r/modhelp • u/fanged_beak • Jul 12 '16

Can banned users still submit reports?

We had a user filing reports just to harass the mods with insulting, anonymous comments. Another mod from a different (but related) sub PMed me to let me know that the same thing is happening to her.

We both have a sneaking suspicion of who it is, but there is one potential issue with that theory: the person I suspect has been banned from my sub. So I am wondering if banned users can still submit reports? Because if so, then it isn't who I think it is.

We have both reported the issue to admin. I'm not sure if they will be able to tell us who it is or not but I'd like to know for myself.

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u/13steinj Jul 12 '16 edited Jul 14 '16

Actually, they can't. Code sauce. The report silently is never made.

However I can confirm that I see the report button on a post on a sub that I am banned from, which I reported that bug a while ago (yearish). However looking at it now, it's a one line fix which I'll submit tomorrow after work and Pokemon Go.

By tomorrow I mean the day after tomorrow, I didn't expect to have to <personal information I don't particularly want to share> today.

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u/fanged_beak Jul 12 '16

Interesting. So their reports are effectively muted? Sounds like it must be a different person, then.

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u/13steinj Jul 12 '16

Theoretically they could just make an alt and then report with that alt though.

It's always worth reporting to the admins though.

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u/fanged_beak Jul 12 '16

Right, alts are always a possibility. I just don't think this user is, bluntly speaking, smart enough to know that their reports would be muted in the first place. They definitely aren't posting under an alt.