Mini Mods - Remove Report Post Icon if Post Reported Already by BOP5

This is as simple as mods come.

2 lines of code in 1 plugin. No options, just import the xml file and it's activated. Disable the mod or uninstall it to remove.

No other instructions.

This mod simply removes the "Report Post" icon from a post if someone already reported the post.

Enjoy.

Please Mark as Installed if you use this.

Don't all go nominating this Mod of the Month at once- you might crash the site.

Should work on all VB 3.8 & 4.x versions.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Videx

We find it important to know when multiple users report a post. Then it's not just one person offended, but multiple. Gives the report more weight.

I always went the opposite way, cliques like to gang-report their targets. The more reports on it, the less of a look it gets.

This stops all of that nonsense.

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by Videx

Good point. We should also do away with jury trials - one man's opinion is all that's needed to make judgements.

Maybe I'm missing something. When subsequent members report a post it simply adds another post in the same thread as the first saying "X has also reported this item.". Then it quotes their reason. Often this reason is a totally different angle than the other people's reasons.

At that point staff is probably already discussing the offense so adding a post here and there with other reasoning only aids the discussion.

When someone reports a thread on my forum I usually disregard whatever comment they may have made since it's irrelevant and would only serve to bias my opinion. I simply read the offending post and see if it broke any of our rules-
Is it spam?
Does it have another member's personal information?
Is it a copyright violation?

If "no" to all of the above I don't take any action. So the comment and the number of reports are usually irrelevant. But everyone runs their forum different- some people remove "offending" posts or have your members "vote" on things. More power to you if it works for you. My forum is not a democracy.

[Big-K]

BOPs,

Question - If a post is reported and subsequently moderated, is there a way to bring the report button back?

[BirdOPrey5]

Not without manually editing the database to set the 'reportthreadid' field of the post to 0.

[datoneer]

Thanks bop5 this is good mod

[synseal]

Haha good idea, thanks!.

[Big-K]

Originally Posted by BirdOPrey5

Not without manually editing the database to set the 'reportthreadid' field of the post to 0.

How would you adjust this code for a plugin to reset the button?

PHP Code:

$postOK = $db->query ("UPDATE" . TABLE_PREFIX . "post SET `reportthreadid`='0' WHERE (`postid`= " . $this->post['postid'] . " LIMIT 1 "); 


[BirdOPrey5]

The query looks right, making it into a plugin is the hard part. I don't have time to do that, sorry.

[Max Taxable]

This is a great Mod and is really a lifesaver, should be installed everywhere and should have been Mod of the Month.

If you've ever had the same spam post reported 20 times in five minutes, you know what I mean. Each report starts a thread on the report and it's a mess. This stops all that.

This should be native to vBulletin always and forever, best original idea to come along in quite awhile and vastly unappreciated.

Simple, clean and killer. I'm hard pressed to think of a more impressive Mod.

[DemOnstar]

This BOP5 is very inventive. Cheers Joe..