Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:27 pm
shapu wrote:Mystique brings up an interesting point:
When you report a message, via neomail or on the neoboards, don't ever ever ever post "Reported," "I'm gonna report you," or even so much as "harharhar." Nowadays, vengeful Neopians are very likely to report you back, and they're often very happy to make stuff up. It's not that hard to fake-report someone, since monitors probably look at the report screen rather than at the actual message itself before recommending a freeze to the full-time staff.
If you're gonna report someone, just do it and run away quickly.
It's a shame that some monitors don't seem to even read the reports properly then if it's that easy to get a warning. However, many people have said to me "Reported!!!" just because I've told them not to do something and quietly reported them. I've never had any warnings for it at all though.
Could it possibly even be an error? Such as a mistyping of username. Or even a warning for an event gone by. I realise it must take some time for them to get through them all due to the "report happy".
Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:50 pm
That is an odd warning...did you neomail the person or post on the board that they were using sexual, I mean did you type that word? That may have set a filter off, causing an auto-warning (yeah, I know, there's no auto anything 
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If you simply clicked report this message and typed in there that the person was trying to say something sexual in symbols, then it doesn't make any sense.
Of course, there've been alot of weird warnings lately. People are posting them on the boards (which is not a good idea - I've seen people get a warning for posting that they got a warning!) and what they're being warned for they have not done.
Oh on warnings, and the whole issue of certain words that are used on the site; some people saying they're fine, others saying they're not fine, some getting away with them, others not...Here's a copy and paste of a warning someone posted (not mentioning any name here):
Note the "just because the filters don't change a word doesnt mean youre allowed to say it"... that sure sounds like the h and d words shouldn't be posted.
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If you simply clicked report this message and typed in there that the person was trying to say something sexual in symbols, then it doesn't make any sense.
Of course, there've been alot of weird warnings lately. People are posting them on the boards (which is not a good idea - I've seen people get a warning for posting that they got a warning!) and what they're being warned for they have not done.
Oh on warnings, and the whole issue of certain words that are used on the site; some people saying they're fine, others saying they're not fine, some getting away with them, others not...Here's a copy and paste of a warning someone posted (not mentioning any name here):
You have received an official warning from the Neopets Team for violating the Neopets Terms and Conditions.Profanity is not allowed anywhere on Neopets (including in NeoMail, the Battledome, on the Boards, in Shops, Guilds, trades, etc. even if it’s from a song or movie), and using spaces, internet slang or symbols to try to hide it is not fooling anyone. (Also, just because the filters dont change a word doesnt mean youre allowed to say it.) If you continue to break the rules, your account will be permanently frozen. To see a list of Neo Rules, please visit http://www.neopets.com/chatrules.phtml. Please do not reply to this NeoMessage.
Note the "just because the filters don't change a word doesnt mean youre allowed to say it"... that sure sounds like the h and d words shouldn't be posted.