On all of the dialogs where we report profiles or posts, Similar Worlds gives us a single line of text to explain the infraction. An example of this is the dialog for reporting a profile:
How many of you think that the single line of text should be replaced by an entire paragraph, with a scrollbar, so that you can supply all of the relevant details? If you are going to prove that a profile is fake, or that a person makes inappropriate posts (plural), are you going to be able to supply all of that in a single line?
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@pianoisland, so when I proved that a user here was committing identity theft I supplied many paragraphs of information and many links, and they requested even more information from me, not less.
So, if there is even one case where we need to supply more information, what possible reason could you have to not let people supply it? Why do you care?
I don't object to fake profiles. I object to identify theft. I object to some person stealing other peoples' identities and pretending to be that person.
@pone22: Good point. You've explained why the initial report need only be brief, enough to alert the administrators. Hence the tick buttons and one line should be adequate.
I once helped remove two separate users from an adult contact site by a very simple "report" just drawing the proprietors' attention to them.
You last paragraph shows you know the real meaning of "fake", unfortunately twisted by politicians who don't know better, and journalists who should, to mean "false".
A "fake" profile would be that created using stolen identity, so passing of as original, what is at best a copy and at worst, libellous.
An entirely fictitious profile for someone who does not exist, would be "false".
