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AutisticCath

Hey, I'm not sure the proper report for this but I checked my messages just now and saw someone saying that this is my first warning due to people mass reporting me for verbal abuse in the forums, after which it will be a mute and then ban. I have checked my e-mail and I have seen nothing about this from chess.com come in nor am I aware of why there would be reporting (blocking people maybe?). Anyway, it turns out that I can block the guy so I am 100% certain he is not a moderator or a staffer. I reported it the message for verbal abuse myself but IDK, maybe it was just spam?

AutisticCath

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Martin_Stahl
AutisticCath wrote:

Hey, I'm not sure the proper report for this but I checked my messages just now and saw someone saying that this is my first warning due to people mass reporting me for verbal abuse in the forums, after which it will be a mute and then ban. I have checked my e-mail and I have seen nothing about this from chess.com come in nor am I aware of why there would be reporting (blocking people maybe?). Anyway, it turns out that I can block the guy so I am 100% certain he is not a moderator or a staffer. I reported it the message for verbal abuse myself but IDK, maybe it was just spam?

If they don't have a staff or moderator flair, report them to staff

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8562517-how-do-i-report-someone

AutisticCath
Martin_Stahl wrote:

If they don't have a staff or moderator flair, report them to staff

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8562517-how-do-i-report-someone

I ended up reporting them for abuse and harassment and chess.com appears to have suspended their account.