ImBloo I'm not speaking on behalf of Webnovel. There's just no cure-all pill for this symptom.

Perhaps you can give a better suggestion? Because a troll will just keep continuing and automatic systems aren't ready to handle such situations.

      CKtalon create a "report spoiler" button. If enough people report the spoiler, apply an "unhide" feature for the comment like you have in the review sections. Do not display spoiler comments in the top 3 comment preview.
      Reviews should also have a "report spoiler" feature so the onus to hide spoilers isn't completely on the writer of the review.

        CKtalon
        I don't know what WN's system is like for dealing with this. How's the automatic system supposed to work? Based on user's reports or something else?

        Is there even an option for a human to be involved?

        If yes, hire one or more people specifically for this task? Recruit volunteers and pay them in spirit stones?

        If no, how about improving the automatic system to respond and verify the reports faster? And (again) limiting the registrations to reliable email suppliers and not disposable email accounts?

        It's alarming to see this kind of thing being reported for months without any sort of satisfactory response. I've seen self-moderated forums that are better than this.

        I know you guys are understaffed, but this is ridiculous.

            CKtalon Nowadays I totally ignore his existence, but guess what? He stalk my profile and reply to my comment for every novel I read and comment before. Btw, here are the suggestion made by readers so far :

            1) IP Ban
            2) Create a 'report spoiler' button where it will hide the comment just like the review section
            3) Prevent multiple created disposable account
            4) Hire someone where his task to manage the trolls (readers can pay him using ss)

                It's pretty obvious Webnovel only cares about ripping people off. That's why you have to pay at least a few hundred dollars to finish a single book unless you're willing to wait years.

                  Right. @CKtalon Around half a year ago, didn't you say something about how Cthulhu Gonfalon was only retranslated and stockpiling chapters for the past year or two? That it wasn't dropped?

                    ImBloo The system is only operable by staff of Webnovel for now and the authority to do so is dependent on the staff's permissions. For instance, someone working as an editor doesn't have access/permission to access what their colleagues earn. So likewise, different people have different authorities.

                    Any report system basically floods them which is unable to be handled humanly at the moment. They are working on that by outsourcing this work, but it will take time.

                    1. IP bans won't work.
                    2. Report spoiler button will have no one manning it.
                    3. Again impossible just like 1.
                    4. That's in the works, but it has to be an employee, not at the volunteer level.

                    We have already been in discussion about allowing translators to have the ability to delete comments, but that will take time to implement. There's the worry that translators will delete ALL negative comments too, so it's a balance of multiple factors.

                        CKtalon so right now only number 2 and 4 can be achieve where the report spoiler button has no one manning it and we need employee to manage the troll, not volunteer. Then my suggestion is, create a report spoiler button (let readers 'vote' it) and the one who approve it were author/translator/editor. This can prevent misuses of the button for both readers and author themselves . Furthermore, we do not need to hire extra employees. Killing 2 birds with one stone I guess?

                          CKtalon I think if we simply hide the comment instead of deleting it, it wouldn't matter if it was an unmanned system. Just make it fully automated. And if it becomes an epidemic of too many hidden comments, well, I don't think that it's the worst problem in the world. If you want it manned, then allow the translators and editors to unflag the comments.

                              KoraL Yes, as I said, it's a request by the translators to implement this feature, but the developers have many bugs to fix as well. It would take some time for translators to be able to handle the comments, but it's already in the works.

                                  The Community: "Hey WN, this guy is ruining it for everyone else"

                                  WN:

                                  The Community: "It's been happening for months! DO SOMETHING!"

                                  WN: "meh. Stop feeding the trolls."

                                  ...is this an out-of-season April Fools joke?

                                  CKtalon I want to suggest another 1, please add 'block' button too. What will happen if translator has too many things need to do (never bother comment section), the readers at least can block the user. For example, let say I block user A. Both party won't see each other profile/post/comment. Somehow if user B reply to user A comment, I can see user B's comment but can't see what user A's post. Once I click the 'block' button and then 'poof' gone. The page automatically reload and I won't see user A post ever after that.

                                      Make it an option to hide the comment section.

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