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Posted Nov 6, '10 at 4:16pm
samy
4,257 posts
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Recent occurrences have lead me to believe that if a certain number of users flag a comment it should be deleted; I understand this could be abused but I would hope that it would generally do more good than harm. I'm not sure if this is technically possible but if a comment was flagged the amount of times it could be hidden from the site but stay persistent on the server so that a mod can determine if it should be completely deleted or not.
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Posted Nov 7, '10 at 1:31am
Pazx
4,191 posts
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Hmm, that's a good idea. Most of the time, I guess. As long as the mods can see who flagged the post it would work great :D
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Posted Nov 7, '10 at 1:42am
Freakenstein
6,926 posts
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I haven't been on AG for the whole day, so I haven't reviewed and therefore rusty, so.... I'm sure that flags will go to the admins AND mods in the future, so the flags will have more say. Ultimately, deciding whether to delete a comment or not should go to the higher ups. We can only suggest that it be deleted. I should find the threads before I comment XD
As long as the mods can see who flagged the post it would work great :D
The number of users who flagged the post will determine whether or not that will clump up the space wherever the higher ups are looking. Sounds crazy, but if 40 people manage to flag a comment that is substantially outrageous, then...well that's why we have a minimum.
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Posted Nov 7, '10 at 5:07am
cormyn
2,865 posts
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We've already covered this topic. If "enough" users flag something, the mods will see it and act on it. We haven't worked out how many users it will take, but we do know we don't want it to be automatic.
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Posted Nov 7, '10 at 11:42am
Joe96
2,283 posts
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I could understand the hiding of a comment, but I think only the user who wrote it, the person whose profile it is on, or a mod should have the power to delete it.
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Posted Nov 7, '10 at 12:58pm
flapjack0101
2 posts
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there should be system in play that would alert the mods about comments that need to be reviewed for deletion after the comment was flagged a certain amount
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Posted Nov 8, '10 at 12:37am
cormyn
2,865 posts
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flapjack0101 that's exactly what we're building.
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Posted Nov 8, '10 at 10:22pm
escartian
633 posts
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When I saw this I thought, automatic deletion of a second identical post (death to double or triple post errors that sometimes happen) not that my idea nor this idea are bad, on the contrary...
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Posted Nov 9, '10 at 2:34am
cormyn
2,865 posts
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Well, the idea is that if one message is written okay and the user just hit 'submit' 5 times, then flag 4 of them but leave the first one alone. The mods will see the duplicates and can delete them.
But if you see spam, harassing behavior, etc., do us all a favor and flag it. The more people flag something, the higher in the queue it will be for the moderators to deal with it.
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Posted Nov 9, '10 at 7:57am
Kyouzou
3,995 posts
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Is it possible to write a program that wouldn't let you submit a post until it was over seven words? That could cut down substantially on the amount of spam.
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Posted Nov 9, '10 at 1:44pm
cormyn
2,865 posts
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We could, but the way that users can interact with posts, it will sort of police itself.
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