Does flagging get abused the majority of the time? I do not perceive this to be the case, but it would take an ISD to verify the ratio of abusive flags to valid flags.
You have had a very negative experience. I understand your frustration. But that does not make your experience the only use of flags ever, nor the most common use of flags.
Depriving everyone of useful flag ability because of your experience is not the solution.
The solution is for those abusing the flags to lose their flagging ability.
In all honesty, if you look at the posts that Balos have gotten flagged. Most of the flags are completely legitimate. It’s mostly because of being off-topic ranting, which is against the rules.
So this discussion is pointless since apparently Balos believes that his off-topic rants should be allowed, even with them being against the rules and him even admitting that they are indeed off-topic.
If this is the case explain to the world why 95% of the flagged posts are unflagged after watched by mods…and re-flagged by the same people that flagged them in first place after they show up again…
And all I’m saying is, that the flags you’ve received for the most part are completely legitimate, because they were off-topic, which is against the rules and a flagging option.
