do people actually get banned from fake mass reporting?

IronwarriorIronwarrior Member Posts: 32 ★
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I read a few comments on reddit that said they know people did
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  • JLordVileJJLordVileJ Member Posts: 5,827 ★★★★★
    No they don't lol
  • Average_DesiAverage_Desi Member Posts: 1,083 ★★★★
    Can you link the reddit comments
  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 8,070 ★★★★★
    Ironwarrior said:

    I read a few comments on reddit that said they know people did

    Oh reddit being new global its fake news every report gets reviewed
  • TotemCorruptionTotemCorruption Member Posts: 460 ★★★
    The comments were posted on reddit, that should tell you all you need to know about their credibility...
  • IronwarriorIronwarrior Member Posts: 32 ★
    Average_Desi said:

    Can you link the reddit comments


  • SummonerNRSummonerNR Member, Guardian Posts: 13,409 Guardian
    Ironwarrior said:

    I read a few comments on reddit that said they know people did

    You have to read your screenshot more closely.
    They never said that it ACTUALLY resulted in someone being banned just from just “too many reports”.

    Basically just says people would hit “Report” because they “think” that the person had cheated, and if so they hope they get banned.

    As other said, still would get reviewed first.
  • SirGamesBondSirGamesBond Member Posts: 5,802 ★★★★★
    Only ban I remember that may have caused by reporting is Nick136's main account.
  • DNA3000DNA3000 Member, Guardian Posts: 20,176 Guardian
    Ironwarrior said:

    I read a few comments on reddit that said they know people did

    "A guy on Reddit said they know something" is not what I would call strong evidence of something. For that matter the same holds for the forums. I would want some additional evidence to support that claim.

    Ask yourself this question: how would someone on Reddit actually know if someone was banned simply for being mass reported? How would they know that a) the person actually was mass reported, because reporting isn't public; b) the player was actually banned; and c) they weren't actually discovered to be cheating in actual fact?
  • TotemCorruptionTotemCorruption Member Posts: 460 ★★★
    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Thanks for confirming. What about consequences for abusing the report button? If you're able to say. I understand if no.
  • kvirrkvirr Member Posts: 1,233 ★★★★
    klobberintyme said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Related, you're only supposed to have one account on the message boards...








    ...and reviving the exact same issues as your previous banned account did probably isn't wise in the long run.
    bros a master detective
  • SummonerNRSummonerNR Member, Guardian Posts: 13,409 Guardian
    klobberintyme said:


    Related, you're only supposed to have one account on the message boards...

    ...and reviving the exact same issues as your previous banned account did probably isn't wise in the long run.

    You mean Banquet related, lol.

    Noticeably, since there is one thread where 2nd forum account was very next comment to appear after a banned 1st account comment there.
  • captain_rogerscaptain_rogers Member Posts: 10,983 ★★★★★
    Idk bout that but I certainly know people get banned for making death threats to kabam employees or players in forums.
  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 8,070 ★★★★★
    edited January 21
    captain_rogers said:

    Idk bout that but I certainly know people get banned for making death threats to kabam employees or players in forums.

    I wonder why because they shouldnt talk to people like that
  • DNA3000DNA3000 Member, Guardian Posts: 20,176 Guardian
    TotemCorruption said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Thanks for confirming. What about consequences for abusing the report button? If you're able to say. I understand if no.
    All abuse anywhere is subject to disciplinary action, but the question would be determining what constitutes abuse. There's no obvious way to determine motive from a report.
  • TotemCorruptionTotemCorruption Member Posts: 460 ★★★
    DNA3000 said:

    TotemCorruption said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Thanks for confirming. What about consequences for abusing the report button? If you're able to say. I understand if no.
    All abuse anywhere is subject to disciplinary action, but the question would be determining what constitutes abuse. There's no obvious way to determine motive from a report.
    Can't you infer motive from the circumstantial evidence? I used to be a mod on an unrelated forum, and if someone reported like a dozen comments or users and all of the reports were completely baseless, they would get a ban for abusing the report button.
  • Average_DesiAverage_Desi Member Posts: 1,083 ★★★★
    TotemCorruption said:

    DNA3000 said:

    TotemCorruption said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Thanks for confirming. What about consequences for abusing the report button? If you're able to say. I understand if no.
    All abuse anywhere is subject to disciplinary action, but the question would be determining what constitutes abuse. There's no obvious way to determine motive from a report.
    Can't you infer motive from the circumstantial evidence? I used to be a mod on an unrelated forum, and if someone reported like a dozen comments or users and all of the reports were completely baseless, they would get a ban for abusing the report button.
    What if it was someone who was just bad at the game and had trouble determining if it was a mod or not? You can't ban people for being bad at the game.
  • TotemCorruptionTotemCorruption Member Posts: 460 ★★★
    Average_Desi said:

    TotemCorruption said:

    DNA3000 said:

    TotemCorruption said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    This has never happened. The reporting system flags accounts, and some bans have resulted from reviews of those flags, but there is no system that automatically bans an account after a certain number of reports.

    Thanks for confirming. What about consequences for abusing the report button? If you're able to say. I understand if no.
    All abuse anywhere is subject to disciplinary action, but the question would be determining what constitutes abuse. There's no obvious way to determine motive from a report.
    Can't you infer motive from the circumstantial evidence? I used to be a mod on an unrelated forum, and if someone reported like a dozen comments or users and all of the reports were completely baseless, they would get a ban for abusing the report button.
    What if it was someone who was just bad at the game and had trouble determining if it was a mod or not? You can't ban people for being bad at the game.
    It’s pretty unlikely that someone would keep reporting others out of confusion. And even if they were that confused, at some point, if you keep spamming meritless reports, you're a problem. It wastes everyone’s time and hurts the system.
  • SummonerNRSummonerNR Member, Guardian Posts: 13,409 Guardian
    Oh, so totally opposite of what it sounded like you were saying at first (sooo many people reported someone, who was just good, but they ended up getting auto-banned) ???

    You’re saying, should there (or ARE there) consequences for some person to just hit Report on every single BG match they do ?
    **Well, maybe yes, there should be. As in filing a lot of false police reports.

    But how is that affecting you ?
    Were you one of those people “falsely” reported ? (And how would you even know ?)
    Or are you the person doing that, and wondering if you'll face consequences ?

    Or there is a concerted effort out there, by all the cheaters (even though they are cheating) of clogging up the reporting system with a bunch of reports of their own. Although wouldn’t that just result in Kabam looking at their matches (in which they were cheating), and be the opposite effect of them hoping it would overload the system.
  • CROSSHAIRSCROSSHAIRS Member Posts: 606 ★★

  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 8,070 ★★★★★
    Kabam Crashed said:

    SummonerNR said:

    Oh, so totally opposite of what it sounded like you were saying at first (sooo many people reported someone, who was just good, but they ended up getting auto-banned) ???

    You’re saying, should there (or ARE there) consequences for some person to just hit Report on every single BG match they do ?
    **Well, maybe yes, there should be. As in filing a lot of false police reports.

    But how is that affecting you ?
    Were you one of those people “falsely” reported ? (And how would you even know ?)
    Or are you the person doing that, and wondering if you'll face consequences ?

    Or there is a concerted effort out there, by all the cheaters (even though they are cheating) of clogging up the reporting system with a bunch of reports of their own. Although wouldn’t that just result in Kabam looking at their matches (in which they were cheating), and be the opposite effect of them hoping it would overload the system.

    This exact thing actually happened. I noticed there was a group of players who were reporting every single BG opponent. I was going to ban them with the "Contact Support" reason and get support to tell them to knock it off and unban them, but then I realized the reason they were doing it was to try to clog up the reporting system because they were cheating. So they ended up getting banned for real.
    Thats hilarious of a story i wish u put that as a message as would of been a classic forum post ban lol
  • BringPopcornBringPopcorn Member Posts: 6,587 ★★★★★
    Kabam Crashed said:

    SummonerNR said:

    Oh, so totally opposite of what it sounded like you were saying at first (sooo many people reported someone, who was just good, but they ended up getting auto-banned) ???

    You’re saying, should there (or ARE there) consequences for some person to just hit Report on every single BG match they do ?
    **Well, maybe yes, there should be. As in filing a lot of false police reports.

    But how is that affecting you ?
    Were you one of those people “falsely” reported ? (And how would you even know ?)
    Or are you the person doing that, and wondering if you'll face consequences ?

    Or there is a concerted effort out there, by all the cheaters (even though they are cheating) of clogging up the reporting system with a bunch of reports of their own. Although wouldn’t that just result in Kabam looking at their matches (in which they were cheating), and be the opposite effect of them hoping it would overload the system.

    This exact thing actually happened. I noticed there was a group of players who were reporting every single BG opponent. I was going to ban them with the "Contact Support" reason and get support to tell them to knock it off and unban them, but then I realized the reason they were doing it was to try to clog up the reporting system because they were cheating. So they ended up getting banned for real.
    Come on man... It would have been an amazing friday post...
    "I got banned I don't get how I can be banned when I am the one reporting cheaters"...
    Would have been so much fun.
  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 8,070 ★★★★★
    BringPopcorn said:

    Kabam Crashed said:

    SummonerNR said:

    Oh, so totally opposite of what it sounded like you were saying at first (sooo many people reported someone, who was just good, but they ended up getting auto-banned) ???

    You’re saying, should there (or ARE there) consequences for some person to just hit Report on every single BG match they do ?
    **Well, maybe yes, there should be. As in filing a lot of false police reports.

    But how is that affecting you ?
    Were you one of those people “falsely” reported ? (And how would you even know ?)
    Or are you the person doing that, and wondering if you'll face consequences ?

    Or there is a concerted effort out there, by all the cheaters (even though they are cheating) of clogging up the reporting system with a bunch of reports of their own. Although wouldn’t that just result in Kabam looking at their matches (in which they were cheating), and be the opposite effect of them hoping it would overload the system.

    This exact thing actually happened. I noticed there was a group of players who were reporting every single BG opponent. I was going to ban them with the "Contact Support" reason and get support to tell them to knock it off and unban them, but then I realized the reason they were doing it was to try to clog up the reporting system because they were cheating. So they ended up getting banned for real.
    Come on man... It would have been an amazing friday post...
    "I got banned I don't get how I can be banned when I am the one reporting cheaters"...
    Would have been so much fun.
    Title im banned why!!!!!!!!!!!! Info about the post so i was playing bgs saw sus times and health reported so why am i banned unban me now i spend money treat me better lol
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