Flagging is NOT a downvote button!

[Oedon-kilrogg]

Yeah. I just find the irony funny lol

[Kittredge-azjolnerub (Kittredge)]

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

It is pretty much spam though since they have created multiple of these threads.

If that’s the case then the flags were justified, but I haven’t seen other threads.

@Oedon-kilrogg

Yeah. I just find the irony funny lol

I think it was more sad how predictable it was.

[Dedeyn-ravenholdt]

well it is actually pretty inflamatory as well - considering OP is assuming people are using that button incorrectly and that they need to be lectured to.

[Oedon-kilrogg]

We need more ironic moments. They please me

[Dedeyn-ravenholdt]

@Kittredge-azjolnerub

If that’s the case then the flags were justified, but I haven’t seen other threads.

I have seen at least 2 others and there could have been more. They state they make that thread annually but I think they make it more often.

[Audreeana-hydraxis]

I’m actually surprised she took the time to type all of that up. To me it seems a waste of time to make a lengthy topic about it. Nothing is going to make people stop false flagging until someone takes a hammer to their hands.

[Oedon-kilrogg]

Too be fair and I’m not defending the op in this but I’ve been the victim of flagging as a downvote. Yeah there are some people who do it but I wouldn’t say all nor does thier there need to be a psa about it like this thread is.

[Kirela-arygos (Kirela)]

@Quirrel-wyrmrest-accord

There are posts where there’s nothing explicitly wrong with the post, but it gets flagged and hidden.

Yeah, but that’s maybe because players dont agree on what breaks the rules and what doesnt, or I care about something that breaks the rules and you dont.

Very easy example. HE threads. They used to get locked because of so many reports. Technically, there is absolutely nothing wrong with a HE thread (assuming the OP and following posts dont have masked language and such), but players hate them and they can always easily say “well its spam because theres already a recent thread up” (people would say this, even when the first thread was completely locked). They want Blizz to stop HE threads and delete them or whatever though. Then there are about 50 threads about valor up at once, and they all are fine, because players want to either defend it or complain about it (just a random example).

[Belmir-feathermoon]

Not to mention it’s pretty presumptuous and audacious for anyone on these forums to assume they should or would be the ones to lecture others from such a high horse.

[Dedeyn-ravenholdt]

It is pretty much a copy paste of the others she posted.

@Oedon-kilrogg

Too be fair and I’m not defending the op in this but I’ve been the victim of flagging as a downvote. Yeah there are some people who do it but I wouldn’t say all nor does thier there need to be a psa about it like this thread is.

i have been flagged as well but false flagging really happens very very rarely. OP just thinks they are some kind of forum police and they know the rules better than anyone else.

I actually think they are bucking for green writing and think this is the ticket.

[Oedon-kilrogg]

Possibly. Though ill never understand why anyone wants green text. Its not like it means anything and it only serves to put a target on thier backs for ridicule.

[Revlol-misha (Revlol)]

This is GD, where it is in fact a downvote button.

do I agree with it being used that way? No, as it’s an attempt to censor opinions you disagree with to the fullest extent available to players, and just like on several social media platforms, I will always disagree with censoring people’s thoughts, even when I think they are absolutely braindead for saying what they say.

[Kittredge-azjolnerub (Kittredge)]

@Belmir-feathermoon

Not to mention it’s pretty presumptuous and audacious for anyone on these forums to assume they should or would be the ones to lecture others from such a high horse.

One of her posts was flagged, and manually restored after review, which spurred the crusade. Obviously not a smart crusade to go on, but here we are. Though, if her post was restored after a review, then her previous flag wasn’t very smart either.

[Midare-area-52 (Midare)]

I don’t mean to come off as condescending but… I envy the fact that you still have some hopes on this god foresaken cesspool of a corner of the internet to even bother posting this.

[Darthvixen-terokkar (Darthvixen)]

i wonder what stops them from putting a cosmetic down vote button that does nothing, sort of like the close elevator door buttons IRL

wikipedia:

Placebo button

[Rhielle-sentinels (Rhielle)]

@Tulnn-mannoroth

Oh look it’s you again…

Yes, I post here a lot and have since day one. You should put me on ignore and stop following me into threads to harass me over your one lousy thread that you can’t seem to stop obsessing over, whike derailing other threads and getting hostile. How sad you keep making yourself look worse and worse. Move on, sir. That was two days ago. lol

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

Blizzard doesn’t say you are allowed to create duplicate threads once a year, they say you aren’t allowed period.

This is false. If multiple threads about the same subject weren’t allowed, this forum would be empty right now. Not to mention, they’ve unflagged both of the other threads.

@Kittredge-azjolnerub

There’s a passive threshold, and if a post gets more upvotes than flags, the post won’t be flagged.

This is wrong. Likes have zero to do with flags. It only takes two or three flags to hide a post, regardless of likes. And once hidden, you can’t flag a post.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

It is pretty much spam though since they have created multiple of these threads.

Wrong again.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

OP is assuming people are using that button incorrectly and that they need to be lectured to.

It’s not a lecture. And yes, the flagging system is absolutely being abused and people admit to using it as a downvote.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

I have seen at least 2 others and there could have been more.

I doubt you’ve seen them. The last one was over a year ago. And the one before that was over two years ago. No, there haven’t been more. Let’s not make crap up.

@Belmir-feathermoon

Not to mention it’s pretty presumptuous and audacious for anyone on these forums to assume they should or would be the ones to lecture others from such a high horse.

There is no high horse and it’s not a lecture. LOL I love how people get bent out of shape over a detailed thread and one that has ideas for how to fix a broken system.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

false flagging really happens very very rarely

Also false.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

I actually think they are bucking for green writing and think this is the ticket.

Couldn’t be more wrong. Poor attempt. How many more lies are you going to fabricate?

[Denona-khazgoroth (Denona)]

@Kaurmine-area-52

but there’s a bunch of threads that have nothing to do with wow that popup. There was a thread on Biden falling up the stairs a few days ago, that should be deleted as well.

If no one flags it though it’s unlikely to be removed unless it is a inappropriate topic or it gets people speaking inappropriately.

Which is another tool of dislike people use. If you consistently upset people here then make a “fun” post it’ll get flagged, if you’re liked it won’t be

This is why you see majority of those threads on Sunday (US time). It is when the forums has the least amount of moderation so all those spam and trolling style threads begin to litter GD. With all those threads, it clogs up the review stage of the reporting process. Which is why it might take a while for those threads to go away.

[Dedeyn-ravenholdt]

@Rhielle-sentinels

I doubt you’ve seen them. The last one was over a year ago. And the one before that was over two years ago. No, there haven’t been more. Let’s not make crap up.

You are literally admitting 2 others which is what I had said I had seen. What a weird person you are - arguing about something and confirming my statement in the same breath. I have seen countless other posts from you on the same subject in threads as well.

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

I have seen at least 2 others and there could have been more

[Belmir-feathermoon]

I think people called this thread out for what it is and the only one bent out of shape is you, considering this response.

Let’s be real, you have been on these forums enough to know a post like this wouldn’t yield positive results.

[Kittredge-azjolnerub (Kittredge)]

@Rhielle-sentinels

This is wrong. Likes have zero to do with flags. It only takes two or three flags to hide a post, regardless of likes. And once hidden, you can’t flag a post.

Almost positive you can like a post back into a state of being unflagged. Give it a shot, I’m fairly certain there’s a like to flag ratio which causes a post to be flagged un-flagged.

Though this is all besides the point, this doesn’t increase the quality or likability of your initial post, or this one for that matter. What did you realistically expect to happen? I’m assuming you’re relatively new to getting flagged, so, you have to know this isn’t the best thing to do. Just look at the fallout.

@Rhielle-sentinels

How many more lies are you going to fabricate?

This technically isn’t a lie. She can be wrong, but that doesn’t mean it’s a lie, a lie insinuates intent. Sorry, I know I’m nitpicking, but this is one of my pet peeves.