Catch-22
Bluelighter
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The "Report" Button
I guess it is time someone explains what the "Report" button under everyone's name does. Here is a quick summary so people will understand how it all works.
First, if you remember the old software, we had a "Topic Report" button where you could bring a thread to the moderator's attention. If you click on the "Report" button, a box will come up with the following directions: "This is ONLY to be used to report posts that are in violation of the user agreement - spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, racist, dealing/soliciting) posts." Simply type a short description of the problem and an email is sent to the forum moderators and the administrators. To get the fastest response, please always use the "Report" feature because it is more convenient than trying to PM a specific moderator or administrator for assistance. Bluelight gets about 25 reports a week, so it a fairly common thing and you shouldn't feel intimidated about using this feature.
Second, a new feature called "CLAWS" (Conflict Log And Warning System) has been added to Bluelight. If Moderators feel that someone has violated the Bluelight User Agreement or the guidelines in their forum, they make an entry in CLAWS and an automated warning is sent to the poster. Administrators will see who is being warned and will respond appropriately. All moderators can see someone's CLAWS information and eventually posters will be able to see their own record. This allows for complete transparency, so a poster will always be aware when they are "in trouble" and will know exactly what they have been warned about. Administrators will still be able to respond promptly to flagrant situations, but CLAWS is for modest infractions committed by regular posters.
So there you go....now you know what happened to the Topic Report feature and now you know what "CLAWS" is about.
I guess it is time someone explains what the "Report" button under everyone's name does. Here is a quick summary so people will understand how it all works.
First, if you remember the old software, we had a "Topic Report" button where you could bring a thread to the moderator's attention. If you click on the "Report" button, a box will come up with the following directions: "This is ONLY to be used to report posts that are in violation of the user agreement - spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, racist, dealing/soliciting) posts." Simply type a short description of the problem and an email is sent to the forum moderators and the administrators. To get the fastest response, please always use the "Report" feature because it is more convenient than trying to PM a specific moderator or administrator for assistance. Bluelight gets about 25 reports a week, so it a fairly common thing and you shouldn't feel intimidated about using this feature.
Second, a new feature called "CLAWS" (Conflict Log And Warning System) has been added to Bluelight. If Moderators feel that someone has violated the Bluelight User Agreement or the guidelines in their forum, they make an entry in CLAWS and an automated warning is sent to the poster. Administrators will see who is being warned and will respond appropriately. All moderators can see someone's CLAWS information and eventually posters will be able to see their own record. This allows for complete transparency, so a poster will always be aware when they are "in trouble" and will know exactly what they have been warned about. Administrators will still be able to respond promptly to flagrant situations, but CLAWS is for modest infractions committed by regular posters.
So there you go....now you know what happened to the Topic Report feature and now you know what "CLAWS" is about.
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