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Maybe they do both, but I am certain that the flag link disappears for some people after abuse. I'm not sure what the advantage of doing both would be (though

by Crito 13y ago

Maybe they do both, but I am certain that the flag link disappears for some people after abuse. I'm not sure what the advantage of doing both would be (though I assume hellbanned users normally still see a flag link that does nothing).

SamReidHughes 13y ago
I've inferred from some info I've heard that some known abusers keep abusing the flag feature -- it seems like it would be disabled for them, or disabled for submissions matching certain keywords.
- Crito 13y ago
  If minor abuse turns the flag link into a NOP, then I don't see any extra utility in removing the link if they keep it up.