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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@gentle153 I understand and respect your position. That said, I would like to challenge you to prove your point. For the radio button that says "Fake profile" please show us how a person could write up a single sentence and ever have that be accepted as proof. I don't think it is possible to prove the assertion that someone is committing identity theft in one sentence.
Your reply is that you can reference an email you send separately, but there is no rigorous system in place to hold together scattered emails and reports. These things become disassociated almost from day one. I saw that clearly when I filed my one and only identity theft report. Maybe someday in the far future you will assign case numbers and have a customer service system where things can be attached, but that isn't today or the near future.
You say that one line is enough in 99% of the cases, but that is not proven.
You say that moderators having to read through four lines of text would make their jobs harder, but I seriously doubt that. First of all, if your own point is correct and most people don't need added text, you won't get additional text. You said 99% don't use it, so by your own argument you would be reading four lines of text 1% of the time. Do you belief yourself? Even if the extra lines were used 5% of the time (probably about right), that hardly represents an imposition to Moderators or Admins here.
So, from my point of view, you are arguing very hard against a feature that only affects about 5% of responses. But in that 5% of cases when the feature is needed, it is really needed and appreciated. So this suggestion has almost no downside for anyone involved in the site, and it has substantial value for the people filing those 5% of all reports who want to actually supply you evidence.
