Don't let me report my own profile

Question

Just noticed the "report this profile" link in any profile page, which is nice.

However, can't see any reason why someone would need to report his/her own profile.

Can this link be removed when viewing own profile please?

Could be another way of contacting the team for account issues without having to flag one of your posts? — Troyen, Oct 29, 2014 at 19:34
@Troyen You can just hit up "contact us" directly. No need to "report" a profile. — Adam Lear, Oct 29, 2014 at 19:38
Thanks, now I have to create a sock to report my own profile :( — rene, Oct 29, 2014 at 19:56
@rene or ask in the Tavern, I'm sure lots of people would love to comply! :D — Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry, Oct 29, 2014 at 20:22
Well, I've done some pretty dubious things, So much so I did consider reporting myself once. I'd say leave it there for now, you never know... — James, Oct 29, 2014 at 21:22
@rene I will save you the trouble, am going to report your profile. — Infinite Recursion, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:05
I sense some rage quitters/new users with questions heavily downvoted/users with personal grudge against others who closed their questions, already planning to abuse this feature. — DroidDev, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:18
@DroidDev yeah, that's most likely the reason why they didn't do it until now, and if that will indeed happen too much, guess they'll throw this feature away. (or put a reputation threshold, like flagging) — Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:48

Kevin Montrose · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-29 19:49:33Z

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This will be fixed in the next deploy.

answered Oct 29, 2014 at 19:49

Kevin Montrose

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By the way, what led to this feature? Any specific event or meta request or just something that was planned for a while?
– Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
Oct 29, 2014 at 20:23
@cVplZ not sure, not a trace of official response there. But who knows... :)
– Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
Oct 30, 2014 at 0:18
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@ShadowWizard long standing request. We don't want a reporting spree, and we're not sure the feature as is is adequate. Thus the soft launch as we see how this version is used.
– Kevin Montrose
Oct 30, 2014 at 2:27
Thanks @Kevin. Do anyone from the team is planning to post some official response somewhere, or can I add what you said to my unofficial answer?
– Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
Oct 30, 2014 at 8:00
And now it's gone?
– Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
Nov 9, 2014 at 12:49
Yes, it's gone @ShadowWizard. We didn't make a big deal out of announcing it because it was experimental. Only a very, very small percentage of reports were actually for what we intended (offensive avatars, display names, or "about me" sections), and the rest were either non-issues or should have been flags on posts instead.
– Laura
Nov 10, 2014 at 19:55

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