Term "illegal" in the report form needs to be better defined

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The Bluesky Social application for Web, iOS, and Android

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Term "illegal" in the report form needs to be better defined #1248

Open imax9000 opened 1 year ago

imax9000 commented 1 year ago

https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/blob/88357d5c82aa5afd17a846f34d08b1b30ccff761/src/view/com/modals/report/ReasonOptions.tsx#L18

It currently states "Glaring violations of law or terms of service". But without specifying a jurisdiction it's unclear what does and what doesn't fall under "violations of law".

One notable example: hammer&sickle; its public display violates Ukrainian law, but is perfectly fine with US law.

pfrazee commented 1 year ago

What kind of clarification would be useful here? I think at this point the best we can ask is, if you think this is illegal let us know and mods will check

imax9000 commented 1 year ago

I guess specifying a jurisdiction would go a long way. What's "illegal" varies even between states in US, and much more between different countries.

Against which set of laws does mods team measure this? The laws that apply to the reporter? Or the person being reported? Or the legal entity Bluesky PBLLC?

Circling back to my initial example, if I start reporting every instance of hammer&sickle delivered to me by firehose, how would mods handle that?

imax9000 commented 10 months ago

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imax9000 commented 9 months ago

Given the uselessness of reporting overall (at least at present), arguing over wording is a moot point, feel free to close the issue.

Sorry that I'm salty, I have nothing against you, just going through another wave of frustration over the state of things where we have to constantly argue that we do have a right to live.