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Yesterday I flagged my own post as exact duplicate of this post.

It got a result of none.

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Then, I thought that it was not a dupe that it might had some unique details. But, today morning I saw that the post was closed as duplicate as I flagged.

What actually happened? I need clarifications on that. If it's a duplicate question means my flag should be accepted as helpful. but, it returns the result none. What does it mean? Then after long time(about 4 to 5 hours), the post was closed as duplicate. I got confused.

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    No free hand circle? :(
    – Himanshu
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:15
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    Why did you flag it anyway since you voted to close it already?
    – BoltClock's a Unicorn Mod
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:15
  • @BoltClock'saUnicorn, I don't know this rule about not to flag after casting a close vote, I thought both are same
    – Azik
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:19
  • No they're not. In case you were wondering, if you had tried to flag it as "it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate", you would have noticed that it either converted that to a close vote, or the system would have rejected it saying you've already voted. That's because you can already vote to close your own questions so you should be using close votes, not flags, where you can. And even if they were the same, I still don't see why you needed to flag your question again, let alone do so with a custom flag.
    – BoltClock's a Unicorn Mod
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:20
  • @BoltClock'saUnicorn, Ok, I flag and and cast a close vote for same thing, but the result is none- why?
    – Azik
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:23
  • As a 3K+ user, when I click on flag on any question and click on it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate then the popup is redirected to close vote popup (So it doesn't considered as a flag). I think the same thing should be done when we are flagging own question with 250+ reputation
    – Himanshu
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:23
  • @BoltClock'saUnicorn, my helpful flag count is not get incremented and that flag is not get counted on declined or disputed too
    – Azik
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:26
  • @hims056: You mean the system doesn't already do that? If that's really the case (we need someone who can verify this), it should be reported separately as a bug.
    – BoltClock's a Unicorn Mod
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:26
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    @BoltClock'saUnicorn - I think it doesn't do that for 250-3000 rep users. If it is already there then the flag would have not been added to his flag history. And yeah once it is confirmed, it will be reported as a bug. (by anyone)
    – Himanshu
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:30
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    Flags get dismissed as "none" when your own actions would have validated your flag automatically in order to stop people gaming their flag weights.
    – Flexo - Save the data dump Mod
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:48
  • @Flexo, so you are saying that the community has a system to prevent that the OP to flag the post when he/she confirmed that it would get closed
    – Azik
    Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:51

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