Ah... that would explain it. I remember when the feature was announced but apparently have never used it.
May I ask why we feel that this needs to be restricted to such a high user level? I have been here for years and I do not expect to hit red for a long time unless we see a user influx and higher average post scores etc. It seems to me that we would want the users to be able to contribute to the health of the site. Does the report functionality take any automatic action aside from sending notification to admins?
May I ask why we feel that this needs to be restricted to such a high user level?
To avoid abuse.
I have been here for years
This gives me an idea. I need to discuss with too about it.
Yeah, I assumed that the intention was to avoid abuse... I'm just not sure how much it could be abused. It's really just glorified DMs right? Whats the worst that can happen? Someone goes report crazy and sends a bunch of reports? Seems like the person is self selecting themselves for a site ban at that point.
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