Scam reports private

[Zalbus]

Quick and simple

Scam reports should be private so it doesn't like allow everyone to view it

The ONLY Issue is that if the person who it's against cannot view it.

Ways to fix this:

• Allow it so if you are tagged you can view and reply.
• Have it so you can select a user when making a scam report.

Just a idea.

 

[MTG]

No, what if you want to know if some guy scams or no

 

[ShadySylph]

I see where you are going with this:

No, what if you want to know if some guy scams or no

but I agree that reports should be private. Less public, less embarrassment.

 

[ShadySylph]

Ah, thank you Skid. Nevermind, I see why people don't want this.

Stance change lol.

 

[3l0Ofd8QrqJ]

The reason they're public is so users can judge other users, as they do off their rep, but off the content provided in the scam report: why it was opened and the users responses.

 

[Ivain]

No. People have a right to know what issues potential customers or contractors are involved in.

Honestly, I think being able to view a scam report is a PLUS, especially if you're innocent.
If some skid calls you a scammer, you can tell them to open a scam report and shut up about it. Then, when it's shown in the report that his arguments are tenuous or plain ridiculous, that's a far more effective way of proving your innocence than to simply have M6 close the report and announce that.

M6 already needs to approve each post, to make sure no personal information of any sort is leaked. Apart from that, it's like a public trial. And if you are innocent of something, then in this case there's no real detriment.
It's not quite as much like an IRL trial as my initial comparison suggests. Every element of the trial is done through written text. As such, almost ever scam report's progress can be followed exactly. There is no fear of newspapers or news channels blowing up or misinterpreting facts to make it more dramatic. If someone tries that shit on here, we can simply point them to the open scam report and prove them wrong.
Privatizing scam reports would actually work against this, making it easier for people involved to exaggerate or misrepresent what is actually happening.

Also, though this is less of an immediate issue, it allows us to make sure that all the handling of scam reports goes as fairly as possible. If they were private, only M6, his fellow staff, and the 2 or so people involved can tell how it was handled. This, again, will allow them to make claims on how it went, calling M6 biased one way or another. Conflict will continue, though staff may be able to suppress it.

In short, the only weakness of the current system is the negative lashback of having a scam report open, and usually this is only a minor detriment in comparison to the negatives from making them private.

 

[Zalbus]

M6 already needs to approve each post, to make sure no personal information of any sort is leaked. Apart from that, it's like a public trial. And if you are innocent of something, then in this case there's no real detriment.

Didn't know that

CLOSED.

Lock Doge if you can.

 

[William]

No, what if you want to know if some guy scams or no

maybe they can have like a Open scam report thing under there name like ranks

 

[Ivain]

maybe they can have like a Open scam report thing under there name like ranks

this, too, has been suggested and denied multiple times.

 

[ShadySylph]

they deserve the embarrassment if they're a scammer

Ah, well. Sometimes I can be a tad too nice for my own good.

 

[Picturesque]

I don't think we should carry on trying to add more details to this thread. I was about to give some reasons why this is a bad idea but everyone hit those points perfectly. Well, can't wait for this to be in declined suggestions.

 

[MapleLeafz]

Yes.

 

[Mick]

No. People have a right to know what issues potential customers or contractors are involved in.

Honestly, I think being able to view a scam report is a PLUS, especially if you're innocent.
If some skid calls you a scammer, you can tell them to open a scam report and shut up about it. Then, when it's shown in the report that his arguments are tenuous or plain ridiculous, that's a far more effective way of proving your innocence than to simply have M6 close the report and announce that.

M6 already needs to approve each post, to make sure no personal information of any sort is leaked. Apart from that, it's like a public trial. And if you are innocent of something, then in this case there's no real detriment.
It's not quite as much like an IRL trial as my initial comparison suggests. Every element of the trial is done through written text. As such, almost ever scam report's progress can be followed exactly. There is no fear of newspapers or news channels blowing up or misinterpreting facts to make it more dramatic. If someone tries that shit on here, we can simply point them to the open scam report and prove them wrong.
Privatizing scam reports would actually work against this, making it easier for people involved to exaggerate or misrepresent what is actually happening.

Also, though this is less of an immediate issue, it allows us to make sure that all the handling of scam reports goes as fairly as possible. If they were private, only M6, his fellow staff, and the 2 or so people involved can tell how it was handled. This, again, will allow them to make claims on how it went, calling M6 biased one way or another. Conflict will continue, though staff may be able to suppress it.

In short, the only weakness of the current system is the negative lashback of having a scam report open, and usually this is only a minor detriment in comparison to the negatives from making them private.

Well said.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.