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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Sorry man, but that is seriously wrong.
Snitching is when someone from THE SAME group tells on that group. If a cop were to tell on a prisoner, he's certainly not a snitch. If a pupil told on a teacher, not a snitch. Cop giving his buddy away: snitch. Criminal selling out another of his kind: snitch.
That's how it works.
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^ I actually wrote "TO an enemy group", not BY, but not to worry - I'm sure we all know what snitching is.
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And again sorry, but your toilet analogy is not only imprecise but completely irrelevant. That's like saying don't let mods know if the site isn't working properly, which of course anyone would and will do. Now, if you'd said that if you saw someone cussing someone out in the toilet and THEN went to tell the management, then that would be certainly a lot more accurate, and relevant.
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^ Yep, I like that "cussing someone out in the toilet" analogy better than mine. Seems to fit the case more accurately.
I suppose that, regardless of analogies, my position is that snitching and reporting a post are significantly different. Nobody wants to be a snitch and equating it to someone who reports a post is undermining a fórum function that serves a purpose. As a courtesy, it would be polite to announce in the thread, at the time, that you're reporting a post, so that (in the best of cases) a dialogue can ensue, but I think there is still a case for reporting posts, because it takes a mod to quickly delete something that's offensive.
Why reporting can help MB:
As Roxy suggests, there are some posters who might appreciate being defended by an alerted mod, rather than having to fight it out for themselves, perhaps with a well-established and popular member.
This is a public forum, which can be viewed by music enthusiasts as well as by children and grandmothers. Reporting offensive posts is one way to give the place wider appeal, should any of those serious or innocent readers pass through.
(In fact, Trollheart, you have quite a reputation here as being a White Knight, defending the defenseless and taking an honourable stand. If you don't like to report posts, you still do more than your share to maintain the good name of MB. I feel that point should be acknowledged.)