How report a user?

[sportsgamingguy2023]

How do I report a user on here for violation of TOS?

[BurghFan]

Use the report button in the lower left. It's the icon that looks like a triangle with a vertical line in it below username/location.

[sportsgamingguy2023]

Quote: Originally Posted by BurghFan

Use the report button in the lower left. It's the icon that looks like a triangle with a vertical line in it below username/location.

Thank you. If a user, or users, report a posting that clearly violated TOS, how do we know if any action is taken against them?

[l3ulvl]

do we still flag posts? I remember back in the day the post in question would get a yellow or red card, not sure we still do that

[sportsgamingguy2023]

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

do we still flag posts? I remember back in the day the post in question would get a yellow or red card, not sure we still do that

You can flag posts and report them to the admins. However, there is no indication back to the person who reported the issue if any action is taken against the person who posted. It's a hole in the process.

I know that there are regular offenders who have many complaints against them throughout the years and postings reported, but they never get suspended or banned. Yet others who are relatively new users can get banned for life based on one post.

It does not appear to be an equitable process.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportsgamingguy2023

Thank you. If a user, or users, report a posting that clearly violated TOS, how do we know if any action is taken against them?

If you see their name turn pink you know action happened. Beyond that, I don't think OS sends a letter to your parents asking for the offender to be grounded from the Internet.

Quote: Originally Posted by l3ulvl

do we still flag posts? I remember back in the day the post in question would get a yellow or red card, not sure we still do that

Quote: Originally Posted by sportsgamingguy2023

You can flag posts and report them to the admins. However, there is no indication back to the person who reported the issue if any action is taken against the person who posted. It's a hole in the process. I know that there are regular offenders who have many complaints against them throughout the years and postings reported, but they never get suspended or banned. Yet others who are relatively new users can get banned for life based on one post. It does not appear to be an equitable process.

I think the ''flag'' 13ulvl is referring to are flag infractions placed in the bottom of the offending post. This was done by moderators. A regular OS member could not place those ''flags'' there. I felt like they were helpful to new members so they could see what type behavior wasn't tolerated. You could then click on the yellow or red flag to read the notes the moderator made. But I haven't noticed any of those in a while.

[sportsgamingguy2023]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

If you see their name turn pink you know action happened. Beyond that, I don't think OS sends a letter to your parents asking for the offender to be grounded from the Internet.

Well, thank God for that! Would be tough getting in touch with parents who have been dead for decades...