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I was also shocked to see I had flagged quite a few articles, likely because of my own fat fingers.

throwanem 3y ago
I knew I was doing it, I just hated that I couldn't fix it myself! It also seems like flagging an article now no longer hides it, which is extra great since the unflag link is right there without even needing to visit the profile to undo a mistap.
gota 3y ago
Oh my god, I have flagged dozens. None on purpose. I have just unflagged all of them, hopefully It helps
- throwanem 3y ago
  Judging by the reaction in this thread, I feel like it might noticeably lower the noise floor on the moderation queue!
- pjot 3y ago
  Same here. I use the favorite button a lot and that it is next to flag, I assume this is most likely what’s happened
- dageshi 3y ago
  Me too, like 20+ over the years. I had no clue I was misclicking. Some kind of confirmation would be a real good idea!
  - sshine 3y ago
    On mobile, up/down voting is super close. I probably downvoted 20% of the time I tried to upvote until I realized I need to pinch-zoom super close and pay attention to the "on clicked" look of the link for the few milliseconds it appears. Those arrows are not mobile friendly.
    - cinntaile 3y ago
      The message is different though. If you downvote it says undown.
      - sshine 3y ago
        No, it says unvote in both cases.
        cinntaile 3y ago
        I verified it immediately before posting and I verified it again. It says undown when you downvote on mobile. I use Chrome on Android.
- maxerickson 3y ago
  Once it is older than a few hours it probably doesn't matter any.
- sethammons 3y ago
  same; maybe two dozen flagged stories, none of which I intended to flag. Comments however, they seem to be flagged appropriately
c0brac0bra 3y ago
Same here. I assumed flagging was something that required a certain amount of reputation. I've never even purposefully tried to see how to flag something, and I have 4 submissions flagged.
sdflhasjd 3y ago
If it's any consolation, the page doesn't show flagged submissions that ended up being removed, so you're likely only going to see stuff you've accidentally flagged. Flagging could do with a confirmation prompt perhaps.
- gjulianm 3y ago
  It does show removed flagged submissions if you have "showdead" enabled in your profile.
  - sdflhasjd 3y ago
    Does that still show really old removed items though? Some items I remember deliberately flagging don't show in the list.
xupybd 3y ago
I've flagged articles I don't recognize. I'm not sure how. There might need to be a UX change here.
ehPReth 3y ago
me too! some of them looked kind of interesting too, probably just hit the wrong thing on mobile I guess? there was some stuff I definitely meant to flag like spam or whatever but definitely some stuff that was not supposed to be

I knew I was doing it, I just hated that I couldn't fix it myself! It also seems like flagging an article now no longer hides it, which is extra great since the unflag link is right there without even needing to visit the profile to undo a mistap.

gota 3y ago

Oh my god, I have flagged dozens. None on purpose. I have just unflagged all of them, hopefully It helps

throwanem 3y ago
Judging by the reaction in this thread, I feel like it might noticeably lower the noise floor on the moderation queue!
pjot 3y ago
Same here. I use the favorite button a lot and that it is next to flag, I assume this is most likely what’s happened
dageshi 3y ago
Me too, like 20+ over the years. I had no clue I was misclicking. Some kind of confirmation would be a real good idea!
- sshine 3y ago
  On mobile, up/down voting is super close. I probably downvoted 20% of the time I tried to upvote until I realized I need to pinch-zoom super close and pay attention to the "on clicked" look of the link for the few milliseconds it appears. Those arrows are not mobile friendly.
  - cinntaile 3y ago
    The message is different though. If you downvote it says undown.
    - sshine 3y ago
      No, it says unvote in both cases.
      - cinntaile 3y ago
        I verified it immediately before posting and I verified it again. It says undown when you downvote on mobile. I use Chrome on Android.
maxerickson 3y ago
Once it is older than a few hours it probably doesn't matter any.
sethammons 3y ago
same; maybe two dozen flagged stories, none of which I intended to flag. Comments however, they seem to be flagged appropriately

c0brac0bra 3y ago

Same here. I assumed flagging was something that required a certain amount of reputation. I've never even purposefully tried to see how to flag something, and I have 4 submissions flagged.

sdflhasjd 3y ago

If it's any consolation, the page doesn't show flagged submissions that ended up being removed, so you're likely only going to see stuff you've accidentally flagged. Flagging could do with a confirmation prompt perhaps.

gjulianm 3y ago
It does show removed flagged submissions if you have "showdead" enabled in your profile.
- sdflhasjd 3y ago
  Does that still show really old removed items though? Some items I remember deliberately flagging don't show in the list.

xupybd 3y ago

I've flagged articles I don't recognize. I'm not sure how. There might need to be a UX change here.

ehPReth 3y ago

me too! some of them looked kind of interesting too, probably just hit the wrong thing on mobile I guess? there was some stuff I definitely meant to flag like spam or whatever but definitely some stuff that was not supposed to be