I did happen to find that https://meta.superuser.com/q/7921/162960 has an answer that states that there would be a difference in helpful flag counts because **comment flags** aren't counted and neither are **spam flags**, as well as the obvious **disputed** and **declined flags** that aren't counted.


My post says 8 helpful flags

and my profile says:

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which adds up to 12, if I don't count the offensive post flag that was deemed helpful.

I have the same question

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