Allow moderators to decide if a report should be forwarded #22

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opened 2025-09-02 09:06:03 +00:00 by Jeremy Kescher · 0 comments

Jeremy Kescher commented

2025-09-02 09:06:03 +00:00

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Pitch

Have a server setting that allows moderators to decide whether or not a report is forwarded, disregarding user choice on this matter.

Motivation

Sometimes, there are instance-specific reasons to report posts. Incompatible rules on what must carry a Content Warning, on alt text, etc.

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to reconcile this, leading to remote instances to ignore reports from one's instance for a while.

Sometimes, a report is only made to the local instance, but ideally, the report should also be sent to the remote instance—which currently causes us to send a duplicate report, but with forwarding on.

Therefore, as an instance admin and moderator, I would like to have reports sit unforwarded until they are looked at by a local moderator before being passed on.

Vanilla issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35984

### Pitch Have a server setting that allows moderators to decide whether or not a report is forwarded, disregarding user choice on this matter. ### Motivation Sometimes, there are instance-specific reasons to report posts. Incompatible rules on what must carry a Content Warning, on alt text, etc. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to reconcile this, leading to remote instances to ignore reports from one's instance for a while. Sometimes, a report is only made to the local instance, but ideally, the report should also be sent to the remote instance—which currently causes us to send a duplicate report, but with forwarding on. Therefore, as an instance admin and moderator, I would like to have reports sit unforwarded until they are looked at by a local moderator before being passed on. Vanilla issue: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35984