Inappropriate or offensive content can be reported by all users to help maintain a positive and respectful work environment. As a system administrator, you can enable reporting for comments, posts, and chat messages individually.

How users can report content is described here: How do I report content (comments, posts, chat messages)?

How do I enable the feature?

1. Open the Admin Console. This is only available for system administrators.
2. Go to Settings > General.
3. Scroll to the "Report content" section.
4. Enable the desired options (see tabs below).
5. Enter the email address(es) that should receive reports in the provided field. Confirm each entry by pressing Enter.
6. Click Save changes.

Details per content type

Use the tabs below to view the details for each content type.

• Activation

  Enable the "Report comments" checkbox to allow users to report comments on posts.

  What happens when a comment is reported?

  Once a comment is reported, an email is sent to the configured recipients. The email contains the following information:

  • First & last name and username of the person who reported the comment
  • Channel of the post
  • Post title
  • Link to the post
  • First & last name and username of the person who wrote the comment
  • Content of the comment

  The email is currently sent in English.

  Note: Only channel administrators can delete comments. Once deleted, the comment is replaced with "This comment has been removed".

• Activation

  Enable the "Report posts" checkbox to allow users to report posts in the news feed.

  What happens when a post is reported?

  Once a post is reported, an email is sent to the configured recipients. The email contains the following information:

  • First & last name and username of the person who reported the post
  • Channel of the post
  • Post title
  • Link to the post
  • First & last name and username of the person who wrote the post
  • Content of the post

  The email is currently sent in English.

  Note: Only channel administrators can delete posts.

• Activation

  Enable the "Report chat messages" checkbox to allow users to report chat messages.

  What happens when a chat message is reported?

  Once a chat message is reported, an email is sent to the configured recipients. The email contains the following information:

  • First & last name, email address, and user ID of the person who reported the message
  • First & last name, email address, and user ID of the person who wrote the message
  • Chat name (for group chats)
  • Chat ID
  • Content of the message

  The email is currently sent in English.