who spammed ads every day on very active profiles. Whoever replies telling them to stop, including me (that was before the post about advertising was updated in the Scratch Wiki), they spend days harassing. According to my observation, they have harassed at least 2 more Scratchers after me.
In that scenario, even though we could and would report, that button might seem powerless and slow. And not everyone would want to use the “Contact Us” feature for different reasons. Since I can't be the only one experiencing similar things, here are my suggestions:


1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.


2. Emergency Report
This would be a separate popup when the report button is pressed. If a Scratcher chooses to Emergency Report, the report will be prioritized by the moderators. However, after Emergency Reporting, the feature goes on cooldown for… 12 hours? 24 hours? Longer? Something like that. (Due to the high ignorance of this part, I had to make it more noticeable… somehow.) In the meantime, they can still file regular reports. I also believe it might be a good idea to prevent new scratchers from accessing this feature.


Oh and also,

inklinkid wrote:

Idea: for the emergency report, it could have the rules that it can be revoked if you abuse it. If it's genuinely hurtful (or at least breaks guidelines), you have the ability to keep it. The punishment system for abusing could be as follows:
1. Warning + explanation of how the button works
2. Second Warning + longer cooldown
3. Permanent ban of the Emergency Report button

3. Extra
This one isn't necessarily related to my context given, but I believe we should be able to tell the moderators in some way when we're reporting a profile for Ban Evasion or Impersonation. The last time I reported a profile for impersonation, I was sent an admin message for false reporting.


Final words
At this point, I have nothing more to cover. I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and only the truth throughout my testification.
Signature: SapphirePX
September 18, 2026

I AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY NEED TO ADD EMERGENCY REPORT BUT ADD A ECORD ON YOUR PROFILE OF HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS DONE INSTEAD OF A TIME LIMIT.

I don't think that's how it works???
Whenever I report something, it's usually taken care of in less than a day

knowitall1237 wrote:

I don't think that's how it works???
Whenever I report something, it's usually taken care of in less than a day

Well, that might be true for projects. But according to my experience, comments would sometimes take a lot longer.

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

SapphirePX wrote:

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

I believe you are wrong - so far as the numbers go.

However, the idea of having an “emergency report” which would receive a higher moderation priority is interesting. My fear would be that reporters would eventually move to only using the “emergency report” - since everybody wants results from their reports - thus rendering the feature useless. My other fear is that it would add complexity to the reporting process and perhaps discourage some reporters by asking them to make a value judgement.

Paddle2See wrote:

-Snip-

I agree.
If everything is an emergency report, nothing is an emergency report.


Edit: ohhhhhh wait it has a cooldown nevermind then

Given the nature of the current report system, it is likely that this will be considered as a much needed change. One time, I had a project reported of mine and it gave me the warning, but it didn’t come with a reason which made the take down a little vague and strange. Usually an explanation would be sufficient.

But either from that fact, I agree with what Paddle said and stand by his words.

Bumping for more opinions

I say st should pay more attention to reports, my you get bullied, what do you do? Remix remix remix got taken down and they said to remix, therefore, why is it disrespectful? It was exactly why it got reported in my message from s.t.
Update: I also added what they asked me to add.

SapphirePX wrote:

knowitall1237 wrote:

I don't think that's how it works???
Whenever I report something, it's usually taken care of in less than a day

Well, that might be true for projects. But according to my experience, comments would sometimes take a lot longer.

im pretty sure ST doesnt respond to ANY of my reports at ALL.

Foxofpeace wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

knowitall1237 wrote:

I don't think that's how it works???
Whenever I report something, it's usually taken care of in less than a day

Well, that might be true for projects. But according to my experience, comments would sometimes take a lot longer.

im pretty sure ST doesnt respond to ANY of my reports at ALL.

That is strange cause my project got taken down and I think it was false reported.

nothingco wrote:

Foxofpeace wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

knowitall1237 wrote:

I don't think that's how it works???
Whenever I report something, it's usually taken care of in less than a day

Well, that might be true for projects. But according to my experience, comments would sometimes take a lot longer.

im pretty sure ST doesnt respond to ANY of my reports at ALL.

That is strange cause my project got taken down and I think it was false reported.

idk, i think ST secretly makes student accounts reports have less priority

Bumping due to inactivity

i agree with paddle2see, people are going to only use the emergency report making it useless

Paddle2See wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

I believe you are wrong - so far as the numbers go.

However, the idea of having an “emergency report” which would receive a higher moderation priority is interesting. My fear would be that reporters would eventually move to only using the “emergency report” - since everybody wants results from their reports - thus rendering the feature useless. My other fear is that it would add complexity to the reporting process and perhaps discourage some reporters by asking them to make a value judgement.

It has a cooldown for EVERYONE so when one uses it the feature is unusable for 24hours and due to that people would not use it as often as regular report

nothingco wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

I believe you are wrong - so far as the numbers go.

However, the idea of having an “emergency report” which would receive a higher moderation priority is interesting. My fear would be that reporters would eventually move to only using the “emergency report” - since everybody wants results from their reports - thus rendering the feature useless. My other fear is that it would add complexity to the reporting process and perhaps discourage some reporters by asking them to make a value judgement.

It has a cooldown for EVERYONE so when one uses it the feature is unusable for 24hours and due to that people would not use it as often as regular report

the thing is, most people go for over 24 hours without reporting

Paddle2See wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

I believe you are wrong - so far as the numbers go.

However, the idea of having an “emergency report” which would receive a higher moderation priority is interesting. My fear would be that reporters would eventually move to only using the “emergency report” - since everybody wants results from their reports - thus rendering the feature useless. My other fear is that it would add complexity to the reporting process and perhaps discourage some reporters by asking them to make a value judgement.

Idea: for the emergency report, it could have the rules that it can be revoked if you abuse it. If it's genuinely hurtful (or at least breaks guidelines), you have the ability to keep it. The punishment system for abusing could be as follows:
1. Warning + explanation of how the button works
2. Second Warning + longer cooldown
3. Permanent ban of the Emergency Report button

Paddle2See wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

jmb1293634 wrote:

SapphirePX wrote:

1. Make the Report Weight More.
According to my knowledge, 6 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, and 6 admin messages = 1 ban. That means a toxic comment only weights 1/6 as heavy as a project or a studio, although arguably, they are what hurts the most. So my first suggestion would be to make a comment report make more. Something like 3 processed reported comments = 1 admin message, or maybe just 2, or even 1. And I also believe this would only be fair if it applies to genuinely mean comments, chainmail/ads/text art/etc. could retain their weight of 1/6 of an admin message.

I'd be interested to know where you got this information from

Just experience, since I have gotten banned before. I might also be wrong.

I believe you are wrong - so far as the numbers go.

However, the idea of having an “emergency report” which would receive a higher moderation priority is interesting. My fear would be that reporters would eventually move to only using the “emergency report” - since everybody wants results from their reports - thus rendering the feature useless. My other fear is that it would add complexity to the reporting process and perhaps discourage some reporters by asking them to make a value judgement.

and once all the reports are super… none of them will be. /extremelyserious

I think that perhaps making the “emergency report” just immediately auto-takedown the comment for users with good behavior may be a good idea (to my knowledge two individuals reporting a comment makes the comment automatically get taken down until it can be reviewed. “emergency reports” could trigger this but with only one user.)