probably because theymos announced the possibility of merit badges
I started reporting a lot more when I read some report stats last year. There were no badges yet to be earned, so I can imagine this thread made more people aware of the possibility.
It's clear some of them are actually just looking for things to report
I'm kinda guilty of that too (when I go after accounts to be nuked), and I report many of them. But they're recent and active accounts.
When I stumble upon old bad posts, I sometimes report them too, but those are exceptions.
because they're reporting old threads that haven't been posted in for ages just to be 'locked' or spam posts from ages ago. Just saw one report from January on a spam post. Is that really essential?
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this one? That's a waste of time indeed.
BTW If my reporting manners are not good enough, please let me know so we both don't waste time and effort.
Same for me! There's barely any feedback on reports, sometimes I get a "thanks!", but that's it. Without any message, I assume I'm doing the forum a favour.