Reports gives members a careful way to flag content that may break Visual Space rules or the expectations of the current space. The concern stays connected to its space and its content so an authorized moderator can review what happened in context.
A Report Starts A Review
Submitting a report and deciding a report are separate actions. A member identifies the rule that may have been broken and can add useful context. A moderator then compares that concern with the content and the rules before choosing an outcome.
A report does not automatically remove content. This separation gives moderators room to understand tone, surrounding discussion, and local expectations instead of treating every concern as a verdict. Several members can report the same post, but the number of reports still does not decide the result by itself.
Where Reporting Is Available
Members can open Report from the content menu on posts and on loaded articles where the action is available. The form belongs to the current space, which keeps the selected rules and later review grounded in the right community.
Posts have the complete report and review journey today:
Loaded articles can provide the same entry into the report form. Their broader review journey does not yet have the same complete coverage as posts, so use the available Report action as the guide for whether an article can be reported from its current view.
The loaded article menu exposes Report before any rule, note, or submission screen is opened.
For the member-facing concepts behind the form, see Reporting Content. For the complete action flow, follow Report A Post Or Article.
Rules, Context, And Privacy
Every report needs a selected rule. Members can choose a platform rule for concerns involving legal, safety, privacy, copyright, or baseline conduct expectations, or the current space's rules for local expectations. The form shows the selected rule's description, helping the reporter make a deliberate choice before submitting.
An optional note can explain details that the content alone may not reveal. A useful note might point to a specific phrase, clarify why the content is misleading in this space, or describe the surrounding context. It should help the reviewer understand the concern without turning the note into a second argument.
Reporting is intentionally quiet for regular members. After submission, the reporter receives confirmation, but ordinary members do not see a public report marker. Another member can still report the same content if they independently encounter a problem. Moderator-facing report details stay in the space's review experience.
How Moderators Reach A Decision
Authorized space moderators work with two clear queues. New Reports contains concerns that still need a decision. Resolved Reports keeps completed decisions available so moderators can understand earlier actions and correct a decision when needed.
The queue keeps each pending concern beside its content while every review action remains untouched.
For a reported post, the review experience brings the important evidence together:
The outcome expresses what the moderator decided, not merely that a button was pressed. Approve resolves the concern while leaving the post in place. Remove takes action against the post. Spam identifies the post as spam. A moderator note can preserve the reasoning for other moderators who revisit the case later.
Moderators may also encounter a report beside the post itself. Reviewing in the feed can make surrounding conversation easier to judge, while the report queues provide a focused view of work that is new or already resolved. Learn how these views fit together in Report Review, or follow Review And Resolve A Reported Post for the connected workflow.
Space-Scoped Moderation
Reports are handled in the space where the content appears. This keeps decisions close to the people who understand that space's rules, purpose, and conversational norms. Space owners and roles with report-management access can use the space's report view; ordinary members can submit concerns but do not use the moderation queues.
This boundary matters. A platform rule can explain why content is concerning, but the report still enters the current space's review journey. The public moderation workflow is organized one space at a time.
What To Expect After Reporting
Once a member submits a report, the concern is ready for moderator review. The content remains available unless a moderator later chooses an outcome that acts against it, and the reporter does not receive a public badge or marker on the content.
For moderators, a pending post report remains visible until it is reviewed. If the post receives more than one pending report, the grouped count keeps the feed readable while preserving each concern for review. A completed decision moves into resolved history rather than disappearing from the moderation workspace.
Common Questions
Does reporting a post remove it immediately?
No. Reporting starts a review. The post remains in place unless an authorized moderator chooses Remove or another outcome that acts against it.
What does Approve mean?
Approve means the report has been reviewed and the content can remain. It resolves the concern without approving every claim in the post or endorsing the post on behalf of the space.
Can other members see that I reported something?
Regular members do not see a public report marker after submission. Report information is shown in the moderator-facing review experience.
What happens when several people report the same post?
Moderators see the pending concerns grouped with a count and can open the reports for that post. A higher count provides context, but it does not automatically remove the post or determine the decision.
Can I report an article?
You can submit a report from a loaded article when its menu offers Report. Posts currently have the complete, verified path from submission through in-context moderation and resolution.
Who can review reports for a space?
The space owner and roles with report-management access can use the space's moderation view. Ordinary members can submit reports but cannot decide them.