"reports" are flawed

hollow ninja··1 votes·490 views

The fact that I can get a notice saying I was reported on several instances for "verbal abuse/harassment/offensive language" almost proves that people are NOT checking the actual reports. It's borderline silly really.

The irony is that I actually MUTE the annoying people in game.

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Deep Terror Nami8 votes

Hey hollow ninja,

The report notification popup's only purpose is to notify you that an above average number of reports have been made against you. It does not signify you are going to be punished, or that the reports are valid or invalid. They have not been verified by the system yet, but will be once they reach the threshold for punishment; any reports found to be falsely made will not hurt you, and those people will lose weight in their future reports.

Basically, if you've done nothing wrong then you have nothing to worry about. Let me know if you have any questions.

-DTN

alasarcher5 votes

So them informing u that u are reported more than usual lately is "flawed system"?

DJColdCutz2 votes

Them claiming "Your recent behavior isn't in line with how most League of Legends players act" when it's an automatic notification is a flawed system.

Jubbinaut5 votes

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Them claiming "Your recent behavior isn't in line with how most League of Legends players act" when it's an automatic notification is a flawed system.

I think it's more indicative of sub-optimal phrasing than a flawed system. Which is to say, from a programming standpoint, that a poorly-written string has no real bearing on the strength of the system that triggers its display.

But I absolutely agree that the phrasing on that pop-up is pretty questionable.

DJColdCutz2 votes

You're right. Bad phrasing by myself. I just really really wish they'd remove the first sentence from the pop up. It's my number one complaint, probably even my only complaint about the whole entire report system.

Samus722 votes

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I think it's more indicative of sub-optimal phrasing than a flawed system. Which is to say, from a programming standpoint, that a poorly-written string has no real bearing on the strength of the system that triggers its display.

But I absolutely agree that the phrasing on that pop-up is pretty questionable.

Agreed.

Lithium Rosa3 votes

This is the 1000th time I tell people that notices won't get you banned..... They will check your chatlogs manually before any actual punishment occurs

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

They don't manually check logs before the system punishes you except in rare cases where they simply need to, or the occasional ones to maintain system accuracy. The system is just very good at throwing out false reports so it isn't necessary.

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