You know something, I agree. I think that anything that is said to others should be open on this forum. Everyone here is expected to play nice.... but you know, behind closed doors, anything can be said about anyone. Is it any better to talk badly behind someone's back than it is to tell them straight up, "You're insane" or "you're creepy" or "you're an *******"?
What is ok to share with everyone, and what is ok to "vent" about when you're behind closed doors?
I think you may have missed the point of what Buttons was saying. She was saying that there should be an opportunity for members to see what is said when discussing reported posts, because members don't know if the dicussions are kept on the topic of the report, or move to complaining about the poster.
Understand what you two are saying and put into this idea into play:
For example: Lets call
x= person reporting a post
y= person whose post is reported
z= mod staff involved in the decision regarding the reported post.
X reports a post and while reporting that post X wants:
a) to make it public that they reported that post
b) private that they reported that post
If X wanted B than they are not restricted from reporting posts. There reasons may be fear of private conversation with the person he reported (aka wanting to avoid conflict) or may not wanted to get involved but wanted to make the post known. Those posters, who are reserved are not prohibited by the paradigm presented from reporting post if privacy is what makes them feel that they can make one.
Y, who is being reported is either
a) in violation of a rule
b) not in violation of a rule
Either way, his/her dirty laundry is now public. Now lets say the violation is a violation ....what are the chances, now that we threw this into a public forum for you guys to see and made speckle of the incident. Every time that is done I can guarantee you a good percentage of those people will instantly stop visiting here.
If we find it isn't a post violation they still wonder if some of you still feel it is wrong and likely either way you guys will make threads on your thoughts on the decision creating a forum where we talk about moderation and forum rules more than religion politics and philosophy....and where some poster innocent of a violation or guilty is at the heart of some elongated discussion.
Z= the mod staff that makes the decision is now responsible for answering a post audit on every decision made. Much of our proficiency is measured in the time it takes from receiving a complaint to completing the action. With your structure that idea is down the drain.
I am going to finish the last two points to this idea on the next post but realize your idea is making more problems and solving few. I will finish this in the next post.