Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on April 05, 2020, 09:05:48 PM

Fair point. I just think there is a bit of a mental barrier for relatively new users to start reporting. At least, there was for me when I started. Being new to the forum at the time, reporting posts of members more senior than me felt strange, almost like I hadn't earned the right to pass judgement on them. I was also very unsure to begin with what I should be writing in the comment boxes, or just how much a post had to break the rules to be considered for deletion, that sort of thing. Some guidance of "Suggested reports" might encourage more users to start reporting, rather than just skipping over spammy or other rule breaking posts.

That is a normal behavior and one that most users went through and many more are going to go through. You might want to lower you expectations regarding new users because ... their new

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First they need to understand the environment, see and understand a normal thread flow, get some info about the subject, learn the rules of the forum and then start reporting (if you feel the post is out of order)
Over 90% of the reports are done by users Member or above. And I personally find it normal. A little encouragement or guidance would definitely help but would not rush anyone ...

Many users don't know that some posts are spammy or against the rules. Not knowing can be fixed, ignorance cannot. But that's for another topic...