Timeline for Why were my flags on a meta answer post and comments containing expletives directed at another user declined?
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| Jan 9 at 3:30 | comment | added | galacticninja | That's possible. Though the mod who handled the flag should confirm if that was indeed the case (mod tools limitation) or if they might have made a mistake (meant to actually mark the flag as "helpful"). Journeyman Geek mentioned in a comment that "it's either drop the hammer and delete it, or decline." The rude comments were deleted, so I'm wondering why my flags for the comments were still marked as declined. | |
| Jan 8 at 16:02 | comment | added | music2myear | I think you may have missed the point I was trying to make, and it appears JourneymanGeek explained the details of the behind-the-scenes reasons why this was handled as it was. To put it more simply: Marking a flag as helpful only allows certain actions for the mods, and as the actual action taken was not one of those, the only options the mods had left regarding your flag was to mark it declined. It appears to be a limitation in the moderation tools. | |
| Jan 7 at 4:07 | comment | added | galacticninja | I believe the moderation action you mentioned was taken as a result of my flags and this meta post (the expletive in the answer was edited out after this meta post was made). I’m not requesting "further action," but for clarification on why my flags were marked as "declined," considering that the rude comments were deleted and the expletive was removed from the answer by a moderator. This implies that my flags were valid and should have been acknowledged as such, not "declined," since they helped to clean up the offensive content. | |
| Dec 26, 2023 at 19:11 | history | answered | music2myear | CC BY-SA 4.0 |