Hi

I get that hiding the ban reports stop people commenting heavily on those reports, but to me a better system would be to have the reports view able to all members, but restricted write permissions. Essentially everyone can see the report, but only reporter and mods can write on it.

I would see the benefits of this as:

• Avoid duplicate ban reports.
• Sometimes I don't report as I assume someone else has but unable to confirm since the section is private
• If a user is being investigated for scamming other players may want to avoid trading
• Full transparency

Can I ask why the section was made private, I believe it used to be public?

Any opinions on this are welcome, not going to take any offence if I'm in the minority opinion here.

 

I like that they're hidden. It prevents public shaming.

 

However this becomes redundant when the report is moved into the archive, warned players, banned players, and no further action appear there when closed anyway

 

Some reports go on for weeks or longer. I understand where you're coming from.

 

This would be good, in that I could be nosy and read reports etc, but I think it is best that they remain private. As Vikki said I think it would lead to public shaming and would be detrimental, archived threads have already been resolved which means that anyone viewing will know if the person is actually guilty or not. If we were allowed to view unresolved ban reports people would possible draw incorrect conclusions about a player prior to the report being resolved.

tl;dr : No support.

 

Hiding them would prevent "conspiracies" from occurring. The reported can bribe a random person to vouch for them and alters the evidence while the report is still on-going.

 

When you have the moderator title, then you'll be able to see the reports section.

 

No Support.

 

No support, there is no need for this to be added.

 

I'm sure cyp had his reasons for hiding the section but some are just hilarious to read

 

What's the point of it? sorry but there's no point in it. why do that when you can just see the ban appeals archive area.

 

reports or appeals or both? personally i want appeals public with write restrictions, so we can see it but not comment. maybe have a button to request permission to comment (given valid evidence or proof to add)
i for one, like transparency

 

Given that technical restriction I agree that the current system of having it hidden is the best option. Maybe Xenforo can add some additional permission features in a later release and this point could be revisited. Feel free to put a lock on this thread