People are abusing that rule for spurious mass reporting of other users. I knew it would happen if we set out specific rules, that's one of the reasons I personally never put any rules in the sidebar. It's a nice idea, but in practice it goes like this:

People use the report feature as part of their debate strategy. They lay bait to another user they are arguing with, or start an argument with someone they don't get on with, just for the sake of arguing, and when their opponent strays outside of the topic of argument the comment is reported. Very reddit if you ask me.

Most reports here don't seem serious to me. And this website specifically has a free speech ethos, one that tolerates people calling each other names, and encourages moderators to refrain from being overbearing. Read the content policy.

Personally I don't think I've ever reported another user for some comment, on this forum or any other. When someone starts flinging insults in a back and forth, it means they have no argument and their opponent won - even if they don't see it that way. Continuing is pointless and irrational and never leads to resolution.

Sometimes I may have ignored a comment that warranted removal. That's not intentional. But I think most reports are of the caliber that I've described above. I do look out for the serious ones, but they are few and far between.