How do you deal with flag spammers?

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@ferdnyc

@anon36555649 suggested possibly putting the flagger together with their flagee(s) to discuss the issues behind their flagging abuse. I don’t really agree with that suggestion at all as I think it’s a recipe to heighten tensions, not reduce them,

When you write this, is that in reference to this statement that you are interpreting as meaning that?:

@anon36555649

One potential strategy is for there to be some kind of a price for flagging, as in whoever is making these flag reports will be asked to explain their reasons for the flags. In addition potentially they could be asked to help with mediation in talking with the person/account that is being flagged about what is causing them to flag things that other folks don’t agree need flags.

I’m not certain what you mean by there being a suggestion in that to “put together” flagger with flagee(s), if you are talking about user accounts on the same site that can already communicate directly.

Would agree that protecting anonymity of who is filling flag reports from who is being flagged is a good practice generally, if that is what you mean.