Please can I suggest we use the report button on the scam threads but don’t post “Reported” on the thread

Can GNHQ please give guidance on their preference? Should we type reported or not? Is it a nuisance to get multiple reports for the same post? @LilyGransnet

I agree with those who say report once if it hasn’t already been reported, and yes, post that you’ve reported. Everyone knows then that it’s done and can leave GNHQ to deal with it. Multiple reporting is a waste of everyone’s time.

As I’ve said on another thread, I find the constant bumping, and urging others to bump, more annoying than the spam posts. Why not just ignore them? It’s irritating to go into a thread thinking there are new posts on it, to find that no, three different people have bumped it in quick succession.

BlueBelle

I ve got to say I m getting bored with all the threads telling us to bump
I agree withNotSpagetthi one ‘reported’ tells us it’s being dealt with and no one else need bother, it’s when there’s half a dozen ‘reporteds’ that it becomes a pain, as it’s then constantly putting it to the top
One reported and not so many threads telling us to bump, most of us know that anyway

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Life is too short and there must be better things to do than stress out about bumping/reported and as for actual bumping threads
All I want to do when I see these spam threads is to tell them to Foxtrot Oscar.

Thanks fancythat.

Jaxjacky

Anyone else getting this? If not I’ll just email HQ.
I’m on an iPad

I did see another poster saying something about an orange box appearing.
Sorry I cant remember who or when. It might have been yesterday?

I ve got to say I m getting bored with all the threads telling us to bump

Me too.

Anyone else getting this? If not I’ll just email HQ.
I’m on an iPad

Wheniwasyourage

I agree BlueBelle. If you see 1 beside the thread title (on mobile) nobody has commented. If someone posts that they have reported, it says 2. If I see a 2 I don’t bother opening it to report.

I use the desktop site and there is no way of knowing as far as I know

Hmmm I don’t get a 1 or a 2 on this iPhone…

BlueBelle

I ve got to say I m getting bored with all the threads telling us to bump
I agree withNotSpagetthi one ‘reported’ tells us it’s being dealt with and no one else need bother, it’s when there’s half a dozen ‘reporteds’ that it becomes a pain, as it’s then constantly putting it to the top
One reported and not so many threads telling us to bump, most of us know that anyway

Yes

I agree BlueBelle. If you see 1 beside the thread title (on mobile) nobody has commented. If someone posts that they have reported, it says 2. If I see a 2 I don’t bother opening it to report.

I ve got to say I m getting bored with all the threads telling us to bump
I agree withNotSpagetthi one ‘reported’ tells us it’s being dealt with and no one else need bother, it’s when there’s half a dozen ‘reporteds’ that it becomes a pain, as it’s then constantly putting it to the top
One reported and not so many threads telling us to bump, most of us know that anyway

I think I want yo know if something is already reported. If it is I can walk on by ? If not I will report it.

I totally understand that it's pretty stupid for several peopke to report the same thing and then all of them write "reported".

It will only be on top for a minute if no one else posts anything.

Not telling us when something is reported means we can't even see which we have reported!

JaneJudge

what on earth happens here at night?

It's the hunting time for spammers and scroungers from all over the world.

kittylester

Not sure it matters if HQ get more than 1 report.

I made my suggestion with my IT hat on.

If it's anything like the website, I manage, each message/report goes into the dedicated mailbox. The other day, I had 150 messages in a few minutes. It drove me mad deleting them!

If a spam thread appears at the top of the active list I report it (without saying so) then hide it.

I think I hid at least fifteen yesterday but at least I wasn’t tripping over them.

I thought it might be a helpful idea to deal with the spam posts while we wait for GNHQ to remove them. If I’ve got that wrong just ignore me.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. The older I become the more often I find myself uttering those words 😆

Not sure it matters if HQ get more than 1 report.

what on earth happens here at night?

Calendargirl

But how do we know if it has been reported then?

Good question.

I like to post that I've reported the spam post so that GNHQ doesn't get inundated with reports (working on the principle that they only need one report to tell them that something is wrong). And to stop other people wasting time reporting something that has already been reported.

I have to confess that I'm not overbothered by the state of the 'active' list, it's not always right at the best of times.

If we report it then we will know it has been reported at least once. And, if it is reported loads of times, what does it natter.

But how do we know if it has been reported then?

Agree

Yes!

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