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Currently malicious prosecution in the RaS section goes unpunished, or it's punished by a meaningless infraction. Guests have the ability to post in the RaS section, so an infraction can't always be used to punish people who post spam reports. Obviously the two idiots that got me thinking about this are @Qemo and @ipker322 who probably account for at least 25% of the reports this week. They're wasting staff's time and it's going unpunished from what I've seen. We need a solution for that.
My solution is this: We implement a new type of infraction exclusively for RaS violations. If somebody posts a report without sufficient evidence they would receive one of these infractions. After 3 infractions, they can be banned from posting reports for a month. Upon returning if they accumulate 3 more of these infractions they will be permanently banned from making reports.
We've seen people banned from making reports in the past. Elite Dust is the only one I know of, but there may be more, so we wouldn't be giving staff any new powers with this being implemented, we'd just be clearly defining when and for how long the punishment should be used.
If you have anything you'd like to add to this suggestion please post below.
I'll try to address concerns in OP so people don't have to scroll through an entire thread.
If they're banned from making reports people are allowed to just scam them over and over without being punished.
-Users banned for infraction buildups are still able to ask somebody else to post a report for them, however the user posting on their behalf is then susceptible to the same type of infraction if it is a spam report. This acts as a pre-screening for reports and could potentially save mods time with no downside.
Even if they're banned from making reports they can still post as a guest.
-I'm not familiar with how staff does what they do, but they've been able to tell whenever Chad makes a report as a guest and immediately close it. If it's possible for one user, especially one as good with a computer as Chad, then it's possible for all users.
My solution is this: We implement a new type of infraction exclusively for RaS violations. If somebody posts a report without sufficient evidence they would receive one of these infractions. After 3 infractions, they can be banned from posting reports for a month. Upon returning if they accumulate 3 more of these infractions they will be permanently banned from making reports.
We've seen people banned from making reports in the past. Elite Dust is the only one I know of, but there may be more, so we wouldn't be giving staff any new powers with this being implemented, we'd just be clearly defining when and for how long the punishment should be used.
If you have anything you'd like to add to this suggestion please post below.
I'll try to address concerns in OP so people don't have to scroll through an entire thread.
If they're banned from making reports people are allowed to just scam them over and over without being punished.
-Users banned for infraction buildups are still able to ask somebody else to post a report for them, however the user posting on their behalf is then susceptible to the same type of infraction if it is a spam report. This acts as a pre-screening for reports and could potentially save mods time with no downside.
Even if they're banned from making reports they can still post as a guest.
-I'm not familiar with how staff does what they do, but they've been able to tell whenever Chad makes a report as a guest and immediately close it. If it's possible for one user, especially one as good with a computer as Chad, then it's possible for all users.
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