Questions tagged [flag-ban]
For questions related to the flag-ban SE network feature. Flag-banned users can't use the raise flag functionality on network sites.
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Allow recovery from flag hellban
Currently, users can get stuck in a permanent flag hellban from which there is no recovery.
I've asked around before and it doesn't look like recovery is possible. To recover, you'd need to gain ...
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Guaranteed flag-ban after a series of helpful flags
Related: Allow recovery from flag hellban
Note: I am not requesting different action in my case; but thought the behavior was worth bringing up.
I had 3 declined flags in row recently (it was a bad ...
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I don't know how long I'm flag banned for, and that would be useful to know
It would be nice if I knew the time I'm banned for - a range of tomorrow - 7 days isn't a very narrow time frame.
Could we be able to see the same "time remaining" that mods can on our flagged page (...
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Add a link to the relevant Meta post in the flag ban notice
Currently, the flag ban notice in the flag summary page looks like that:
You are currently banned from flagging - view flags declined in the last 7 days
There's no link to the Help Center or a ...
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Do disputed flags count towards a flag-ban?
A long, long time ago there once was a user who asked about the difference between disputed and declined flags.
And it references an answer that explains what a disputed flag is.
From that post I ...
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Are there manual flag bans?
In 2013, flag weight and the infamous hellban was replaced with a new automated system.
Review bans are handed out automatically but can also be issued manually by mods. The same situation exists ...
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"Declined in the last 7 days" confusingly appears to list only flags cast in the last seven days
The flag ban system does its calculations using the dates that flags are handled, not when they are cast. When at least 10 flags have been handled in the last 7 days, if more than 25% of those flags ...
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Make it more obvious that I'm banned only from flagging posts, not comments
Currently, the flag ban notice in the flag summary page looks like that:
You are currently banned from flagging - view flags declined in the last 7 days
It looks as if I was banned from flagging ...
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Allowing moderators to remove flag bans
Recently, I had a situation at Travel.SE, where I raised flags in good faith misunderstanding the purpose. Out of 7 declined flags in the past 7 days, 3 were my mistake, 3 were in good faith and 1 was ...
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Tweak the math for the new flag-ban system a little?
A relatively recent change to the flagging system has been elimination of the flag "hell ban," in favor of a more transparent system that includes feedback.
This is a good thing.
The new system, ...
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Immediately rebanned after flag ban was lifted; should I wait to flag again?
I recently got automatically flag-banned on my Worldbuilding account. When I regained the ability to flag, I flagged another post that I had intended to flag but been unable to because of the ban. ...
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I am getting warned about my flagging history, but my last declined flag was over a week ago [duplicate]
I tried to click on edit on a post on SFF, but I accidentally clicked 'flag' instead. When I went to close the box, I noticed this message on the bottom:
Attention: some of your recent flags have ...
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My flagging privilege on SO was revoked, then I got it back, made a "helpful" flagging, then revoked again
My flagging privilege was probably removed with the following error message:
Too many of your recent flags have been declined - please review them instead of flagging this post!
Although my ...
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Warn users when they are about to hit the "guaranteed" flag ban
Background: Guaranteed flag-ban after a series of helpful flags
I've hit the "guaranteed" ban above more times than I should, the last time being just a few days ago.
Shog9 ♦ mentioned above, in the ...
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Do declined comment flags count towards the ban? [duplicate]
It seems like only post flags' declination counts towards the ban. Do declined comment flags also count towards the ban?
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