Report function - Multiple people reporting

[GrnEyedDvl]

On a large forum you will frequently get more than one person report a post. Particularly if it's something serious like a censor bypass or a questionable image. In vBulletin if multiple people report the same post, then it adds a new post to the report thread that says "UserX also reported this post" instead of creating a new report.

 

[Jeremy P]

I presume you mean when using the option to send reports into a forum, but for what it's worth the report center does work the way you describe already when that option is disabled.

 

[tajhay]

On a large forum you will frequently get more than one person report a post. Particularly if it's something serious like a censor bypass or a questionable image. In vBulletin if multiple people report the same post, then it adds a new post to the report thread that says "UserX also reported this post" instead of creating a new report.

There is an addon by ozzy that disables the report button on the reported post and there is a permission that identifies that the post has already been reported.

Thread '[OzzModz] Show Reported Post [Paid]'

Dec 21, 2024

Ozzy47 submitted a new resource:

[OzzModz] Show Reported Post - Show notice post has been reported

Requirements:
XenForo 2.2+

Description:
This small addon will add a notice to posts/threads that have been reported. It also removes the report button so you don't get multiple reports on a post/thread. There are no settings or permissions for the addon, just install it and forget it.

In the example below, the outlined red is the notice shown, the green outline is the report button disabled/removed.

Premium upgrade:

This [OzzModz] addon...

• Ozzy47
• Replies: 9
• Forum: Add-on releases [2.x]

But yeah should be in the core rather than an addon.

 

[AndyB]

You might like this add-on:

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/report-post-notice.7928/

 

[Mr Lucky]

it adds a new post to the report thread that says "UserX also reported this post" instead of creating a new report.

I would not want that so it should be an option not a change to the behaviour.

 

[GrnEyedDvl]

I presume you mean when using the option to send reports into a forum, but for what it's worth the report center does work the way you describe already when that option is disabled.

Yes I meant when the report is sent to a forum.

But I am not sure what you mean. If you disable the option to send to forum?


Ok I figured this out, but it certainly is not documented anywhere. I know some of you take this for granted because you have been using XenForo for a while. I have not. Its not in the manual even if you search for "report". If you do not know how it works and you are going through the options on initial setup and run across the Report to Forum option I think its pretty natural to select that and then you will never know how the Report Center works. I did not even know it existed, and I went through the manual before I installed.

 

[Jeremy P]

Off-topic, but the only options we present during setup are for the board title, URL, and email. We assume any others are changed with intent and understanding. While I think there's a lot of room for improvement in the manual, I don't think we'd ever see a return on investment by documenting options in greater detail than already presented in the control panel because most customers would never read it anyway.

If someone mentions an option here, you can almost always find it (and its accompanying description) by entering some keywords into the quick-search on the top right of the control panel.

 

[Suzanne O]

Upvoted this. But i have this to add to your idea.
If too many people are reporting the same posts you can create another usergroup and place them in there and they won't have access to the report button. Especially if it's often the same people.

 

[inshot]

Just a heads up for anyone wondering how the report system works behind the scenes:


When multiple users report the same post—especially for serious issues like censor bypasses, NSFW content, or harassment—vBulletin doesn't create a brand new report thread each time. Instead, it intelligently appends to the existing report thread.


You'll see something like:

User123 also reported this post.

This helps moderators keep all related concerns in one place without flooding the reports section. It also gives us a better idea of the severity or visibility of the issue based on how many people flag it.


So if you ever think, "Someone probably already reported this," go ahead and report it anyway. It still counts and helps reinforce that action might be needed.



Thanks for helping keep the forum clean and safe!

On a large forum you will frequently get more than one person report a post. Particularly if it's something serious like a censor bypass or a questionable image. In vBulletin if multiple people report the same post, then it adds a new post to the report thread that says "UserX also reported this post" instead of creating a new report.

 

[GrnEyedDvl]

Off-topic, but the only options we present during setup are for the board title, URL, and email. We assume any others are changed with intent and understanding.

I am not talking about the install procedure. I meant when I was looking through and configuring options. Seeing what you can do. I ran across the Post to Forum option. Oh cool, that is what we have now, click it. And never know the other option exists.

While I think there's a lot of room for improvement in the manual, I don't think we'd ever see a return on investment by documenting options in greater detail than already presented in the control panel because most customers would never read it anyway.

I totally get this. But you also have to look at it from a new user's perspective. I would not expect to have every single thing documented (a wiki maybe?) but something basic like moderation maybe should be.

Consider this. Everything, and I do mean everything in XenForo, is designed to work more like a forum. Especially for a user coming from vBulletin. Articles, well they moved to the forum structure. It's neat how they work, but they did move inside a forum. Blogs? Those get imported into a forum, where you can style them like Articles. I actually really like how the Articles work in that sense.

But the one item you took out of the forums and made its own separate little space for, and there is no info about it. So actually if I had known that, then my suggestion would be.

An option to make the Report Center display as a Node, and select a Parent that is for display/order on the Node list only.

I actually just created a link Node to do this which makes the Report Center much more visible.

If someone mentions an option here, you can almost always find it (and its accompanying description) by entering some keywords into the quick-search on the top right of the control panel.

I have used that quite a bit. This is one of those "almost" cases.

 

[Jeremy P]

I totally get this. But you also have to look at it from a new user's perspective. I would not expect to have every single thing documented (a wiki maybe?) but something basic like moderation maybe should be.

Yeah that's fair, overarching systems like moderation could be documented better.

I have used that quite a bit. This is one of those "almost" cases.

I actually meant further to the top right

 

[GrnEyedDvl]

Yeah that's fair, overarching systems like moderation could be documented better.

You might kick around the idea of a wiki locked to license holders to edit. Setup some base Namespaces and let people contribute. Wikis excel at this, forums not so much. We are actually going to add a bunch of XenForo stuff to my gaming site wiki for this reason, just so we have it to reference later.

Maybe I should make a suggestion thread for that but there isn't a place to make suggestions not about the actual software itself so this is as good a place as any. The main thing I am really liking about the XenForo platform is how modular it is and how easy some things are to edit, if you can find relevant information. Forums are what they are, threads fall off the radar and become outdated. Or outright purged.

If I post something in 2017 that works, and the software package is updated, I am not going to go and dig that post out and edit it. And even if I do edit it, its still way down in the forum list unless I also bump it. Nor am I likely to create a new thread for it, unless I am one of the guys that makes a living creating add-ons, at which point I will just update my add-on.

But a wiki with sections like Templates and Imports and whatever else is a lot more user friendly for this. Just set it up and let the community run it.

I actually meant further to the top right

OK I feel like an idiot for not seeing that. But notice it still doesn't say Report Center? Mine does but I created a Node named that.

 

[Paul B]

there isn't a place to make suggestions not about the actual software itself

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