The flag feature is for SPAM
Francl27
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Do you guys really want the mods to remove this feature so we can be drowning in spam again? You should ONLY flag a post when it's spam. It will be removed after 5 people flag it. It's not a 'like' or 'dislike' button.
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
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There are actually three categories reporting ... spam, reported posts, and abuse. All show as flags.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10007789/flagged-content-reported-posts-warning-points#latest
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brianpperkins wrote: »There are actually three categories reporting ... spam, reported posts, and abuse. All show as flags.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10007789/flagged-content-reported-posts-warning-points#latest
Right. But people definitely abuse it. Just because you don't agree with something doesn't mean it's abusive or violating the forum rules.-2 -
Your post and title contradict each other. Either flags are for the three things that Olivia claims, or they are just for spam as your title states ... pick one.0
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Do you guys really want the mods to remove this feature so we can be drowning in spam again? You should ONLY flag a post when it's spam. It will be removed after 5 people flag it. It's not a 'like' or 'dislike' button.
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
Yes it is helpful with spam. It is also useful in Abusive posts. After 5 a use flags, that particular post collapses. After 10 I believe it is completely removed.0 -
I think the spam flag should be on the poster not on the post
the rest .. well the internet is a playground - some people like to be kids in the playground .. oo you were mean, I'm gonna, I'm gonna... click that button <waah>0 -
I gotta say I'm kinda surprised your OP hasn't been flagged yet.
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I'm finding the urge to flag the OP almost impossible to resist. Must. Not. Flag.0
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »I gotta say I'm kinda surprised your OP hasn't been flagged yet.
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I went to UN-spam you but it looks like clean-up crew came thru :flowerforyou:ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »I gotta say I'm kinda surprised your OP hasn't been flagged yet.
:flowerforyou:
Twice!
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Oh. I feel like that statement is trying to come across as staff. I'm not saying you specifically said that, but that how it came across.0
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Do you guys really want the mods to remove this feature so we can be drowning in spam again? You should ONLY flag a post when it's spam. It will be removed after 5 people flag it. It's not a 'like' or 'dislike' button.
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
Anyone else hearing the teacher from Charlie Brown????
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I got a spam flag once and still don't get it. I never spam. (Ok, I sometimes might include a link to my favorite $15 food scale on Amazon but that is the closest I get to spam. I don't even eat the stuff)0
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ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »I gotta say I'm kinda surprised your OP hasn't been flagged yet.
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Twice!
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You're up to four now.0 -
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Like.herrspoons wrote: »Also, can we have a broscience flag for people giving really stupid advice?
And we could use a like button too, since this is kind of a pointless post...
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this 1000000+ and then, can MFP please add finger tapping to the exercise database, I could then set up a group for finger related Injuries.herrspoons wrote: »Also, can we have a broscience flag for people giving really stupid advice?0 -
Do you guys really want the mods to remove this feature so we can be drowning in spam again? You should ONLY flag a post when it's spam. It will be removed after 5 people flag it. It's not a 'like' or 'dislike' button.
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
I thought it was the butt-hurt button! Or sometimes the baiting button (at least that's what it seems to be used for).
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herrspoons wrote: »Also, can we have a broscience flag for people giving really stupid advice?
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herrspoons wrote: »Also, can we have a broscience flag for people giving really stupid advice?
agree
and a food fear monger one...0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »Your post and title contradict each other. Either flags are for the three things that Olivia claims, or they are just for spam as your title states ... pick one.
based on how people use them, they appear to be for neither0 -
ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »I gotta say I'm kinda surprised your OP hasn't been flagged yet.
:flowerforyou:
Twice!
I wont flag you, but only if you please go remove my 23 flags I did not deserve.
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Do you guys really want the mods to remove this feature so we can be drowning in spam again? You should ONLY flag a post when it's spam. It will be removed after 5 people flag it. It's not a 'like' or 'dislike' button.
Seriously. If you think a post violates the forum rules, report it. Flagging does nothing except wasting the moderators' time. If you don't like a post, welcome to the Internet. Grow up and deal with it or close your browser.
*rant off*
Yes it is helpful with spam. It is also useful in Abusive posts. After 5 a use flags, that particular post collapses. After 10 I believe it is completely removed.
Actually I was surprised to learn recently that the Abuse flags are meant for flagging things that are truly offensive, like pornography, something you wouldn't want your kids to walk in and see. I think that a lot of people flag posters they feel are being "abusive" to others and I think those are supposed to be reported instead as attacking/insulting other members.
@kgeyser can probably confirm or clarify if I'm misspeaking.
Then there's just the whole "flagging for the sake of flagging" which is just out of control. I was in a thread the other day and a poster whom I don't normally agree with was literally having every post flagged, even when she was saying very benign things.
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I feel bad for the moderators who have to sift through all the juvenile pointless flags. I think members who abuse the flagging system, who go around stalking people they don't like just to flag them should be given a warning too!
There's a member who brags about having over 600 flags, so obviously it has no affect???0 -
I thought the flags were also for posts that may be in violation of MFP policies, or that may be unsafe health practices? For instance if someone responds to a post and recommends a VLCD, living on juices only, or makes personal attacks, that are related to the individual and not the topic itself? Hmm. . . maybe I'm an overflagger and need to go to recovery!0
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I thought the flags were also for posts that may be in violation of MFP policies, or that may be unsafe health practices? For instance if someone responds to a post and recommends a VLCD, living on juices only, or makes personal attacks, that are related to the individual and not the topic itself? Hmm. . . maybe I'm an overflagger and need to go to recovery!
In that case you report it, not flag it.0 -
I thought the flags were also for posts that may be in violation of MFP policies, or that may be unsafe health practices? For instance if someone responds to a post and recommends a VLCD, living on juices only, or makes personal attacks, that are related to the individual and not the topic itself? Hmm. . . maybe I'm an overflagger and need to go to recovery!
I think (and could be wrong) those should be reported, not flagged.0 -
@Kruggeri, you are correct about the abuse flags. Here is how the points/flags/warnings system works, with explanation of how each (spam, abuse, report) should be used:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10007789/flagged-content-reported-posts-warning-points#latest0 -
Can we build a special section for people who are asking about juicing because of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead? Maybe a special spam button? Please?0
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