The discussion revolves around the purpose of a staff member flagging a post without taking immediate action. meglio questioned the functionality, wondering why a staff member would flag a post and not take action right away. zogstrip provided reasons for this, including wanting other moderators to review the post or not having time for a proper review. meglio asked about the scenario of spam flags and whether postponed flags are counted towards the threshold for automatic action. codinghorror clarified that staff flags are treated like regular flags if no immediate action is taken, and that it’s sometimes a collaborative process to gather opinions from other staff members.
If an admin or a mod flags a message “offtopic” but not takes action immediately, a red counter appears, which is seen immediately by the admin or mod who just flagged.
Suppose I, an admin, just flagged.
Now I see the red counter which asks me to review the flag and take action.
Once I tried to do so, other admins and mods asked me “why did I flag and not take any action”.
And now I’m asking myself - what is the purpose and how it should work? How these two scenarios are different and where to use each.
What if it is a “spam flag”, and someone from the mods clicks “Postpone” button… Will 2 more spam flags (now total of 3) lead to an action taken automatically?
In other words, will all spam flags be counted to check with the threshold, or non-postponed flags only?
نعم، علامات الموظفين تشبه العلامات العادية تمامًا إذا كنت لا تختار اتخاذ إجراء على الفور. كما أشار @zogstrip بشكل صحيح، قد يقوم أحد أعضاء الموظفين بتمييز منشور للحصول على المزيد من الآراء من الموظفين الآخرين حول المنشور. في بعض الأحيان تكون عملية تعاونية.