That seems like a pretty big oversight on the Lemmy development side of things. There should, at the very least, be an option to submit a report either anonymously or to have it tied to your account. A disclaimer could be included that anonymous reports cannot be responded to in case that is a concern for users.
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catloaf@lemm.ee 4 months agoNo. Unlike reddit, when you send a report, it shows who reported it.
This has the advantage of the mod being able to respond to the reporter to ask clarification or provide explanation, but it also allows malicious mod action.
I suppose you could create another account if you need to report something without using this name.
Chozo@fedia.io 4 months ago
spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 months ago
It’s probably not so much an oversight as a natural consequence of the open nature of Lemmy. Same reason DMs on here are not technically private. Even if you implemented an anonymous report feature, instance admins could probably identify the user easily.
ManinJustStartHere@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I think itwill make a user abusive the report feature unless the report system can automatically determine if comment or post break the rules
ManinJustStartHere@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I don’t think i need another account if i report something that breaking the rules.
spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 months ago
I have also seen temp bans put in for users abusing the report feature to win arguments