🚩 Reporting Posts

This document explains all official report options and when to use them.

Before submitting a report, ensure the content clearly violates a site rule or policy.

Reports are reviewed by staff at their discretion. Submitting a report does not guarantee that action will be taken. All moderation decisions rest solely with Staff.

If you need to report behavior that does not involve a specific post (for example, ban evasion or multiple accounts), you must private message a staff member.

📝 How to Report a Post or Thread

To report a post or thread:

1. Click the Report button located at the bottom-right of the post or thread.
2. Select the report reason that best matches the violation.
3. Click Report Post to submit.

If you are unsure which option applies, review the explanations below.

📌 Report Reasons Explained

🟦 Unverified Discord Sharing

If a user displays their Discord username anywhere on the site (profile, posts, PMs, or Convos), it must be verified through the official verification process.

Verification instructions can be found here:
Discord Verification Instructions

Any unverified Discord sharing must be reported using this option.

🟥 Blackhat Activity

Hack Forums does not allow discussion of disallowed blackhat activities listed here:

Disallowed Blackhat Activity

Any discussion, promotion, or facilitation of these activities may result in warnings or bans, at staff discretion.

🛒 Out of Marketplace

All marketplace-style activity must be posted within the Marketplace category.

This includes buying, selling, trading, paid services, appraisals, auctions, or threads with “optional payment” or “not free” language.

Posting such content outside the Market tab may result in a warning and a seven-day posting restriction.

✍️ Posting Etiquette

This option applies to non-constructive, incoherent, or low-quality posts.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Bypassing the minimum character requirement (25 characters) using fillers, invisible characters, or meaningless text such as “25 char”, “bump”, or excessive emojis;
• Repeating another user’s post without adding new information;
• Replying with memes instead of contributing to the discussion;
• Intentional use of broken English (e.g., parody or troll speech);
• Trolling or baiting behavior;
• Quoting a post without adding content exceeding 25 original characters.

Moderators, Mentors, and Staff are exempt from character limits in sections they moderate.

📂 Wrong Forum

Threads posted in the incorrect forum should be reported using this option.

Do not use this option for Marketplace-style threads. Those must be reported as Out of Marketplace.

Referral or survey links posted outside of Referrals or Survey Says also fall under this category.

⚖️ Marketplace Violation

This option applies to violations of Marketplace rules.

Refer to the full policy here:
Marketplace Rules and Policies

Common violations include:

• Violating section-specific Marketplace rules;
• Bumping your own thread with low-effort posts such as “online”, “support available”, or “still selling”;
• Bumping threads you do not own, including as a support member;
• Discouraging sales without legitimate justification;
• Redirecting users to competitor threads;
• Posting and deleting content to artificially bump threads (PBD).

Customers with Active, Completed, or Disputed contracts may leave negative reviews. These are not violations.

Abuse of this report option may result in sanctions.

🌐 Advertising Competing Site

Advertising competing forums is not allowed anywhere on Hack Forums.

Competing forums are those with hacking-related sections similar to those found here.

Some sites may be approved by the Administrator. To request approval, contact Admin before posting.

👤 Profile Violation

Profiles must comply with the rules outlined here:

Profile Policies, Violations, and Rules

When reporting a profile violation, report a single post by the user. Staff will review the profile as a whole.

Admissions of multiple accounts also fall under this category.

🔞 Adult Content

Posts or threads may not contain:

• Graphic or pornographic images
• Links to adult or gore-related sites
• Nudity, obscenity, or vulgar content

The buying, selling, or trading of adult-related accounts or services is also prohibited.

💸 Donation Begging

Requests for donations, loans, investments, or gifts are not permitted.

This includes charity and crowdfunding-related posts.

🧾 Personal Information

Posts may not contain personal information about others.

This includes phone numbers, addresses, IPs, emails, names, or contact details.

The only exception is the Deal Disputes section, where relevant information may be posted as images only.

🦠 Infected Content

Direct links to malware, trojans, spyware, or other malicious files intended to infect users are prohibited.

When reporting infected content, provide conclusive proof and report the post containing the evidence rather than the original post.

❓ Other

Use this option for violations not covered above.

This currently includes:

• Sectional rule violations not otherwise categorized;
• Expired or fake contests;
• Gravedug threads revived with useless or low-effort replies.

Abuse of the reporting system may result in warnings or other moderation action.

Use reports responsibly.