Can we please get feedback on reports?

Auroramancer·1/4/2016, 5:33:56 AM·5 votes·551 views

Would be very helpful to know if our reports are considered false, and when reports against us are false. By false, I mean, they don't meet the criteria to be considered valid.

If I report a player who I perceived as being toxic and I report them, I want to know if my report is valid or invalid! This kind of feedback loop would then help players who submit 'false reports' to learn what is the right thing to report against, and what isn't, according to how the automatic system filters them.

I'd also want to know if a player's report against me is false too. Did I actually do something wrong in-game, or were they projecting anger onto me and using the report system as a means of venting that?

I think these kinds of features are actually valuable enough to merit some work done.

6 Comments

Deep Terror Nami1/4/2016, 5:43:41 AM1 votes

For telling a reported player if a report against them is valid;

The Instant Feedback system can't always determine if a report will be valid or not. Reports are there to establish a pattern of behavior, so that even if it is unable to detect why people are reporting a person, it will see the pattern so that Riot can investigate it (people trying to circumvent the system usually results in escalated bans).

For this reason, telling you whether the system validated a report or not can be very misleading. It could say every report was false, then BOOM, permaban. Instead it simply informs you when you're getting a lot of reports so that you have the opportunity to change if you are doing something wrong, but if you aren't there's no problem.

For telling a reporting player if their report was valid;

As above, just because the system can't tell doesn't mean your report isn't valid.

But most importantly, you are the one voting on what kind of behavior you don't want in your games. That's what the reports are; your vote to change the community. There are guidelines on what kind of situations you shouldn't report, but other than that, you make your own decision, and you don't try to coerce others to think your way either.

2 Weezy Baby1/4/2016, 5:55:01 AM1 votes

You shouldn't care about other people reporting you if you didn't do anything reportable.

Sqùìrrèl1/4/2016, 11:37:00 PM1 votes

I agree. I have been dinged 4 times with a pop-up that says I was reported, but nothing to say whether it was properly investigated or not. I am not, by any means, a toxic player. However, in ARAM especially people rage and report just because they can. They especially rage if you ask for a FF at 15 when clearly there is no way to win. This reporting has become way out of hand.