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this is better, and as sincerely as possible, thanks stet for the great work.

I think this new system should be a Year Zero for New-nu-ILX and we should unban everyone, cancel all extant SBs/FPs, and see how it goes...

― onimo, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:48 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

amnesty for all!

Except Newgod

Newgod not actually banned iirc?

winter arrived for newgod

I FPed him.

feel newgod should be banished to his own sub bord forever begging to the void for someone to ban him

I think this new system should be a Year Zero for New-nu-ILX and we should unban everyone, cancel all extant SBs/FPs, and see how it goes...

―onimo, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:48 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

amnesty for all!

―lag∞n,Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:57 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post

In favor.

not just the sbed tho, all the banned

hm.
http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/01/the-trouble-with-popularity/

I think this new system should be a Year Zero for New-nu-ILX and we should unban everyone, cancel all extant SBs/FPs, and see how it goes...

and cats will lie with dogs

but those are all long-term posters and strong, distinct characters who are all as loved as they are hated, and the haters should frankly just DEAL with them and their character peccadilloes instead of hiding behind a SB b/c they can't take someone who's a bit different

lex, you have a distinct personality with plenty of peccadilloes/quirks and yet you've never been banned, how do you explain that?

I'm still kind of weirded out by the fact the admin interface shows who clicked flag post/sb! I mean, linking it to a post makes sense and it obviously has to store it in the database so that one person can't repeatedly flag another person, but it really raises the possibility of mod bias. I like all the mods, but having that level of anonymity when it comes to flagging makes it more likely people will flag when they feel necessary, not "omg is the mod going to judge me for flagging this or am I outing myself in some way"

for instance, if someone was the real life victim of something and doesn't want to admit it on board, but tends to flag posts that are in that vein...

To me, the banning is more of a protective measure than anything. Kind of a "why don't you chill because your life is being consumed by interacting with this online community in a way they perceive as negative, go get some perspective" thing

in the name of transparency this info should be made public

in the name of transparency this info should be made public

honestly the "system" would actually work if people would say "you're being an asshole right now on this thread, I'm going to flag the next asshole post you make" to the person they're about to flag. then that person could say YOU BIG BABY AWWW CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT and get the flag they want & deserve.

yes but yet still i desire to apprehend with mine own eyes this mod dashboard display

wait the system shows who flagged what? thought the whole point was anonymity

yeeeeah

stepping forward, i flagged the first post in this thread, just felt right

Not that I expect mods to be impartial, because they're human, but it'd be nice if the tools kind of helped them in that direction!

wait the system shows who flagged what? thought the whole point was anonymity
Anonymous from other posters, not from site mods. We need to be able to see if the FP is coming from a brand-new sock or w/e

I suppose we could hide it and just have "flagged by user who has made 3000 posts and been registered for 2 years" or s/thing.

mod visibility is good, it gives people who get their posts flagged an opportunity to claim that the mods have really got it in for them

I suppose we could hide it and just have "flagged by user who has made 3000 posts and been registered for 2 years" or s/thing.

that would be better I think.

But even so, a new user is only going to be able to flag someone once, right? Trying to block the possibility that someone is going to register 50 accounts to try to block someone seems to be planning for a really unlikely situation, imo

That modification wouldn't account for long-time-ilxor/everchanging-username dickholes.

wait is this sudden need to have fps anonymized from mods in response to an actual thing or are we just totally strawmanning right now

I don't give a damn what a mod sees. It's like a doctor looking up your bum. NBD.

It just seems like a wise thing and in line with what other online communities do? idk, it just seems like it'd block potential problems down the road

having them *not* anonymous because we think someone might use a bunch of accounts to over-flag seems like planning for a situation that may not happen

god u guys are SO naive

the only other place I know of w/flagging is Metafilter, and they're not anonymous there. also, the "someone might use a bunch of accounts to SB" was a totally common complaint back in the auto-SB days.

I actually don't know why they should be anonymous from site mods. What's the benefit? Saying that biased mod x might have deleted your FP and so some awful user sits at 49, escaping forever? Seems just as unlikely to me.

flagging is a pretty common thing on loads of sites (flag as inappropriate) and its always anonymous (like on CL you dont even have to be registered).

I actually don't know why they should be anonymous from site mods. What's the benefit?

maybe if you think of possible examples of this:

for instance, if someone was the real life victim of something and doesn't want to admit it on board, but tends to flag posts that are in that vein...

Mods have always been able to see who's gone on SB sprees, but they were so unremarkable, and never pushed anyone closer to a 51 who wasn't clearly well on their way to it anyway, that the topic literally -- literally -- has never come up on the mod discussion board. I will say it's been entertaining watching it happen, and seeing who is willing to SB for apparently nothing at all, and who holds it in reserve for a really egregious post.

im not a player i just sb a lot *shrug*

Looking forward to the day 50 years hence when these files are made public xp

I was thinking of mefi, too, stet. Are you positive it's not anon there?

yes, certain

Oh hey it's in their FAQ. I stand corrected

I will say it's been entertaining watching it happen, and seeing who is willing to SB for apparently nothing at all, and who holds it in reserve for a really egregious post.

I would like to be thusly entertained.

yah srsly this is no fair

Take me on a tour of mod village.

seeing who is willing to SB for apparently nothing at all

personally i feel validated somebody is enjoying my work

I'm still kind of weirded out by the fact the admin interface shows who clicked flag post/sb!

this has always been the case and is A+ sensible, plus one of the best lols I ever had from ILX was finding out who one of my two SBs was for and from what post

See, I could only really lol at it. I wouldn't go on a rampage after whoever sb'd me or anything.

oh I don't think it should be broadly public

btw everyone notice how warm, agreeable and communal the clusterfuck here on the Flag Post thread is, the FP system works imo, case closed

I didn't realize SB was linked to posts and such anyway, so this has been illuminating

who one of my two SBs was for and from what post

"was from and for which post", sorry

so really FP is identical to SB, but without the auto-kickout at 51

no doubt this has been said already