Do you still report any abusing material even if........

@Aaleexix (2290)
India
January 2, 2011 9:32am CST
Do you still report any abusing material even if admin implement any rule of penalty for wrong reporting? We are ask to report on any abusing material. Most of us do so. But what we thing abusing is actually may not be so as we thing. What we think as abusing may not be considered as abusing. So Admin take decision on their justification. In reporting we have the chance of wrong judgment in selection. Now my question is if you have to facing penalty, do you report on what you think abusing materials?
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11 responses
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Jan 11
If I see something which I think might be a violation, I report it and it is up to admin to decide whether it is or not and delete or not delete accordingly. I see no reason to implement a penalty for those who report a post which is not a violation because that does NOT mean that it will be deleted. There are already only a minority who report at all here sadly and such penalty would stop many reporting and helping admin to keep myLot the way it is. If such a penalty was introduced then it would make no difference to me. I would still report if and when I thought necessary.
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@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
There is no chance of implementation of penalty but I just try to know the opinion of people. It is the ignorance of the people. Where we dwell we need to take measures to keep it clean. But most of us are not ready to take any trouble. In society people should be conscious against any violation. People need to take some trouble too for the interest of society. Now in any case to fight against the disorder we have to loose something. But it is very important. Even if in doing so if we need to loose something too. In your discussion you have raised a problem on add, in that case too people are not aware. So such situation are increasing. I really appreciate your stand on this matter. Yes I must report what I thing wrong. Even if I have to pay for that I will not shut my mouth. And that is needed in our society now. Other wise our society will be gloom in the shadow of violation.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
2 Jan 11
Society begins in the home. I was brought up to be aware that if i kept my own room tidy, it would be less work for my mother. If I helped clear the dinner table, then she would finish her chores earlier and have more time with us. If I took my litter home instead of throwing it on the street, the council would have more more to spend on other things instead of paying people to clean it up. Throwing my used gum in the river could kill the beautiful swans and so on and so on. I look at the way the world is going and sigh. The headlines talk of politics and religion and both are giving the wrong examples of how we should be acting if we want a pleasant world to live in. If each one of us respected the others there would be no need to report anything because there would be nothing to report. But respect is slowly leaving our world...
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@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
What have you described here is the model society. We call call such society as a dream society where is not disorder anywhere. But in reality society is not so smooth. Lot disorder are there. Some people have to take some trouble for the greater interest of the society. In doing that they are even penalize too. History is the evidence of that. There are some many example of such indent where those are punished who are doing for the social reform. Situation is not completely different now. But as a responsible person everyone should have that courage to face the situation in cost of personal loss.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
2 Jan 11
I have never reported a topic in my life. If I see that it is wrong, I just move away from it. I think that other people are more adept to doing something like that anyway. So I give them that pleasure. Still, I don't want to be mistaken about the topic being against guidelines. Chances are that I'm right but I don't want to take a chance.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
2 Jan 11
Well I would like to think that there are other responsible members here than me who would jump at the chance to report things. Plus a lot of the time, a lot more people would be quicker on the draw than me. I'm not about to appoint myself a guardian to this website, rather I'm just here to post. If it is something really flagrant then I may reserve the right to abandon my policy.
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
I honor your noble approach. But resection your own stand I want to as you as humble question. Do you really not think that it is our responsibility to report anything wrong if we notice in this site? If we are ignoring anything abusing here, is it not our ignorance as a responsible member of this site?
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@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
Reporting is not actually guardianship but as you are exploring the site so we have the chance to view the disorder which are running. So mylot advices us to point out those to admin. You policy very fair. But reporting helps admin to make the site free from abusing materials.
@GardenGerty (160696)
• United States
2 Jan 11
I do report things that are clearly abuse of terms. i am not afraid of admin, as I find them to be very fair.
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@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
3 Jan 11
That is best policy to be assure before reporting. But some thing are confusing . Actually some people violate rules very tactfully. At it's outlook it does not look like any abusing . But those people are habituate in violating rule in modest way. So such violation are more harmful.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Jan 11
If you think about it, we are looking at penalties for wrong judgment every single day. A discussion may be wrongly reported and wrongly deleted too. I know I've protested a couple of deletions, and actually gotten one reinstated. Admin are people too, and their judgments are subjective sometimes. I don't have a problem with some kind of a penalty for wrong reporting, but it depends on what the penalty is. Maybe it could be as simple as disabling that person's report button for a day or a week or whatever.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Jan 11
Thanks for the best response!
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
*And thus we can help in lessening mistakes of admin on wrong deletion with proper reporting.
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
Thank you very very much for you this very very impressive comment on this discussion. What have said that wrong is common to all. None free from errors and mistake. Though admin need to take some decision on deletion, but sometime some wrong may be occurs to them too. And penalty makes us more responsible in reporting. And this we lessen on mistakes of admin of deletion on wrong reporting.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
6 Jan 11
I don’t report unless it is something that I am certain has broken the rules. It is not something I do lightly; in fact I can’t remember the last time I did such a thing. It would have to be a blatant breach of rules such as an abusive post etc. I am sure I would not report in error.I think I would be safe from wrong reporting, I hope...
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
Not reporting for be safe position from keeping ourselves free from errors is I think little conservative. But it is best to be sure before reporting. Question is that as human are not free from errors. So in judgment of any discussion we may have wrong. Now in fear of wrong judgment of us is it right to judge? With noble intention to we may commit wrong. And are we ready to pay for our innocent fault ?
• United States
5 Jan 11
I don't report against anyone because I believe that admin is there to take care of it..He/she keeps eye on this community so I don't need to worry about it. Sometimes some users annoy us by posting against the rule but I think that newbies make some mistakes..it's ok when they will see some good post they improve themselves. Everyone needs chances to improve...I am not that much strict person..
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
Admin is there to take care of that but we need to point out that to admin. As we are exploring different discussions so we have the maximum chance to view those. And as a responsible user if we point out those it is easier for admin to reach that. Actually if people are warn their mistake then if is opportunity for them to improve, Actually is we are indicate our wrong the it is easier for us to prepare ourselves to make free from wrong.
@shaggin (72141)
• United States
2 Jan 11
I do not report abuse very often simply because I do not see much of it on mylot. Mylot does a great job of removing offensive material. I have reported a few things but not very often. I wouldnt report things that werent against the guidelines as that just wastes mylot staffs time. If there was a penalty for reporting material that wasent against the guidelines I would still report the material I see that I know is against guidelines.
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
What you do is the correct way of reporting. Before reporting we need to confirm about the offense clearly. But human are not free of errors. Sometime we may think some thing wrong but that is not wrong actually. Such situation may come .... In that situation if any system is implemented for our wrong reporting, then will you eager to report. It is not right that every time we do wrong. But some how some way we may have also wrong. And if we have to pay for that wrong is it right to restrict us from reporting?
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
2 Jan 11
hi Aaleexix If I see something that I feel is blatantly abusive' I will report it as mylot admins asked us to do that. I feel that I will not be penalized if I was at all wrong in my feeling as mylot admins are intelligent and will not punish me even if I was wrong in their eyes. Why would we be penalized?
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
2 Jan 11
No I am not suggesting to penalize. And penalty for reporting is not even appreciable.... But in society we need to face trouble when we are opposing some disorder. But we the civilize need to be ready to take that trouble for the greater interest of the society. Normally people are not ready to take trouble.
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@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
3 Jan 11
I report violation of guidelines. If I were to be penalized for that, I'd probably leave myLot. Just yesterday I was reading a discussion and one of the respondents was rude, offensive and foul and I reported. Don't know if that will result in anything but I surely hope so. Discussions can be answered without the foul language and offensiveness.
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
3 Jan 11
No No my friend I am not suggesting to penalize people for reporting. And it is just a question . And if, only if.... if penalize for reporting which is wrong. Means in any noble deed to we may have wrong. We may think some thing as wrong and actually that is right. It is common human error. Ans no one is completely free from human error so with good intention too we may have commit some wrong. And if ... only if we have to pay for the innocent mistake, do you leave those noble deed in fear of mistake?
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
5 Jan 11
I actually don't report people too often. The reason that I don't report is because most of the time the questionable materials that I see are people's opinions instead of something that is meant to be abusive to a particular person. That said, I do think that people should not be ashamed to report someone when they say something that is purposely hurtful. I don't think that it is ever acceptible to purposely hurt another person.
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
Your intention is very good and we need to be tolerant towards different opinion. But abusive material are those that normally indecent and against mylot rules. What is against our opinion are not abusive. But some is thing there which is not and should not tolerate. What we do by reporting is actually for retaining better environment of this site. Now some report are really intensive and those are actually harmful. Intentional reporting creates many more adverse situation. I am not promoting penalty for wrong reporting. But if minimal penalty is implemented I think people will be more cautious toward reporting.
@Memnon (2170)
5 Jan 11
To be honest I don't think that I will be bothering with myLot for much longer. I just had a truthful response that addressed the question deleted as irrelevant. It seems that Admin do what they feel like. So chances are this will go too..........
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
7 Jan 11
Yes I also agree with you that if penalty is imposed, why to people take trouble in cost of personal loss. But I again want to assure you that it is my opinion that irresponsible reporting is also harmful. As proper reporting is useful thus wrong and intentional reporting makes some chaotic situation. It can't be deny that for wrong reporting some of discussion may be deleted by admin mistakenly.