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Originally Posted by larethian
I know the mods might still give a benefit of doubt, but in such a case, should we still report it?
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Yeah, in such a case, you may report it, but we may still choose to give the person the benefit of the doubt. One benefit of reporting is that we on the staff may know the history of a particular poster due to previous reports and infractions, so we may be able to help determine if the person is deliberately trying to mislead or what. I do think that someone posting a correct spoiler but botching the motivation seems a bit odd, but I suppose what could have happened as they read limited spoilers on Wikipedia or somewhere else, and they're using those fragments of knowledge to piece together the rest.
In any case, though, yes -- we may very well give the benefit of the doubt, but it's still okay to report.