Report an idea or comment

Report inappropriate or offensive ideas or comments for moderators and administrators to review.
  1. Report the idea or comment.
    • Report an idea by clicking the flag at the top of the idea, near the idea title.

      screen capture of an idea showing the Report Flag icon to the left of the score panel

    • Report a comment by clicking the arrow in the top right corner of the comment, then click Report this comment.

      Comment with the 'Report this comment' dropdown option shown

    A dialog opens and prompts you for the reason you are making this report.

    Report comment form with a required field for "Reason for reporting" selector and a text field for "Additional comment", followed by Cancel and Report buttons

  2. Select the reason for your report.
    • Duplicate idea
    • Off topic
    • Spam
    • Contains offensive language
    • Inappropriate subject matter
    • Links to an inappropriate website
    • Contains a personal attack
  3. Optional: Provide a comment explaining your reason for the report.
  4. Click Report.
    This sends an email to the moderators to inform them that a post has been reported. They then review it and decide whether to approve, edit, or remove it.
Note: In some communities, when you report and idea or comment, it will be removed from the community until it has been approved by moderators.

The idea or comment now has a red flag indicating that it is pending a report.

screen capture of an idea that includes a red flag with the message 'Pending moderator attention' to the left of the score panel

If the red flag is not immediately visible, trying refreshing your web page.

A comment with a red outline of a flag in the upper right above the comment text