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Abuse of the alert system

Abuse of the alert system

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The moderators were probably not chosen for their lack of discernment.

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A lot depends on whether the moderators can see who alerted a post. If so, it would be obvious that one member had triggered multiple alerts to a single post.

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First fix - this has been changed. One alert only.

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And now reverting back to subscriber alerts only.

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And a limit of 3 alerts a day has been reimposed.

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kiss ass

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does Russ fill your food bowl?

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@russ said
And now reverting back to subscriber alerts only.
Is there no way you can have alerts for non subs who have been members for say, a year plus?

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@Russ

Thanks for your prompt response to this issue of ‘ alert rigging’.

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@russ said
And now reverting back to subscriber alerts only.
Hi Russ,

There was a situation a while ago where a certain RHP personality was not only breaking RHP guidelines but breaking the law in multiple countries (as discrimination is against the law in most countries). The only way to make site admin aware was to email the admin however the discriminatory posts are left for days on end.

Is this what RHP is about?

I haven't been on the site for months and tried to alert an abusive post recently by someone who is now banned but I couldn't. The moderators are probably volunteers so we can't blame them if insults/discriminatory posts are left for days on end but can you please reconsider?

Regards,
Congruent.

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I imagine one reason for reverting to subscriber-only alerts had to do with the possibility (or actual occurrences) of a single person with several non-sub accounts alerting posts multiple times.

One solution to not being able to alert posts: Subscribe.

Alternate solution for people who really can't afford to subscribe: PM a subscriber and ask them to alert the offending post.

Technical solutions to social problems have their limits. Gamers gonna game.