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This 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
by Anil1331 5y ago
This 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.