All of my plagiarism reported cases from the previous month have been labeled unhandled, and to be honest, it kills the zeel in me to keep reporting when nothing will be done in the end, it looks like a lost quest! I've noticed that the mods are too lenient in cases of plagiarism, especially when it comes to old users. What about reintroducing the plagiarism ban bot?
It's good to know that something is really going on in the background and that we haven't become so bad in our assessments when it comes to plagiarism and paraphrasing reports. What exactly is the reason that the rules have softened we can only guess, but it certainly has a demotivating effect on all who report such things.
Anyone who loves and wants to keep his topic clean should make it self-moderated because the mods have become less active these days; perhaps it's time theymos replaced some of the inactive staff to keep the forum running, as it's been ages since he appointed new mods. We have qualified and active users here who are eager to help.
Self-moderated threads do not solve the problem of plagiarism, but they definitely make sense to fight spam. The problem is that very few members want to moderate their threads, it is much easier to transfer all this work to moderators.
Many will say it’s a waste of time anyway, and unlike moderators who get paid for their work, everyone else does it for free. Last time the admin posted a list of members with the most good reports one could read a lot of comments about how individual members wonder why someone spends their time on reports.