• snooggums@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      Is it even a bug?

      Just because someone assumes that reporting themselves is a bug doesn’t make it a bug. I have been on forums where admins/mods would report themselves when they made mistakes for visibility that they were holding themselves to the same standards as the other users.

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        Yes, because modlogs on Mastodon are neither public nor federated (they are visible only for admin and mods). Self-reporting for “standards” don’t make sense there.

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          I didn’t say it was the only reason to do so, but that it is one possible reason.

          What is the reason for having a restriction?

          Who benefits from NOT being able to report yourself?

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            26 days ago

            Conversely, who is hindered by being able to report yourself?

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          27 days ago

          The Expected Behavior in the bug is that it doesn’t make sense to report your own posts/account.