This thread's purpose will be around accepting reports, even if the person reported had already been dealt with.
"But why?", you might ask. Well, there's two major factors I believe, and so I will split them, each having its own set of dedicated paragraph.
Some people feel as if their reports are useless, because Sentinel would have already stolen the ban hammer from the cookie jar, or because someone else stole it. After time, those users will feel like their reports are useless, and so they will stop reporting as a whole.
Now, how am I so sure of this? Well I was one of those people, and I've seen tons of people complain about it as well, on the Discord server. It's a simple concept that would let people feel like they're in fact not wasting their time.
Also because red is very ugly on the report site when you have a streak of 10 accepted reports
Not to mention the Sentinel-related reports, and the new system that someone had suggested a while ago: "Accept them and delay the hacker's ban to be 30 days if it was only 7 days."
This specific requirement to apply for Staff was set because they needed to see whether or not players understand the rules enough to be able to report 50 or more users and get them accepted. But if this ability to "see whether or not they understand that those are rules and are being broken by someone else" was being manipulated by the fact that people or Sentinel would've already beaten them to getting them punished, then isn't this requirement a little bit manipulated by a factor? Man, I hope someone suggests a way to completely work around that factor......
Wait...
The amount of accepted / denied reports you have are really important when Staff look at the history of your reports. The accepted/denied ratio is important, but sadly, again, there's a parasite factor that I'm suggesting to completely eliminate.
Remember to wear your seat belts. Also, Technoblade never dies.
As much as I know that it will not get implemented, but I already wasted my time writing all this, so here we go. Now boost my ego please.
@.everyone @here
"But why?", you might ask. Well, there's two major factors I believe, and so I will split them, each having its own set of dedicated paragraph.
1. Motivation to report.
Some people feel as if their reports are useless, because Sentinel would have already stolen the ban hammer from the cookie jar, or because someone else stole it. After time, those users will feel like their reports are useless, and so they will stop reporting as a whole.
Now, how am I so sure of this? Well I was one of those people, and I've seen tons of people complain about it as well, on the Discord server. It's a simple concept that would let people feel like they're in fact not wasting their time.
Also because red is very ugly on the report site when you have a streak of 10 accepted reports
Not to mention the Sentinel-related reports, and the new system that someone had suggested a while ago: "Accept them and delay the hacker's ban to be 30 days if it was only 7 days."
2. Staff requirements - "50 accepted reports"
This specific requirement to apply for Staff was set because they needed to see whether or not players understand the rules enough to be able to report 50 or more users and get them accepted. But if this ability to "see whether or not they understand that those are rules and are being broken by someone else" was being manipulated by the fact that people or Sentinel would've already beaten them to getting them punished, then isn't this requirement a little bit manipulated by a factor? Man, I hope someone suggests a way to completely work around that factor......
Wait...
The amount of accepted / denied reports you have are really important when Staff look at the history of your reports. The accepted/denied ratio is important, but sadly, again, there's a parasite factor that I'm suggesting to completely eliminate.
- Instead of straight-up accepting it, since it apparently messes with the punishment track, here's a better way, which @Josher has suggested.
New reports containing the correct proof would get Handled, of course.
Reports of players who already received a punishment for their infractions would get the ‘Closed’ tag.
And reports not providing the right evidence, would simply get Denied.
Remember to wear your seat belts. Also, Technoblade never dies.
As much as I know that it will not get implemented, but I already wasted my time writing all this, so here we go. Now boost my ego please.
@.everyone @here
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