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Not too long ago, I requested to be able to red flag discussions. Well, we now can! Except the red flags don't act as red flags, as they can't bring down a post. Can this be fixed/added?

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    I implore you to just imagine my joy when I was able to indicate that "1-800-SPAM-SITE please visit my garbage website" was, infact, spam, but it didn't actually do anything, because the difference between flagging a discussion as "spam" and, as previous, without a reason at all, is zero.
    – Spevacus
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 19:25
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    Baby steps, people. Baby steps. But soon. SOON! We shall RULE THE WORLD! Or maybe nuke spam quickly and efficiently. I'll settle for that. FOR NOW! Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 20:58
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    It's like building a large city (discussions), and implementing a small police force (CMs). They can't be everywhere at once, so you let people report crime (flags). Then you let people say what the crime was (flag reasons). Now, we need to be able to perform a citizens arrest (red flags), as the crime is getting out of hand.
    – Fastnlight
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 21:02

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Update: Jan 22, 2024 - we have implemented this. Red flags (spam and rude/abusive) trigger auto-deletion when a post has four of them (or one from a moderator).


We will be implementing automations as you describe, where posts will be deleted after six red flags, as with Q&A.

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  • Are you going to use the site setting or have it be a separate configuration? I believe there are several sites (Stack Overflow included) that are using a number other than 6 for their threshold.
    – Henry Ecker Mod
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 22:34
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    @HenryEcker I think that all sites are still on 4 flags ever since sometime during the strike.
    – Laurel
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 22:57
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    "We will be implementing automations" When?
    – Fastnlight
    Commented Dec 13, 2023 at 22:58
  • What about black flags? Could, for example, Greg Ginn raise those? Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 1:23
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    @HenryEcker thanks, I was using the privilege description as a reference. We'll match the Stack Overflow Q&A flag threshold.
    – Berthold StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 2:32
  • @Fastnlight in January, not yet sure of the exact date.
    – Berthold StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 2:32
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    @user4581301 Submit that as a feature request and we'll see what we can do for Greg.
    – Berthold StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 2:36
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    Awesome. Thanks @Berthold If you haven't already, it might be reasonable create a ticket for someone to set that value up as a variable. That way the privilege page doesn't get out of sync with the actual threshold being used regardless of what ends up happing with the thresholds in future.
    – Henry Ecker Mod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 2:44
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    I'll accept this answer once the automations have been implemented
    – Fastnlight
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 15:19
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    Also, @Berthold, is there any way to expedite this process? There are (at the time of writing) 3 spam posts sitting in discussions
    – Fastnlight
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 15:29
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    @HenryEcker My thinking exactly and that's been noted.
    – Berthold StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 18:48
  • @Fastnlight With the holiday-time pause in releases, it will have to be in January. As someone doing the moderating, I share in the eagerness to have this in place. The release this week does consolidate all flags onto a single page for processing (rather than just per-collective) so that will make checking and handling of flags more efficient.
    – Berthold StaffMod
    Commented Dec 14, 2023 at 18:51

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