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Jul 10, 2010 at 22:58 comment added Marc Gravell @Ivo - I'll enquire...
Jul 10, 2010 at 20:14 comment added Ivo Flipse Mod Just give me offline.meta.stackoverflow.com back @Marc!!!
Jan 13, 2010 at 15:09 comment added tvanfosson @Termifish - I'm sensitive to that, but if they're clicking a button anyway why not have that action generate some feedback. I'm also sensitive to the feedback loop as well, but from my perspective it's worth the risk to get an acknowledgement that someone is listening.
Jan 13, 2010 at 15:05 comment added John Rudy I think we need to remember that mods are volunteers -- anything which adds overhead (particularly on SO, where there are probably a bazillion flags a day) is taking time away from their personal life. Not cool. :) It might only be one extra click, but if they're working 45 flags, it adds up. I think in extraordinary cases, the mods already do e-mail users (when an e-mail's available) when appropriate.
Jan 13, 2010 at 15:01 comment added Marc Gravell You'd need a "dismiss without notification" or "dismiss with custom message" type thing, but in principal that could work without causing too much trouble. But figuring out when feedback is desirable is a little trickier (and I genuinely don't think that "always" is the answer here; in particular, I don't want to cause a positive feeback loop on some of the flags we get).
Jan 13, 2010 at 14:42 comment added tvanfosson Not knowing the process it's hard to suggest how it could work, but what if it was automated and all you had to do was choose which button "dismiss" or "accept" -- both of which cancelled the flag, but result in different generic notifications. It's always bothered me that what is essentially a "help desk ticket" for SO is a fire and forget action. Note I'm only talking about flag for moderator attention which requires a message.
Jan 13, 2010 at 13:13 history answered Marc Gravell CC BY-SA 2.5