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I have been visiting Discussion several times in the last few days, mostly to view the newest discussions. When I found spam, I flagged it as spam. So far, so good; however, I assume that I have been lucky to make the flag that deletes the post. I have been redirected to the Page Not Found.

I can see deleted Q/A, but I understand that Discussions is not yet full-fledged. I expect to be redirected to the list of discussions on Discussion or a message that the post was deleted.

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    "My expectation is to be redirected to the list of discussions" that doesn't happen for questions either, why should there be a redirect on that?
    – Abdul Aziz Barkat
    Commented Apr 30 at 16:14
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    What happens when you flag a question for spam that gets instantly deleted due to n flags and you don't have the rep to see deleted questions? does it to go to a 404? i'd consider both cases sub-par. A successful action should never leave you on a 404 page. At minimum it shouldn't reload the page, leaving you on the discussion/question you just flagged so you can click the breadcrumb back to the list.
    – Kevin B
    Commented Apr 30 at 16:49
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    @KevinB Only diamond and Discussions moderators can see deleted discussions. So when spam gets deleted that page is no longer accessible. If I remember correctly even for normal Q/A, if the user doesn't have 10K and makes an action that deletes the post then they will also get 404. I even think post can vanish with 404 even if you are merely reading it.
    – Dalija Prasnikar Mod
    Commented Apr 30 at 18:33
  • I mean, i'm aware of how it works for discussions, but thanks for the info on questions! yeah i think both cases are quite poor and due to be improved.
    – Kevin B
    Commented Apr 30 at 19:09
  • from a UX perspective I agree, but I have long ago given up thinking from a UX perspective on this site. It's a REST service with a UI (and some websockets thrown in for good measure).
    – Gimby
    Commented May 1 at 8:55

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