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?
asked Oct 29, 2014 at 19:30
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Could be another way of contacting the team for account issues without having to flag one of your posts?– TroyenCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 19:34
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2@Troyen You can just hit up "contact us" directly. No need to "report" a profile.– Adam Lear StaffModCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 19:38
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8Thanks, now I have to create a sock to report my own profile :(– rene ModCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 19:56
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2@rene or ask in the Tavern, I'm sure lots of people would love to comply! :D– Shadow WizardCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 20:22
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3Well, 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...– JamesCommented Oct 29, 2014 at 21:22
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@rene I will save you the trouble, am going to report your profile.– Infinite RecursionCommented Oct 30, 2014 at 8:05
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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.– DroidDevCommented Oct 30, 2014 at 9:18
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@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 WizardCommented Oct 30, 2014 at 11:48
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This will be fixed in the next deploy.
answered Oct 29, 2014 at 19:49
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5By the way, what led to this feature? Any specific event or meta request or just something that was planned for a while? Commented Oct 29, 2014 at 20:23
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@cVplZ not sure, not a trace of official response there. But who knows... :) Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 0:18
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1@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. Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 2:27
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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? Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 8:00
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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.– LauraCommented Nov 10, 2014 at 19:55