Non-subscribers will be able to alert posts, at least provisionally, but the alerter's account must be at least 30 days old to do so.
The process of submitting alerts has been enhanced too, to encourage its use, and improve the moderation process for moderators too.
An offending post can be alerted right from the thread by selecting a single predetermined reason - no need to visit another page as currently.
A comment can be optionally added, but in most cases, this will not be necessary. Any comment is only likely to be read when the reason for moderation is not obvious.
Will humans (continue to) read content when a post is flagged and determine whether the complaint justifies removal of a post, or are you planning to implement some sort of automated removal?
I've found robomod quite useful when I've posted something inflammatory and then had second thoughts. I can edit my post by adding a 4-letter word and robomod obligingly removes any sign of my post. I get a robomod reprimand of course, but that's just between me and robomod.
I have found that if I just delete a post (leaving the empty in place), a "forum buddy" might make insinuations and allegations about the original contents of the post.
Maybe Kewpie would rather leave no trace of a post for a similar reason.
@russsaid Non-subscribers will be able to alert posts, at least provisionally, but the alerter's account must be at least 30 days old to do so.
The process of submitting alerts has been enhanced too, to encourage its use, and improve the moderation process for moderators too.
An offending post can be alerted right from the thread by selecting a single predetermined reason - ...[text shortened]... be necessary. Any comment is only likely to be read when the reason for moderation is not obvious.
Please include "Post Off-Topic" as one of the predetermined reasons.