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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

at 51 your username is auto-changed to lou1s j4gger as a precautionary measure

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

― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Wednesday, February 1, 2012 10:43 AM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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FP is identical to SB but without the words "Suggest Ban" after "Bookmark"

can we change the wording to "Suggest Bookmark" for bookmarks so there's still a SB?

dude i just flag posted you by accident sorry

i was trying to bookmark whilst having a convo

it should be 'suggest bookmark' and when you use it sometimes it bokmarks sometimes it doesnt

it's ok

Now that I know mods know who flagged, I think there should be a prize in the admin forum if you can guess how many flags you have and who did it

if a mod could remove my accidental flagpost i'd appreciate it

Was it me you actually flagged? I wouldn't mind keeping it, as a flag of recognition.

pretty sure I am currently under 10 anyway

when is this functionality coming online

http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2011/03/wild-flag-seven-inch-cover.jpg

bringin' back old-school functionality

Taking Sides: Pasties vs Pasties

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aw OK but if any sober mod thinks I shouldn't, pls nuke or scramble this post:

- on an old SB clusterfuck thread, someone or other had argued that SB improved the ILX experience in no way whatsoever.
- I had replied "It improves the LOL experience."
- 6-12 months later, I learned that I had 2 SBs total, and one of them was from [a pacifist anti-SB mod] on that post

I've never asked for my SB#, but if others are also learning exactly who are clicking their SB/FP buttons, then I want to know too.

You were sb'd for moustache and pleated slacks combo by entire I Love Style contingent, iirc.

you're at 1, PP

who did it?

just some chump

was it a pacifist?

I guess I should ask sic how he found out.

Sic, how did you find out who sb'ed you?