“Report Abuse” on the comments
We just need to clear up a rumor about what the “report abuse” link does in the matchup comments. Some have said that by clicking that, it wipes the person profile out. Others have thought that it blocks votes from going through. None of the above is true. It’s a rumor. It’s untrue.
So what happens? When a user clicks “report abuse” in the comments, all it does is flags the comment. We have a system that tracks all flagged comments. Our staff looks through those flagged comments and determines either to keep those comments public or delete them.
It’s that simple. It doesn’t block any votes. It doesn’t wipe out any profiles. All it does is flag the specific comment.
“Report User” on the user profile
This works in the exact same way as the “report abuse” link in the comments. No profile is deleted. Votes are not blocked. All it does is flag the user for our staff to look at later. Everything in terms of functionality stays the same. Nothing changes in terms of what the user can do and what can be done.
Hopefully that clears those rumors up. Both links do NOTHING in terms of affecting the outfome of voting in Zinch March Madness. Hopefully that makes sense. Feel free to ask any questions.
