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I really wish this board did away with flagging. It seems to just censor people far more than anything. I've had my own tech related submissions flagged because they obviously just piss someone off around here and it never gets unflagged or even reviewed from what I can tell. I know I am missing out on other people's content and opinions as well and I don't like having some self appointed "moral police" around here deciding that for me.

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Most of the flagged comments I've seen are low quality, off topic, or violating the code of conduct. Flagging is a mechanism of distributed moderation. And there is a system where high-karma users can vouch for a comment and have it reappear.

Also, anyone can opt in to see flagged comments. So they aren't being completely hidden off the site unless they get nuked from the backend.

Flagging is very easy to game.

Maybe if we all get into that game, then it will stop.

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