Post Reports

Overview

Any registered user can report a post they consider inappropriate. When filing a report, the user selects a predefined reason and may add an optional description. Reports are reviewed by back-office moderators, who accept or reject them. Filing a report does not automatically remove the post, block the reported user, or notify the post owner — it is a purely informational record that moderators act on independently. A reporter may also choose to hide the reported post from their own feed at the time of filing.

Fields

Field	What it represents
Post	The post being reported
Reported user	The username of the post owner, captured at the time the report is filed
Reporting user	The user who filed the report
Reason	A predefined reason selected from the available list
Description	Optional free-text context provided by the reporter
Status	Where the report is in the review lifecycle

Report reason fields

Field	What it represents
Description	The label for this reason as shown to users (e.g. "Spam", "Inappropriate content")

Relations

• Posts
• User

Business Rules

1. Any authenticated user can report any post.
2. A reason must be selected from the available list; the reason cannot be empty.
3. When a report is created, the platform records the reporter's name and the reported user's name at that point in time.
4. All new reports start in a Pending status and remain there until a moderator acts on them.
5. A reporter can optionally hide the reported post from their own feed at the same time as filing the report. This affects only the reporter's view and does not affect the post owner or anyone else.
6. Filing a report does not automatically notify the post owner.
7. Filing a report does not automatically block the reported user or remove the post.
8. Moderators can accept or reject a report. Accepting indicates the report was valid; rejecting indicates it was unfounded.
9. Report reasons are maintained by back-office staff and can be added, edited, or removed. Only active (non-deleted) reasons are available to users.

States

State	What it means
Pending	The report has been filed and is awaiting moderator review
Accepted	A moderator reviewed the report and found it valid
Rejected	A moderator reviewed the report and found it unfounded

Constraints

• A report must reference a valid post and a valid reason.
• Only authenticated users can file a report.