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"Flagging" is done by individual users, at their own discretion, for more or less arbitrary reasons. If a posts accumulates enough "flags" it goes into the stat
by mindcrime 5y ago
"Flagging" is done by individual users, at their own discretion, for more or less arbitrary reasons. If a posts accumulates enough "flags" it goes into the state you are seeing. It's really hard to say why a specific post received flags, unless the exact individuals who chose to flag it decide to speak up.
I wasn't one of the people who flagged your post, so I can't really say much more than that.
- Anil1331 5y agoThis is a sad state as it can give power into the hands of mobs who can bring down any post if they wish but I guess I would have to live with it
- mindcrime 5y agoI don't know for sure, but I presume that the moderators can resurrect a post that they deem to have been flagged to death unfairly. I also don't know how many "flags" it takes to kill a post. I don't think they publicize that, and probably for good reason. From what I've seen though, "bad" uses of flagging don't happen that often. Usually it's for blatant spam or troll posts. But I guess there will always be exceptions...
- jjk166 5y agoSomething being flagged doesn't automatically make it go away. The moderators review flagged posts (they are flagged for review) and decide if it should stay up or not. The worst a mob can do is alert people that there's a decent number of users who don't think a post should be on the site, which is true.