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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by qaz@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

I often get reports with just “Breaks Community Rules” and no additional context. This is because Voyager automatically sets the mandatory report reason as “Breaks Community Rules” without actually adding a reason. However, it's often not clear why a post would break those rules and which rule would be broken.

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Maybe even a note saying that vague reports may be ignored.

I do my best to investigate what the problem might be, but at some point I need to dismiss the report without actioning anything

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I don't think that's a good idea. There often is a very good reason for the report. I usually sent a DM asking the reporter to elaborate further.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Fair enough, I do investigate more for the communities I'm actively moderating, but a lot of the reports are intended for the community moderators, and it's not really my place to follow up on it.

Another common one is "spam". We get a lot of legitimate reports for spam which I take action on. Sometimes a regular comment is reported for "spam", and if it doesn't look like spam to me then I will end up dismissing it.

this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2025
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