Those of you who were here last Friday afternoon know what Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m referring to. There are people on the internet who think itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s really funny to post truly vile pictures on family oriented forums to get a reaction. We were randomly targeted Friday because we are family friendly, and because the forums are a busy place. This is a pretty uncommon occurrence around here, mostly because we are a fully moderated board, and itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s difficult to find a time when there arenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t at least 1-2 moderators on the board. Because of the holiday weekend, they happened to find ½ hour when there werenâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t any of us on.
So what do you, our wonderful and ever vigilant members, do when you see these kinds of posts?
1. Hit the Report Post button to report it to the moderators.
That button is found at the top of every post in every forum. When you hit the report post button, you will get a dialog box that prompts you for the reasons why you are reporting the post. An email with a link to the post and your reasons will be sent to every moderator of that forum. For instance, if you report a post in The Lounge, an email will be sent to me, Deb, Mary Anne, Christy, and Cindy.
2. You can PM moderators, but chances are that we will get the reported posts and PMs at the same time. Please do not flood our PM boxes, as that will only make it more difficult to get to the posts in question, especially if we have the pop-up notifications on when we are trying to move posts.
3. Put the poster(s) on Ignore so you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have to see the posts. Click on their Username and choose View Public Profile. Underneath their header will be the option “Add (Username) to Your Ignore Listâ€. By clicking on that, you will no longer see their posts (you will see where they posted, but not the content), and they will not be able to send you PMs.
4. Do not engage them, confront them, challenge them, threaten them, etc. This is exactly what they want. They want a reaction. If there is no reaction, they have failed. Please do not post multiple threads saying “Do not read posts by XXXâ€. That will draw them into the thread and they will fill it with posts containing exactly what you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want everyone to see. I do understand that reaction; I did it myself the first time I saw a raid like that. But it really is the worst thing to do. It only encourages them to do more because now they KNOW that they made you mad, frustrated and grossed out.
5. Please note that the Mentors, Community Leaders, Advisors and Guest Moderators cannot remove threads or ban members.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
So what do you, our wonderful and ever vigilant members, do when you see these kinds of posts?
1. Hit the Report Post button to report it to the moderators.
2. You can PM moderators, but chances are that we will get the reported posts and PMs at the same time. Please do not flood our PM boxes, as that will only make it more difficult to get to the posts in question, especially if we have the pop-up notifications on when we are trying to move posts.
3. Put the poster(s) on Ignore so you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have to see the posts. Click on their Username and choose View Public Profile. Underneath their header will be the option “Add (Username) to Your Ignore Listâ€. By clicking on that, you will no longer see their posts (you will see where they posted, but not the content), and they will not be able to send you PMs.
4. Do not engage them, confront them, challenge them, threaten them, etc. This is exactly what they want. They want a reaction. If there is no reaction, they have failed. Please do not post multiple threads saying “Do not read posts by XXXâ€. That will draw them into the thread and they will fill it with posts containing exactly what you donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want everyone to see. I do understand that reaction; I did it myself the first time I saw a raid like that. But it really is the worst thing to do. It only encourages them to do more because now they KNOW that they made you mad, frustrated and grossed out.
5. Please note that the Mentors, Community Leaders, Advisors and Guest Moderators cannot remove threads or ban members.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.