Timeline for I flagged an answer as spam, where the user profile contained spam. Why was my flag declined?
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| Apr 11 at 23:24 | comment | added | Robotnik | @Scott-СлаваУкраїні That's not been my experience - but then there's two paths that a spam flag can take. Either enough spam flags are raised on a post that the post (but not the user) is automatically deleted (the user account has severe restrictions placed on it though), OR mods see the spam flag, and action it by either casting their own spam flag (same outcome as above), or by deleting/nuking the user. But here's the catch: a spam profile with no questions, answers, or comments is effectively immune to spam flags - there's no way to raise them on a profile! | |
| Apr 11 at 22:06 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | (Cont’d) … Maybe a better analogy is the dog chasing cars: Yes, the chasing is futile. But, even when one is caught, the reaction nowadays is catch-and-release. Moderators have the capability to suspend, delete and/or destroy identified accounts, and yet spam flags against identified users routinely get declined. | |
| Apr 11 at 22:06 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | @Robotnik: Thanks for the link, but it feels red-herring-ish. That post doesn’t state any policy that I can see; it’s more like “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” And, even to the extent that it implied a policy-by-consensus, it’s seven years old; if there was a policy then, it seems to have shifted. … (Cont’d) | |
| Apr 11 at 4:46 | comment | added | Robotnik | @Scott-СлаваУкраїні they're allowed in the sense that we don't have great tooling to remove them: Spam Profiles are getting my goat. Could we have better tools for mods to deal with profile spam?. Note that without posts of theirs, they can't be easily flagged :( | |
| Apr 8 at 22:46 | comment | added | Scott - Слава Україні | I’m surprised that nobody has posted this yet, so: There seems to be a policy that spammy usernames and profiles are allowed. If you go into the Users page and type any product name (e.g., “automobiles” or “clothes”), you’ll find several users whose names are clearly commercial. Spam flags against them have historically been declined. | |
| Mar 17 at 22:51 | history | edited | Robotnik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more descriptive title; update tags to be more appropriate
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| Mar 15 at 22:42 | vote | accept | Gantendo | ||
| Mar 13 at 16:32 | answer | added | Gantendo | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 13 at 16:26 | comment | added | Gantendo | @DavidPostill And nothing of value was lost. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:26 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | Anyway user has been nuked. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:25 | comment | added | Gantendo | @DavidPostill Yes it is. Of course it is. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:25 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | The answer is cr@p but it is not spam. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:25 | comment | added | Gantendo | @DavidPostill Ah lol "customer" = custom I get it now. Yeah I thought it was obvious but apparently not. Weird that we can't flag a profile. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:24 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | Flag > "In need of moderator intervention" and explain why in the text box. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:22 | comment | added | Gantendo | @DavidPostill How do I do that? Perhaps the moderator should spent 2 more seconds before declining a flag. | |
| Mar 13 at 16:21 | history | edited | Gantendo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13 at 16:21 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | You should have customer flagged it as profile spam | |
| Mar 13 at 16:20 | history | asked | Gantendo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |