Report Abuse

The Report Abuse GUI as of November 2022. Now, the GUI is separated into text chat reporting GUI, other reporting GUI and place reporting GUI.

The Report Abuse button (which is now a GUI) was released on January 31, 2007, and was the first way a user could report someone for breaking the rules. Once the main HUD's button is pressed, a box entitled 'Report Abuse' will ask for a description of the incident and what category it falls under.

It has been theorized that it takes two or more reports upon a player before it has any effect on them, which may promote server-wide hate towards anyone committing any action against the terms of service. Today, the button is in the in-game menu.

A player can be reported quickly by clicking the player's name in the player list, same as the other GUI but not showing "Game or Player" and the reasons are different.

On the official website, users can report a player by clicking the "Report Abuse" link under the user's profile, which will send them to a page similar to the in-game Report Abuse form, but with the player's name already filled out.

History

The Report Abuse button, seen in 2007.

The report abuse system was originally released on January 31, 2007.

In December 2010, players were awarded a gift called "Janitorial Gift of Taking Out the Trash" if they reported 20 players for breaking the rules.

The report abuse GUI from 2012 to 2014.

The report abuse GUI from 2014 to December 2015.

The report abuse GUI from 2016 to 2020 (present in some devices).

The report abuse GUI as of May 2020. Now, the GUI is separated into player reporting GUI and place reporting GUI.

Fast Track

Fast Track was a program that allowed quicker report handling. It was introduced in the summer of 2018. It enrolled users that had accurately reported abuse consistently. Once a user was in the program, it could be seen in the settings and had a brief description of the program with a chart with the user's reporting accuracy (how often moderation agreed with the reports a user sent per month). It also had comparative average accuracy rating from others in the program. A user could have been kicked out of the program if they sent in too many inaccurate reports, causing a low accuracy rating. It is unclear whether-or-not a user was eligible to rejoin the program in the future if they were previously kicked out. Ultimately, the program was sunset (gradually retired), as of October 3, 2022.

The private message

The "Fast Track" program, accessible in the settings if a user is enrolled.

Report Reasons

• Inappropriate Language - Profanity and Adult Content (words deemed offensive to use, words with obscene definitions)
• Asking for or giving personal information - (either requesting or displaying information that can be used to identify and contact a player personally, such as phone numbers or street addresses)
• Bullying, Harassment, Hate Speech (cyberbullying, discrimination)
• Dating (Online Dating)
• Exploiting, Cheating, Scamming (using exploits, scamming other players for Robux and items)
• Account Theft - Phishing, Hacking, Trading (scamming by asking for account and personal information, hacking other accounts, account trading)
• Inappropriate Content - Place, Image Model (contains nudity, sexual content, graphic violence, drug abuse, or criminal activity)
• Real Life Threats & Suicide Threats (threatening to commit violent acts, including suicide, in real life)
• Other rule violation (anything else that is prohibited by Roblox Community Rules)

Criticism

Many people think reports are "flawed" and "don't work" and have also claimed that they aren't even read, even if the person very obviously violated the rules. However, others say that rule-breakers' reports do get read, however, it may take a long time.

Some players also criticise that there are a limited amount of moderators to read reports. Some players also believe that reporting only checks the chat log, which they say that exploiters may not be caught.

People also complain about the "lack of administrators reading reports".

False Reporting

Main article: False reporting

Sending in a report doesn't mean that the user you reported will automatically be punished. It means that one of Roblox's moderators will review the player and check for rule violations. According to Roblox's new TOS (Terms of Service), false reporting or encouraging others to do so may result in punishments.