If the API provided rules as an array rather than a single big chunk of text then frontends could present a list to users when reporting.
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Ideally voyager would display the sidebar and a field to enter the reason for the report for the user.
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
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.
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.

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