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You, as a member of the community, have the ability help keep chat a place that is welcoming for everyone. There might be a variety of other users, including moderators and room owners, in chat with you. Users can be distinguished by the way their names appear — moderator names appear in blue, italics and have a diamond while room owners are in italics only.

If a sufficient portion of the users who see and respond to the flag deem it valid, then the message will be removed and the author will be given a very short suspension. Moderator responses are binding: Any moderator who reviews the flag will instantly mark it as valid or invalid, with the corresponding results.

Remember: Only use this flag for messages that violate the Code of Conduct or are spam.

The former is described above; if you choose the latter, you’ll be given an opportunity to describe the problem in detail:

• User is posting spoilers from a movie you haven't seen yet

  Ignore them. Or leave the room entirely, and maybe go watch the movie.

• Multiple users are discussing PHP.

  Ignore them.

• A user is harassing other users.

  Flag as inappropriate/offensive.

• Multiple users are discussing their favorite revenge porn.

  Flag for moderator attention.

Once again, leading by example is a powerful tool. In many cases where a user is being annoying but hasn’t posted anything worthy of an offensive flag, you have two options:

• Flag for moderator
• Ignore them

The latter, when done by everyone in the room, is very effective: If everyone ignores the problem user, they tend to go away and stop being annoying.

You, as a member of the community, have the ability to help keep chat a place that is welcoming for everyone. There might be a variety of other users, including moderators and room owners, in chat with you. Users can be distinguished by the way their names appear — moderator names appear in blue, italicized, and have a diamond, while room owners are in italics only.

If a sufficient portion of the users who see and respond to the flag deem it valid, then the message will be removed and the author will be given a short automatic suspension. Moderator responses are binding: Any moderator who reviews the flag will instantly mark it as valid or invalid, with the corresponding results.

Remember: Only use this specific type of flag for messages that violate the Code of Conduct or are spam.

The former is described above. If you choose the latter, you’ll be given an opportunity to describe the problem in detail:

• User is posting spoilers from a movie you haven't seen yet

  Ignore them. Or leave the room entirely, and maybe go watch the movie.

• Multiple users are discussing a topic you're not interested in.

  Ignore them.

• A user is harassing other users.

  Flag as inappropriate/offensive.

• Multiple users are discussing their favorite revenge porn.

  Flag for moderator attention.

Once again, leading by example is a powerful tool. In many cases where a user is being annoying but hasn’t posted anything worthy of an offensive flag, you have three options:

• Flag for moderator
• Ping an active room owner (if room rules allow it)
• Ignore them

The last of these, when done by everyone in the room, is very effective: if everyone ignores the problem user, they tend to go away and stop being annoying.

You, as a member of the community, have the ability help keep chat a place that is welcoming for everyone. There might be a variety of other users, including moderators and room owners, in chat with you. Users can be distinguished by the way their names appear — moderator names appear in blue and room owners are in italics.

You, as a member of the community, have the ability help keep chat a place that is welcoming for everyone. There might be a variety of other users, including moderators and room owners, in chat with you. Users can be distinguished by the way their names appear — moderator names appear in blue, italics and have a diamond while room owners are in italics only.

Remember: Only flag things that are violations of the Code of Conduct or spam.

Remember: Only use this flag for messages that violate the Code of Conduct or are spam.