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Has anybody had any luck reporting slanderers (., opponents who accuse you of cheating)? I've reported a few, but never received any response.

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Thanks for the reply. I don't think it answers my question.

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He is just copy pasting cuz he saw the word cheating in your forum. I think moderators should be banned for spamming. (Yk yk I'm joking).
Btw no one has ever accused me of cheating (luckily)
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dpal62 wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I don't think it answers my question.

Well, they don't respond to individual reports.

However, you can see from the monthly reports that thousands of accounts are muted or closed every month.

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justbefair wrote:
dpal62 wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I don't think it answers my question.

Well, they don't respond to individual reports.

However, you can see from the monthly reports that thousands of accounts are muted or closed every month.

Yes, sometimes they do respond to individual reports.

The monthly reports don't tell if anybody has been punished for slander.

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One local streamer called me a great chess software user too just because he saw the international flag, and blocked me after the game, I think there were no consequences for him. I would not mind if it was an unknown guy but when a player has the "Community Streamer" badge from chess.com in his profile this behaviour is inappropriate a bit

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White letters on a white background, a justbefair special.

Fun fact: even highlighting the text doesn't help, as it becomes extreme light blue and white, still unreadable.

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MrChatty wrote:

One local streamer called me a great chess software user too just because he saw the international flag, and blocked me after the game, I think there were no consequences for him. I would not mind if it was an unknown guy but when a player has the "Community Streamer" badge from chess.com in his profile this behaviour is inappropriate a bit

Did you report it?

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dpal62 wrote:

Did you report it?

Sure because I think it is over the top for an official chess.com's streamer but who cares...

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dpal62 wrote:

Has anybody had any luck reporting slanderers (., opponents who accuse you of cheating)? I've reported a few, but never received any response.

They do not close the loop with the reporter. Anything that happens to the reported after that could be coincidental and totally unrelated, if you do check.

Report and move on is the common adage.

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MrChatty wrote:

One local streamer called me a great chess software user too just because he saw the international flag, and blocked me after the game, I think there were no consequences for him. I would not mind if it was an unknown guy but when a player has the "Community Streamer" badge from chess.com in his profile this behaviour is inappropriate a bit

While streaming?

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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:

While streaming?

I think no but still...

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MrChatty wrote:
dpal62 wrote:

Did you report it?

Sure because I think it is over the top for an official chess.com's streamer but who cares...


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sawdof wrote:
dpal62 wrote:

Has anybody had any luck reporting slanderers (., opponents who accuse you of cheating)? I've reported a few, but never received any response.

They do not close the loop with the reporter. Anything that happens to the reported after that could be coincidental and totally unrelated, if you do check.

Report and move on is the common adage.

I remember getting feedback about some action taken against someone I'd reported, but I can't recall what it was about. It was not a slander case, nor was it about the death threat I once received.