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My flagging summary page displays "active" for a particular flag that seems to be not actioned yet. What does that mean?

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    Oh, I see fancy new features coming to us.
    – slhck
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 9:32
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    Guess it means the flag is still waiting to be reviewed by a moderator... :)
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 9:36
  • +1 - I was wondering what active means..
    – Sharp Edge
    Commented Jan 12, 2015 at 7:18

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All flags that appear in a user's flagging summary that are not yet dismissed by a moderator have this marking on them. It appears to mean "awaiting attention by a moderator."

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  • What if one is flag-hellbanned?
    – Undo
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 22:51
  • What's a flag hell ban?
    – user102937
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 22:54
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    Where your flag weight gets so low that your flags don't get handled. Since your flags don't get handled, you can't increase your flag weight. Since you can't increase your flag weight, your flags don't get handled...
    – Undo
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:03
  • I don't get to see flag weights, so I can't speak to that.
    – user102937
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:03
  • @Undo Flag weight doesn't exist anymore.
    – Doorknob
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:09
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    @Doorknob: It does, it's just not displayed anymore.
    – user102937
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:10
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    @Robert I thought I recalled a comment from Jeff saying something along the lines of "if I dropped that column from the database right now, nothing would change"
    – Doorknob
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:11
  • @Doorknob I believe it is used on the backend to help order flags in the mod queue.
    – Undo
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:12
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    Technically, the column still exists - but it is no longer used anywhere. @Doorknob.
    – Shog9
    Commented Jul 28, 2013 at 23:51
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    @Shog9: In other words, there's no such thing as a flag hellban.
    – user102937
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 0:03
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    Correct, @Robert - we have a replacement planned (with more banning, less hell), but not yet implemented. FWIW, very few people (even people who were extremely bad at flagging) ever managed to hit 0 flag weight - under 400 on Stack Overflow. It was... Nearly useless in practice.
    – Shog9
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 0:07
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    What is the point of "active" flags? If it isnt helpful/declined, then a flag obviously hasn't been handled.
    – asheeshr
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 0:51
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    And why the word "active"? Why not a word more representative of the state, like "pending"?
    – animuson StaffMod
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 2:54
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    I tend to agree, "active" is insufficiently descriptive - we should call it, "waiting on @animuson"...
    – Shog9
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 4:01
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    I have a flag marked "active" which has been "active" for 15 days. Is that really active?
    – demongolem
    Commented Jul 29, 2013 at 17:46

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