Since when is "abusing the report system" a bannable offense?

Just wondering... it doesn't say so in the Guide, and there is no specific definition of abusing it, so why get banned for it?

It falls under being disruptive. The report system isn't a toy and when we get false and random reports that aren't legitimate, it takes our time up which could have been served on a a legitimate concern for another member. Hope this helps.

It is annoying, and wastes the moderators time. Also, it's likely you were trying to get someone banned. I think it would be a temp ban in this case, I'm guessing, since a friend of mine was temp banned for this.

I got kicked once for reporting someone for reporting someone when this was wrong its because I was reporting someone for trying to scare someone todo something because they thought they did something wrong and were going to /report them so I thought it was a true report

Actually, Maxarius was banning a bunch of people for this. So I reported ISMOOCH for "abuse of the banning system" as a joke, because i thought i read ISMOOCH was the banner, but anyhow, Max banned me 2 seconds later for 2 days

Think of it this way: if you prank call a police station, they will look into the case, while somebody could have been gunned down and dying and they don't have time for it because they're looking for a false case.

You abuse the report system just because you don't like somebody and just want to get them banned, is the same. The mods will look into it, while a griefer could be getting away with torching someone's residence.

Well, now you know that our report system isn't a "joke".

Oh well, it's only two days. Was it worth it?

I guess I do

well, I'm still contemplating that

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Its like prank calling 911, if you do that, someone could be dying while you have fun, and you'd get punished for it.

I agree with the 911 call thing. But one problem that i have seen happen, is that the moderators have not been on when a bad situation like that is happenning. I don't blame the moderators, but sometimes they ban people for minor offenses after a bigger offense has already been done and unpunished.

like i said, i don't blame them for being on, but sometimes when a moderator is on, they don't do anything if we report someone.

If one person isn't banned right on the spot, don't you think they will still get punished?
*Another analogy*
If a robber robs a bank and isn't caught, don't you think they will get caught soon?

Also, sometimes they go do something and get side-tracked. I remember a time when Max was on smp5 for ~1 hour without saying anything. Based off of her comment of "Oh my gosh!", we all assumed she had forgotten she was still on Staff, just like "normal" players, are allowed to go AFK too, right?

Well I think everything that needs to be said is on here and is starting to repeat itself. Close the thread?