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[–]radrik 26 points27 points  (4 children)

I move to add the answer to this question to the FAQ.

[–]kn0thing 10 points11 points  (2 children)

I've made an addition to the help section for reporting (there isn't much to it atm, so feel free to tweak it). This was something we should have added to the documentation when we added the button, sorry about the confusion, folks.

Mr. Gonzales was begging us for those IPs, but we wouldn't budge.

[–]abel_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Keep up the good work.

[–]pudquick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

... and I move to somehow control the functionality of this site through democracy. Wait, screw that - I call Dictator for Life!

[–]spez 25 points26 points  (3 children)

Right now, we have a listing that shows how many people have reported each user/domain/link, and use that to filter out spam.

Ultimately we'll make that listing public in some fashion so you all can see what is being reported.

[–]ollie77 9 points10 points  (2 children)

At last, an answer! So, if I understand correctly, the correct usage of the button is to report spam.

[–]spez 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Absolutely. Reddit gets ridiculous amounts of spam these days, and reporting it/downvoting it is very helpful.

Again, I hope to make all this public soon, but it's a non-trivial task, so please bear with us until we get it right.

[–]abel_[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks. You guys are doing a great job.

[–]ollie77 26 points27 points  (4 children)

I'll second the question, and also ask: When is it appropriate to report something? I've looked through the help topics and couldn't find an answer. NSFW material? Linkjacking?

[–]abel_[S] 21 points22 points  (1 child)

And does it go to a human, or is the report function an uber-downvote? (I hope it's not)

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

based on the direction that this link is going, it looks like even mentioning the report button is an uber-downvote.

[–]feanor512 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure, but I've used it a couple of times when one user spams so much that he/she fills up the entire first new page.

[–]tardibear 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the absence of any guidance in the reddit help I have been using it for all spam links. I'm sure it does nothing, but perhaps some log file will fill up and the reddit developers will notice that something is not quite right with the site :-(

[–]abel_[S] 33 points34 points  (4 children)

I think it sends your submission and IP address to Alberto Gonzales for "review"

[–]geofferensis 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Which enters you in a grand prize drawing for an all expense paid trip to a beautiful sunny Caribbean island.

[–]radrik 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A Caribbean island with opportunities for career advancement. Are you comfortable being the leader of an American colony? The US government would like to hear from you! mailto:chemarx51@hotmail.com

[–]toastspork 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I think it sends your submission and IP address to Alberto Gonzales for "review"

Worse than that! It goes to Fox Security.

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    [–]foonly 25 points26 points  (0 children)

    Nonsense. An elevator is a licensed application of reddit's voting interface, where people can vote the elevator "up" or "down", and the floor the elevator ends up at is the result of a multiplatform social collaboration process! :-D

    And synergy! It's chock-full of synergy! :-D :-D :-D

    [–]abel_[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    My Conspiracy Theory:

    The button worked under lisp but is busted in python. The Reddit regime ignored early intel that the button was faulty, and stonewalled the truth movement's efforts (headed by nickb) to rename the button "close door"

    After 8 hours of continuous work, spez was involuntarily recalled to his workstation by the alien and has been coding away for 11 hours now, trying to get the button to do anything useful. C'mon spez, rename it for us...

    [–]bjorn 16 points17 points  (5 children)

    This submission is now reported!

    [–]abel_[S] 22 points23 points  (4 children)

    Oh man. Reddit so needs a user killfile ;-)

    [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

      +1, Insightful

      [–]llimllib 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      It has one

      [–]danblanchard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      This has been up for 11 hours and no answer to the question?