Always wondered - why is there a report button under your own posts? is it some sort of cathartic release mechanism?

Always wondered - why is there a report button under your own posts? is it some sort of cathartic release mechanism?
Your conscious is clear soI reported my own post the other day to see what happened.
Nothing. Not a thing.
Far too much reporting going on here lately !!! I've got names.
*List grows.Reported.
Far too much reporting going on here lately !!! I've got names.
**jots downName names mate.
I've recently started doing reports myself. It's pretty fun.
I reported myself as a joke in an ale house thread once. Got thread banned.
Fkn Nazis