• snooggums@lemmy.world
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    16 hours 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.

    • Kierunkowy74@piefed.socialOP
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      11 hours ago

      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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        9 hours ago

        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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          7 hours ago

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

      • snooggums@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

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