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Why would you flag something based on the title alone? That seems to be an abuse of the flagging privilege.
by bobwaycott 10y ago
Why would you flag something based on the title alone? That seems to be an abuse of the flagging privilege.
- minimaxir 10y agoIn my experience, there is a high correlation between linkbaity titles and spammy content. (I can unflag if necessary, but that has been rare) The official rule is to flag if the content is spammy/off-topic.
- reitanqild 10y agoDid I read you correctly? Flagging first without reading in deed seems like abuse of flags. (Possible exceptions for very obvious offenders against site guidelines.)
- minimaxir 10y agoExact quote from the guidelines: > If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link.
- bobwaycott 10y agoI think the issue here is flagging a story without bothering to check the story. Excluding obvious dupes, the recent article posted for Greek sex escorts, and similarly irrefutable garbage, you have no defensible basis for flagging on title alone. Real-world example: There have been a couple articles recently posted with titles such as "Do X with all the things using this one weird trick". The articles were solid, informative, and on-topic, despite the otherwise regrettable titles. I even complained about the titles in the comments, but not the content. I could only make this judgment by reading the articles and denying my flag-hammer until I knew they weren't garbage. I think we're disagreeing on a difference between the proverbial letter and spirit of the law/guidelines.
- bobwaycott 10y agoI'm aware of the guidelines. You can't flag for content being spammy or off-topic if you don't actually check the content, right? Hence, flagging based on titles, linkbaity or not, still seems an abuse and a failure to judiciously apply the flag-hammer privilege.