Do any of the reports get reviewed?

@possum_hollow said in #10:
> Thank you for the lecture, nadjarostowa. I will keep that in mind.
>
> However, the fact that 100% of the cheaters I had previously reported were banned for cheating lends a small amount of confidence that I am correct. I can only look at the simple probabilities, as I have no interest in delving into the intricacies of cheating. When a 1200 rated player runs off 15 games in a row at >95% accuracy, I have some idea of the probability for this to be achieved either through skill, or by assisted means.

If Grandmasters (Kramnik) can't reliably detect when people are cheating, it's the height of the Dunning-Kruger effect to have such confidence in your own ability to detect cheating.

I'm maybe right about people cheating 10% of the time, even if it doesn't feel that way. More often than not, it's just a case that I'm tilted and far overestimate my own abilities.

Once, I reported someone who had confessed his cheating to me in pms. Even though I've listed all evidence, no action was ever took place.

I still report those who cheat anyhow.-

@XeRo13g said in #12:
> Once, I reported someone who had confessed his cheating to me in pms. Even though I've listed all evidence, no action was ever took place.
>
> I still report those who cheat anyhow.-
This may be a scenario, depending on circumstances, where Lichess decided to give the user another chance?

That being said, I am not sure if a user confession alone is enough. Maybe they need proof.

For example, if I confessed, and I do, that I deliberately lost all my games.
They would just think I am a sore loser, that can't admit, I lost them all indeliberately, because I suck at the game.

>Once, I reported someone who had confessed his cheating to me in pms.

You have to bear in mind that it could be a sarcastic remark or they are trolling you to provoke an outrage.
This would need to be backed by the data.

@possum_hollow said in #1:
> Has anyone seen a response or evidence of an action taken after using the report form?

I have reported 100s and seen them get banned in less than 24 hours, Yes I have reported lots of people and most of the time action is taken very fast, unless my suspicions were wrong

I would be happy if, you dm me the cheater id (dont post it on the forum) then maybe I could help you

A somewhat lateral question, related to the topic may be:
Are all reports of an user reviewed, or there is explicitly/implicitly a user quota of report per timeframe?

I mean I think that a big platform like this is a perfect target by spammers and competitors (that not always follow rules/law).
So an adversary may set up bots to subtly saturate reports (of any kind, cheating, rude language and so on).
Because reports didn't need captcha will be easier for spammers to saturate Lichess resources (moderator time), also in a not trivial way that will led to bot been banned (if someone issue 10k report a day is an obvious rogue actor or bot, but if he fill only 20-30 and is secretly part of an automated bornet of 1000 bots it's difficult to spot and the fake reports may have an impact).

So my question is related any countermeasures that Lichess may take, that basically translate in a report quota per user per time-span.

@XeRo13g said in #12:
> Once, I reported someone who had confessed his cheating to me in pms. Even though I've listed all evidence, no action was ever took place.
>
> I still report those who cheat anyhow.-

Sorry that happened to you. I believe (and hope) that Lichess doesn't read DMs between users, because that would be a violation of privacy. So that's probably why they didn't ban him just based on the confession alone.

Btw, I'm a huge fan, you're my inspiration!

@wizard_or_priest said in #17:
> Sorry that happened to you. I believe (and hope) that Lichess doesn't read DMs between users, because that would be a violation of privacy. So that's probably why they didn't ban him just based on the confession alone.
>
> Btw, I'm a huge fan, you're my inspiration!

I don't understand. Others have posted similar responses, assuming that not all evidence was included. However, in my original post, I clearly stated that I have listed all the evidence.
This includes the games he cheated in, how he did it, the second account name he used and snippets of his confession.
I also prompted the admins to check my inbox if they need further verification.

@wizard_or_priest said in #17:

> Btw, I'm a huge fan, you're my inspiration!

I don't get that often, but thank you.

@XeRo13g said in #18:
> I don't understand. Others have posted similar responses, assuming that not all evidence was included. However, in my original post, I clearly stated that I have listed all the evidence.
> This includes the games he cheated in, how he did it, the second account name he used and snippets of his confession.
> I also prompted the admins to check my inbox if they need further verification.

Yeah, that sucks. That should usually be more than enough to lead to a ban, in my opinion.

Is that cheater still active on lichess? Or did they at least close the account at some point?