From the Mailbag

In the last week, we’ve been fielding a lot of questions in our Feedback mailbox about what happens when someone votes down a story, and when someone does something bad. We thought we’d address the answers to everyone, not just those intrepid enough to click “feedback.”

First, when a user votes a story down, the vote count moves down by one. That’s it. Nothing more. You can see if someone recently voted a story down in the “recent voters” area.

Second, we’d like to introduce you to our little friend the ‘Report this’ button. He’s a little guy you may have seen hanging out on the details page, below comments and on user profiles. He may seem like he’s a tattle-tale, only there to get you and your friends in trouble, but we assure you, he’s not.

‘Report this’ can (and should) be used to report things you find broken or offensive, but this guy is multi-talented and can be put to use in other ways as well. Submit something you regret? ‘Report this’ and ask us to take it down. Double post a comment? ‘Report this’ and we can remove your accidental seconds. Typo on your fantastic zinger? ‘Report this’ totally has your back. All you gotta do is click on him, give him a few details and he’ll get your request taken care of as soon as possible.

The moral of this blog post is, don’t be scared of the Mixx ‘Report this’ button. He really just wants to be there for you, as any friend should.

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