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In case it's looking at voting score for example: we've had answers resolve all their flaggable issues but still be bad solutions (but valid answers).
– doppelgreener
Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 20:23
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I uh... share your skepticism? This particular part of the codebase seems pretty old so I'm doing some archaeological digging and asking around to figure out why we are making this claim here and what in particular it pertains to.
– kristinalustig StaffMod
Commented Aug 27, 2021 at 13:28
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@kristinalustig Like if I am voting to delete an answer based on a lack of meaningful citations/support, I don't really see the system being able to reliably determine when the quality of citations and support has been improved, that's something reviewers have to determine. Anyway, thanks for looking into it.
– Thomas Markov
Commented Aug 27, 2021 at 13:32
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@kristinalustig This bug-feature adds noise, not signal, to any SE site it erupts on. The value proposition to SE sites over 'the rest of the internet" is "more signal, less noise" - this particular addition is utterly at odds with that core value. If SE wants people to get frustrated with the community mod function - which is a key element to SE sites running smoothly - this is a fine example of how to dis-incentivize unpaid volunteers from spending their time in that necessary function. I expect that you are in the fix it team, but management needs to hear this message.
– KorvinStarmast
Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 13:33
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I flagged this answer as NAA, and left the canned comment. The answer has been improved. The flag has been marked helpful (so that part of the system seems to assume it's an improvement), but the canned comment is still there and still unflaggable. At the very least the helpful NAA flag should allow me to flag the comment I raised.
– David Buck
Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 11:44
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users can now flag Community authored comments as "no longer needed"
– Yaakov Ellis
Commented Sep 9, 2021 at 18:51

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