We're in the middle of a *major* re-write of the entire flagging system. As part of this, we're re-thinking how flag weight (and thus "hell bans") work. Anna & I have been discussing this for a while - here's what we're looking at doing *instead:*

- **Only look at folks who cast at least 10 flags a week.** There isn't much point in doing much to knock the priority of flags from people who rarely flag anything. 

- **If at least 10% of your flags from the past week were declined**, you'll get a little warning next time you go to flag something... Along with a link to your flag history so you can see *exactly* where the problems arose. 

- **If at least 25% of your flags from the past week were declined**, you're blocked from flagging anything. Depending on when and how those declined flags were cast, this block could last for as little as a day, and won't ever be longer than a week. 

Over time, the flag system has evolved from a rather opaque "I saw a problem, please do something" system into [a way for everyone to work hand-in-hand with the elected moderators][1]. This must necessarily include *feedback* on how you're - closing that feedback loop should help our more prolific flaggers to become better at flagging, and reduce noise for the moderator teams.


  [1]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/improved-flagging/