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Reporting/flagging posts

Notmything

So, there's an option to flag posts. If a post is flagged is there a notification sent to the mods or is it just left for them to notice it? Or rather than flagging a post should it continue to be reported.

Reason I'm asking is there is a poster trolling the "road to Tokyo" Olympics thread. I see their posts are being flagged but no action appears to have been taken.

Or is this another issue that's arisen since the migration?

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Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698383#Comment_117698383

Any idea as to what caused it? Site error or people abusing the flag function?

Mickeroo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698435#Comment_117698435

No but I am leaning towards people abusing it as it seemed to be more prevalent in targeting people posting a lot in feedback from what I can see.

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698435#Comment_117698435

user on the previous page here admitted to it.

now banned

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698464#Comment_117698464

I noticed an abuse flag without being on the discussions section but yes, the minute I joined the feedback discussion the abuse flags literally starting waving, over a 100 within an hour

HildaOgdenx

Another here that was having posts flagged last night, mostly in the feedback thread. Tbh, I wouldn't have noticed it but another poster mentioned it.

Someone also went on a spree in a particular thread, apart from the feedback one, flagging older posts as abuse. Too much time on their hands, I guess. Heaven help the mods / admins if all the reports were going through, creating unnecessary nonsense for them to deal with. On top of everything else!

Mickeroo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698539#Comment_117698539

It would have gone by largely unnoticed by us if it hadn't been mentioned here. It only seems to trigger a notification if a post goes above a certain amount of flags from what I can see, so a post with only one or two flags wouldn't get spotted.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698552#Comment_117698552

And thanks for helping resolving it. Do you think Points will be reset, not the most pressing of things but this attack or whatever it was wiped lots of points off my account

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698552#Comment_117698552

Seems like a terrible system imo. Before, if someone thought a post warranted action they'd report it to bring it to the mods attention. But as you couldn't see if it had been reported by others, you might get multiple reports for the same post.

Now, if I saw someone flagged a post and I also felt it warranted action, I can see it's already been flagged so I wouldn't bother. But the flag doesn't generate a report for the mods or bring it to the mods attention unless numerous people have flagged it?

EmmetSpiceland

It’s great the, unfounded, reports are gone from our “profiles” but it’s a shame they still take away from the users “points” total.

Notmything

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698417#Comment_117698417

Tbh I don't think it could make things any worse.

We have someone in this thread openly admitting they were banned and re-regged

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698691#Comment_117698691

You need serious help, disgraceful and childish behaviour

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698614#Comment_117698614

Surely lost points as a result of this should be returned? I lost over a 100 😭😭😭😭

Allinall

Is there a "report" function as well?

I can only see the Flag icon.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698714#Comment_117698714

I'd say a report from you will certainly raise flags and red herrings, I don't take it personally but truely sympathise for you

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698716#Comment_117698716

The report function is under the flag button.

Why have one click when you have two??? 🙄

somespud

I use to enjoy boards now I find it hard to follow, I also had posts deleted as spam whereas someone posting something like LOL in a post and nothing else is okay?

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117698597#Comment_117698597

There was one other benefit of the flagging system: it (at least from our perspective) seemed anonymous. No worries about getting reprisal from the mods of the forum if you submitted a full report which they disagreed with. Although it also came with the nuisance that you couldn't flag a mod's post anywhere on the site (even outside their modded forums), even if their post deserved one...

As for number of flags, I believe a default Vanilla install only sends a notification to the mods at 5 flags, and removes a comment entirely for manual approval at 10.