Timeline for Does the SE network have an effective process in place to deal with aggressively toxic users?
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| Jul 10, 2021 at 16:14 | comment | added | Hovercraft Full Of Eels | ".almost all trolls eventually get bored and leave..." -- and this one has been the exception to the rule and continues to follow the same script, even now: here and here | |
| May 25, 2021 at 7:21 | comment | added | Ryan M | Custom flags are still helpful, because they provide context that might be missing from an isolated rude/abusive flag. Stack Overflow, for instance, has 24 moderators. It's possible that the flags go to a different moderator each time. Providing the context in a custom flag gives the moderator handling the flag the backstory. However, there's no need for multiple custom flags per post: if you know there's a custom flag on the post (for example, if a user in a chat told you they cast one), then following up with more rude/abusive flags makes sense. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 7:08 | comment | added | Peter Duniho | Thanks, that's very helpful. It sounds like, other than what we in the community are already doing, the most effective improvement (for those of us that weren't aware) is to use the "rude or abusive" flag, to "grease the wheels" of moderation, possibly even to have action taken without a moderator having to intervene. I wonder if, in that case, there's even any need for e.g. a custom flag to alert the moderation team about the user specifically. It sounds like they would get on their radar pretty quickly regardless if the post is deleted in this way? | |
| May 25, 2021 at 6:50 | comment | added | Ryan M | @PeterDuniho sure thing, I added a link to the FAQ that explains the details of how red flags work. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 6:49 | history | edited | Ryan M | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Clarify six-red-flag deletion
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| May 25, 2021 at 6:47 | comment | added | Peter Duniho | " the community just needs six red flags to remove any post and alert the system" -- can you elaborate on that? While I agree with what you wrote, the most-applicable element of this answer could be more specifics about how flags are handled. In particular, I've noticed some of the posts have been censored as "spam or abusive"...does that happen because some flag threshold, maybe of a particular type of flag, has been reached? Actions the community can take without requiring a moderator's input could help things be more efficient, and would reduce workload on mods. | |
| May 25, 2021 at 4:00 | history | answered | Ryan M | CC BY-SA 4.0 |