I read a comment from pg once that he "grades" flags based on how many articles you flag that actually do end up being killed. So it stands to reason that if yo

I read a comment from pg once that he "grades" flags based on how many articles you flag that actually do end up being killed. So it stands to reason that if you only flag honest-to-god spam, which almost always gets killed, then you'll get a high "grade" for your flags. But if you flag stuff that you think is merely off-topic, that mostly does not get killed, it just languishes with low points. So those flags would be counted against you. I of course have no inside knowledge about this. He may have changed the code since then. For what it's worth, I go through /newest about once a day and flag only honest-to-god spam, typically three or four at a time. I've been doing this for a couple of years now, and I can still flag stuff.