product-example 1 linked patterns checked
X Help Center: Report abusive behavior
Documents reporting from posts, profiles, and Direct Messages, selecting who the report is for, adding context and additional posts or messages, confirming report details, post-report recommendations, violent threat guidance, confirmation, follow-up, and reported-content replacement.
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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports
| Pattern | Supported decision | Required contract | Claim note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report abuse | Choose report abuse when a user flags content, behavior, an account, or an object as potentially harmful, abusive, spam, illegal, impersonating, privacy-violating, or against community rules. | The Report action is reachable from the object being reported and carries object identity into the flow without asking users to manually re-enter obvious context. | Supports affected-person selection, added context, related posts or messages, report confirmation, follow-up preferences, recommendations after submission, violent-threat guidance, and content replacement after reporting. |
Comparisons supported by this source
- Report abuse vs review queue vs comments vs security warning vs permission denied state vs notification center
X documents post, account, and direct-message reporting, affected-person selection, added context, confirmation, follow-up, and post-report recommendations.
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