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Post by tahoels
people posting false road reports for points ?, example i was on the way home on a main highway there was a wazer in front of me 1000 feet or so and a accident popped up on screen right where i was . there was no accident or any problem on the raod ,no other roads around me so it was on this highway. this is to help us on the roads not to be a big points winner !!
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Post by vince1612
@jake, This is a thread from 2012 with last messages from 2014. Please don't revive if the discussion is more than 6 months old, many of the things said about functions or links shared might be very outdated.

@ninjacakegirl, Please find your local forum:
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And ask community leaders from your area to do something about the user
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Post by usnret04
pvaladares wrote:Is it possible to report abuse of false reports?
I'm pretty sure a lot of Wazers submit false or misleading reports to "pad" their points. I see it quite often in my area.
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Post by skbun
AlanOfTheBerg wrote:
pvaladares wrote:It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.
There is, but only if the alert applies to your road and direction of travel. Otherwise, Waze must assume that you are not knowledgeable enough to actually state it isn't there. Of course, that also suggests that the "Thanks" button should also not be there....
I wonder how difficult it would be to make the behaviour of clicking on a report act like gas prices already do. After all, we already see 'You are only allowed to report gas prices at the station', and that's measured by how far away you are 'as the crow flies'. The reasoning Waze put in for that is 'You're close enough to see the gas prices, so you can report', so one could say 'Why should reports be any different?'

It'd be:
'On clicking a report, how far are you physically from it?' if:
"Close", give the 'Thanks' and 'Not there' options or
"Not close", give the 'Comment' and 'Thanks' options.

I only mention this as a real possibility because we already know the functionality of whether something is 'close' is already built in.
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Post by pvaladares
AlanOfTheBerg wrote:
pvaladares wrote:It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.
There is, but only if the alert applies to your road and direction of travel. Otherwise, Waze must assume that you are not knowledgeable enough to actually state it isn't there. Of course, that also suggests that the "Thanks" button should also not be there....
So far I just got the 'not there' for cameras.

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It would be nice if there was a button to report it 'not there' right next to the 'thanks' button.

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Is it possible to report abuse of false reports?
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Post by pocs
How about a button to report user who simply report for point?
while I was driving home. Some one just report rain almost every 500 meter. my 61km drive have result of me pressing not there about 40++ times. .
anywhere to report this guy's?
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