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Flag weight was a measure of how well a user raises flags. The measure is no longer used anywhere on the site. Please do research before asking any questions with this tag.

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I'm not gaining flag weight for my Spam flags

There was a bug here; it was processing things that were "flagged for moderator attention" (i.e. bespoke messages), but it was not processing the spam/offensive flags. This is because back in the dept …
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Do Dismissed flags cost same amount as before the 500 mark?

When you are up over the 500 region, yes: a flag dismissed as invalid continues to give the same hit. Thoughts: this is pretty much the only way you can distinguish between users with high flag-weig …
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Please show what flags were deemed good or bad

We do have this information - and for the record I can confirm that it was marked "invalid" by a moderator - but this information (at current) is only available to the development team (not ♦ moderat …
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If a topic gets closed for a different flag other than the one you raised does your flag get...

In addition to Grace's answer, some clarifications: some flags (hopefully an increasing number) are now automatically dismissed (with appropriate credit) without moderator involvement. This includes o …
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Don't have flag dismissal impact flags that have already been dismissed

Minor note; we also now "dim" the dismissed flags, for your viewing pleasure.
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Can we see where we rank for flag weight?

We really don't want flags to be this much of a distraction/obsession. Flagging is great: we applaud it; but honestly, we really don't want it being the main aim. Go answer something instead ;p
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What's the flag weight formula in the 500-750 range?

I'm not sure the exact formula is particularly helpful, but the usual increase (10, 5, whatever) is multiplied by the exponent (of 10) of some negative number, calculated as the difference between you …
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Other than flag weight, what influences priority in the moderator flag queue?

On the dashboard, it does say: Start at the top. This list is ordered by a combination of number (and type) of issues, the reputation of the user who posted, and the flag history and reputation of …
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Why is flag weight capped?

In part, we need something where a large number of bad votes will still actually put a dent in it; inappropriate flags are a net-negative. However, we are investigating options for letting this grow …
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Flag weight deputy badge bug?

Fixed in teh codez; so that should get released over the next day.
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Flag weight fixed at 0 on meta.codereview

Taking the bullets in turn: flag weight was (incorrectly) not shown on per-site metas there was a bug with the twin user-creation on per-site metas; fixed that is expected with a zero; it was have d …
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Flag weight color

The colour choice was made to reflect the fact that it is private data, but I'm open to input here. Then, your email is in red, and (checks audit) you don't change that daily...
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