On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Hannes Magnusson > <hannes.magnus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've only quickly scanned through the phpweb code, and it looks fine. >> I'm still not entirely certain of what the flagging a usernote means, >> or how it works in practice. > > The flagging features just allows users to notify moderators of any > potential problem that may need human intervention. For example, a > user may have accidentally submitted a note twice and would like to > alert us to get the duplicate removed. Or, a user spots some spam, > offensive language, or a note that should be filed as a bug report > instead. > > The feature simply sends an email to php-notes and logs the > information in the database so that anyone with notes karma can take > whatever necessary action. The intention is to cut down on having to > dig for problem notes and let users be able to notify the moderators > directly. It might not get used very often, but I figured providing > users with the option shouldn't hurt. You can see the feature in > action if you go to > http://php.sheriframadan.com/manual/en/function.strstr.php#107588 and > click on the flag on top of the note. It should be pretty self > explanatory from there what actions the user can take and how they > might be helpful. > > If it proves useless later on we can always remove or disable it.
Ok. But why then all the different options? If a note is flagged, the expected outcome is for an admin to delete it - after verifying that the note is broken. There isn't any reason for the user to jump through hoops and buttons to tell us why, we need to read the note anyway. In my mind, that means flagging is another way of "mark as bad note".. which effectively is what a note with down votes is too, and the end result is the same; note removed. -Hannes
