Maybe to stop the idiots purposely making other people feel uncomfortable by making comments with the sole intention of collecting flags then their should be a disciplinary ladder? A post is flagged a moderator looks at it and either removes flag or removes the post. If 3 posts a removed from a user then user is suspended, 3 suspensions, user is banned. Except in severe cases of racism, bullying or worse where an instant ban is issued??
I think if there were consequences less people will treat it as a joke or some stupid competition.
Maybe to stop the idiots purposely making other people feel uncomfortable by making comments with the sole intention of collecting flags then their should be a disciplinary ladder? A post is flagged a moderator looks at it and either removes flag or removes the post. If 3 posts a removed from a user then user is suspended, 3 suspensions, user is banned. Except in severe cases of racism, bullying or worse where an instant ban is issued??
I think if there were consequences less people will treat it as a joke or some stupid competition.
Add to that maybe if one person in particular didn't flag 94% of my posts it may help too.
The whole point of the Flag is for users to highlight abuse or posts that fall outside what users feel are acceptable posting behaviour. If used properly, it effectively hands a lot of the moderation over to the community itself, rather than just on the decision making of a deisgnated moderator.
Once flagged, that post then goes on a separate moderators queue, which a mod goes through and either removes the post, removes the flag or just leaves as it is.
By receiving a Flag, a user has points deducted that they have accumulated from Likes. if a certain number of people Flag the same post then the post is removed until a mod approves it.
It should be a helpful tool in highlighting potential flashpoints and being able to act quickly. It also gives potential user feedback on individual posters when it gets to the point we consider whether they are becoming a problem.
It clearly isn't working though as ironically a tool to try and eradicate abuse is being abused !
There is no point the moderators attempting to use it properly as it would take all day sorting out the flags that are incorrectly being applied. We'll probably have one more go at getting it used properly, but i suppose the liklehood is we'll have to remove it. Shame.
Agree with LO: IMO the people who "enjoy" getting flags are the people who would brag about their ASBOs. Yep, well done, if you want to be "disliked" go down the rusty toolbox. At least they're honest about "we don't care". [PWD].
The whole point of the Flag is for users to highlight abuse or posts that fall outside what users feel are acceptable posting behaviour. If used properly, it effectively hands a lot of the moderation over to the community itself, rather than just on the decision making of a deisgnated moderator.
Once flagged, that post then goes on a separate moderators queue, which a mod goes through and either removes the post, removes the flag or just leaves as it is.
By receiving a Flag, a user has points deducted that they have accumulated from Likes. if a certain number of people Flag the same post then the post is removed until a mod approves it.
It should be a helpful tool in highlighting potential flashpoints and being able to act quickly. It also gives potential user feedback on individual posters when it gets to the point we consider whether they are becoming a problem.
It clearly isn't working though as ironically a tool to try and eradicate abuse is being abused !
There is no point the moderators attempting to use it properly as it would take all day sorting out the flags that are incorrectly being applied. We'll probably have one more go at getting it used properly, but i suppose the liklehood is we'll have to remove it. Shame.
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I think if there were consequences less people will treat it as a joke or some stupid competition.
Two can play that game...!
(sorry admin - crawl crawl).
Blimey, I'm quick today.
(shakes head)
Once flagged, that post then goes on a separate moderators queue, which a mod goes through and either removes the post, removes the flag or just leaves as it is.
By receiving a Flag, a user has points deducted that they have accumulated from Likes. if a certain number of people Flag the same post then the post is removed until a mod approves it.
It should be a helpful tool in highlighting potential flashpoints and being able to act quickly. It also gives potential user feedback on individual posters when it gets to the point we consider whether they are becoming a problem.
It clearly isn't working though as ironically a tool to try and eradicate abuse is being abused !
There is no point the moderators attempting to use it properly as it would take all day sorting out the flags that are incorrectly being applied. We'll probably have one more go at getting it used properly, but i suppose the liklehood is we'll have to remove it. Shame.
Feel bad now. Will go back and unflag.
IMO the people who "enjoy" getting flags are the people who would brag about their ASBOs.
Yep, well done, if you want to be "disliked" go down the rusty toolbox. At least they're honest about "we don't care".
[PWD].