Moderation FAQ
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No, they're not anonymous.IceForce said:I wouldn't worry about it. They can't see who's-reporting-what anyway; reports/flags are anonymous.Dynast Brass said:I reported someone by mistake, is there any way I can undo that? I clicked the link to get to the page, but the one in question had actually already been moderated. I don't want to seem like I'm randomly reporting users for nothing.
Well, it might be anonymous to the moderators, but not the staff - a few years ago I accidentally hit the report button on a Community Manager's post as I was scrolling past and got a hostile PM message from the Community Manager in question.
That seems plausible. I've heard that part of the criteria that goes into selecting a new mod is observing and tracking how accurate they are with their reports. (Or to put it another way, the staff are unlikely to promote someone to mod status who goes around reporting everything and everyone just to be annoying.)Superbeast said:
So yeah, I'm guessing it's a 'staff-only' thing.
The forum mods themselves don't have power over these things. Try submitting a support ticket [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/contact/subject/account], which is sent to The Escapist staff directly. The more detail you can give -- specific webpages where you have seen this happen, links to screenshots, URLs if your page is redirected -- the better. Any responses to your ticket will be sent to the email address you provide in that form, so make sure to check that inbox and your spam filter if you haven't noticed a difference in a few days.Nicodemus said:
It means that they weren't banned for a post. They were banned for some other reason instead, like an offensive/insulting PM or moderation appeal ticket, breaking the rules in a usergroup, or because they were posting on multiple accounts (with a ban currently on one or more of their accounts).ACWells said:
We can only guess, but it's practically always one of the above reasons.
We'll never be told the actual reason, though; something about 'user privacy' or something.
You're more likely to get an answer if you ask this question here instead:Slice said:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/contact/subject/forums
Messages submitted via ^that form are actually checked, unlike this thread, which hasn't had a moderator post in it since... holy shit, November 2013. Look at all the unanswered questions on this page!
When you get a warning there's a link to appeal it. Pretty much only place you can really get an answer is there. The reply comes to the e-mail you signed up with.President Bagel said:
