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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, it's better to get some useless reports than to get no reports at all because "somebody will surely report this".

Also people stay alert when punishment is an option.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's actually a big problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue more alerts is not always better.