topic Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14 in Credit Cards

The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Revelate — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:48:45 GMT

Recently your wayward moderators have become aware of a couple of rumors, myths, and legends regarding the Report Inappropriate Content option, and we're attempting to dispel them. In doing so we hope to improve the community by being more responsive on the smaller things, but we need your assistance with that.

What It Is

The Report Inappropriate Content (hereafter labelled RIC) option is badly misnamed - on the myFICO community we use it for anything which needs attention from a moderator which range from the trivial, to the minor, to the potentially inapproriate things which damage the community. We actually do pretty darned well as a community on reporting the things that harm the community (FSR nastiness, trolling, blatant spam), but we don't do so well on some of the other things such as cleanup (admittedly somewhat trivial) or more importantly, moving a thread to a better location where it can be assisted better by the community vis a vis a question about an open collection is best served in the Rebuilding Your Credit board, rather than Credit Card Approvals.

All the RIC option does is create a message in the Abuse folder which is only accessible to the moderators and admins; this option is available to everyone: users, CL's, moderators, and admins.

It is accessible from any message under Options and looks similar to:

This is not an exhaustive list, but a few common things which the RIC option can be used for:

Request to move a thread
Request to delete a post - duplicate or blank, thread maintenance
Request to remove a thread (can't delete our own posts unfortunately on Lithium)
Report of a potentially trolling user
Report of a potentially non-FSR statement
Report of potential spam / solicitation
Anything remotely questionable where moderator attention may be warranted; if it's no problem, no harm, no foul and at least someone got a chance to take a second look at it.

What It Is Not

This is where the myths come into play; please feel free to add to the list in the discusion (or PM a moderator or admin you are comfortable with and we'll add it anonymously).

Explicitly it is not:

Automatically removing the post in question: this requires moderator or admin action. Actually, ALL actions in regard to the RIC option must be performed by a moderator or admin.
Creating a record on the user: it does not, it simply generates a message in the Abuse folder which the moderators and admins have access to, nothing else.
Sending any sort of notification to the user who wrote the message in question: no one else outside of the moderator and admin staffs will ever see a record of it.
Tattling on a user: I know I can't convince you of this necessarily, but we're all adults here and if it makes better use of available moderator time the better the community will be for it.
Something reserved for the forum "establishment" (however you define it): it is for every single member of this community.

In closing, to reiterate, we're simply trying to improve the forums and clear up some unfortunate theories which seem to have crept in over the years. I know I'm of the opinion this is a fantastic community, but we're striving to make it better and in this case all of you can potentially help.

Thank you all for your contributions on the forums!

--Revelate, myFICO moderator

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

MadTechnologist — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:28:49 GMT

Thanks for the info. I wondered what that button was for and now I know!

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

TheConductor — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:19:50 GMT

It does seem like a lot of the rumors and misconceptions could be remedied by simply renaming the button to "Request Moderator Assistance" or something like that.

If that's impossible, this post certainly does an admirable job of clearing up the misunderstandings.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Kenny — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:34:19 GMT

Great post, Revelate! I can say with certainty, these guys want you to use the link if you think any of the above apply, don't hesitate to use it. Only so many of mods/admins so there is only so much that they can do, and I know they've posted before that it's really helpful to them!

I know when I used them before, I always felt like I was creating a mess/problem/work for them and I was hesitant to click it. Do not think that!

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Themanwhocan — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:23:38 GMT

@TheConductor wrote:
It does seem like a lot of the rumors and misconceptions could be remedied by simply renaming the button to "Request Moderator Assistance" or something like that.

If that's impossible, this post certainly does an admirable job of clearing up the misunderstandings.

Or just call it Yoo Hoo!

After all it is just to attract someones attention...

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

the_jan_b — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:47:01 GMT

@Themanwhocan wrote:
@TheConductor wrote:
It does seem like a lot of the rumors and misconceptions could be remedied by simply renaming the button to "Request Moderator Assistance" or something like that.

If that's impossible, this post certainly does an admirable job of clearing up the misunderstandings.
Or just call it Yoo Hoo!

After all it is just to attract someones attention...

I like this suggestion!!

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Stralem — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:00:41 GMT

So if I send a copy of a Game of Thrones/Power Rangers erotic novel that I've been working on through this report function, I'll be able to receive editorial feedback from the entire moderation team?

Neato.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Themanwhocan — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:20:59 GMT

@Stralem wrote:
So if I send a copy of a Game of Thrones/Power Rangers erotic novel that I've been working on through this report function, I'll be able to receive editorial feedback from the entire moderation team?

Neato.

Power Rangers? Nah, it should be Kamen Rider.

the lock has been opened.

How shall it be used... that forbidden fruit?

-Kamen Rider Gaim references, for those of you that don't watch current Japanese TV shows.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Stralem — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 00:36:10 GMT

えっっ？！誰かが仮面ライダーを知っているのか？！

Alright, color me impressed.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

PandiferBear — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 01:53:01 GMT

@Stralem wrote:
So if I send a copy of a Game of Thrones/Power Rangers erotic novel that I've been working on through this report function, I'll be able to receive editorial feedback from the entire moderation team?

Neato.

Such pure genius. Love the thinking outside the box!

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Revelate — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:41:58 GMT

@Themanwhocan wrote:
@TheConductor wrote:
It does seem like a lot of the rumors and misconceptions could be remedied by simply renaming the button to "Request Moderator Assistance" or something like that.

If that's impossible, this post certainly does an admirable job of clearing up the misunderstandings.
Or just call it Yoo Hoo!

After all it is just to attract someones attention...

I wish we could! Unfortunately (or fortunately, do we really want FICO writing a forum software with how complex ergo cumbersome their algorithm is?!?) it's a third party software and there's likely no software configurable function to change it.

I absolutely agree it's poorly named, and it would be fantastic to change it; alas, it's what we have, hence the post.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

vygotsky — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:27:19 GMT

nice guide

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Sk323i — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:26:06 GMT

I attempted to use the RIC option as my posts seem to be getting stopped by a SPAM blocker. Please help.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

gdale6 — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:32:50 GMT

@Sk323i wrote:
I attempted to use the RIC option as my posts seem to be getting stopped by a SPAM blocker. Please help.

I found the posts and have restored them. See your post in RYC.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

-Cal- — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:29:39 GMT

Can I use the link to request that this thread be moved to SmorgasBoard?

But thanks for the heads-up and clarification.

Re: The Infamous Report Inappropriate Content option! --- 6/13/14

Deedee_ — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:37:17 GMT

For current instructions on reporting inappropriate content, please see the New 'How to Report Inappropriate Content' Guide here.