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Did you put a tick in one of the boxes? Did you put some text in the big box?
I know that it is one of the above - not sure which. :-)
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You need to tick one of the boxes and you need to type something in the comment box.
I usually tick 'other' and just write 'advertising' in the big box.
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Ah, thanks very much. I ticked a box, but I thought that was enough, so I didn't write anything. I'll try again.
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I've never quite understood *why* we need to type something in the box. Any ideas any one?
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I suppose it's to stop anyone from reporting threads just for the sake of it - they need to justify their report.
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Because we want to know why you're reporting it. While for spam it's simple it can be quite complicated for other issues - sometimes we need an explanation!
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I've been caught out by this - just put a single word in the comment box like "spam"
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Exactly. For example, if someone is being abusive, but in a way which isn't immediately obvious we might want to know that it is an ongoing issue and that we should look at the history between the two users.
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Thanks Ed....now I won't wonder anymore. :-)
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Ed, maybe the message could be changed from "You need to define a custom text" to something like "Please explain your reasons for reporting this post"?
I looked at that and thought 'what on earth is a custom text - and since I don't know what it is, how am I to define it?'
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naomi's right, "define a custom text" is gibberish. It's very tempting to put a custard recipe in there and claim you misread it.
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Ed, maybe the message could be changed from "You need to define a custom text" to something like "Please explain your reasons for reporting this post"?
I agree. I'll add it to the bug list.
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Custard also welcome
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If I'm reporting advertising I just put a full stop in the box.
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You're not the only one Umm!
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You don't really need an explanation though, do you?
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I'm very verbose with my report text too, it's normally just one word max :)
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Are they words that wouldn't get past the swear filter?
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Hey Ed, I might be imagining it but a while back did you publish a list of some of the funnier/more obscure reports you received? (without revealing who it was from).
Can we have an updated one?
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i want to report something now, just so i can put a custard recipe in
i might go and report ummm for something
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