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Wow I seem to fat finger the flag button a lot. Surprised my flagging privileges have not been revoked (or maybe they silently have). Maybe it makes sense for H
by opportune 5y ago
Wow I seem to fat finger the flag button a lot. Surprised my flagging privileges have not been revoked (or maybe they silently have). Maybe it makes sense for HN to lower the weight of flags based on the user-agent, since I assume all of these are from me using mobile
- randlet 5y agoSame. I've never intentionally flagged a story I don't think but had a dozen or so that I guess I fat fingered
- rebuilder 5y agoI was surprised, too! Then I went back to the front page and noticed the “flag” link is usually right around where my thumb goes when scrolling the page on mobile.
- fblp 5y agoalso same, looks like I've accidentally flagged dozens of posts :(
- robjan 5y agoEventually you get shadowbanned from flagging. I also fat finger and my flags aren't counted anymore.
- superasn 5y agoYeah I couldn't believe my flagged profile. I really think a yes/no double confirm could prevent a lot of these.. also since it's such a rarely used feature I don't think anyone would mind confirming it.
- shaunxcode 5y agoSame! Almost NONE of them are ones I intentionally flagged!
- searchableguy 5y agoSame, I found many false flags.
- drx 5y agoYikes, same, I had so many.
- jve 5y agoAs someone who never intentionally has flagged anything, I expected to see maybe three... but saw 19, ugh.
- specialist 5y agoI've flagged 6. Oops. I didn't even know I could flag posts. Now I'm worried I ruined someone(s) day unintentionally.