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  • You're also going to want to make sure to know if you are getting data that is on a per user-flag basis, or if it's on a per-post basis.
    – Makyen
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 10:05
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    "Are users more likely to also cast a spam flag on a non-spam post when one was previously cast on it?" Since there's no public indication that a post has been flagged, I'd assume that (without being notified elsewhere; e.g. by SD or a comment on the post) that would make little difference.
    – Cai
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 10:14
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    there are two statistics that are interesting, how accurate individual flags are, and how often posts were actually community-deleted by spam flags that shouldn't have been (= were undeleted later).
    – Mad Scientist
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 11:19
  • @MadScientist Added that to the list of questions.
    – Magisch
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 12:28
  • Jon's answer here put the declined flag rate on questions and answers at Stack Overflow at ~1.7%. That's for all flags, however. We'll also have to account for the "disputed" state on spam flags, which I'd lump into the inaccurate category.
    – Brad Larson
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 16:12
  • @MadScientist The numbers for posts which were community-deleted by spam or rude/abusive flags and were undeleted should be split into those which were edited prior to being undeleted and those which weren't. Being edited prior to being undeleted could indicate that the spam flags were reasonable.
    – Makyen
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 23:05
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    @Magisch Are you looking for only spam flags or spam and rude/abusive combined, or those two types separately?
    – Makyen
    Commented Mar 8, 2018 at 23:06