Documentation around actions available to moderators somewhat lacking

… and that didn’t take long :slight_smile:

OK, a post was flagged as “something else”. The it was flagged because someone thought that it broken one of the forum rules (“don’t post AI generated content”). The post isn’t that, but does basically say “I’d ask an AI to answer that question”, so I can understand what it was flagged. It’s not a particularly helpful answer to the original question, and has been downvoted a couple of times.

I am asked “Is there something wrong with this post?”

Underneath “yes” I can choose:

  • hide post
  • keep post
  • delete post
  • edit post
  • delete post and replies

and underneath “no”

  • Keep post
  • Do nothing
  • Delete post and ignore flag
  • Delete post and replies, ignore flag

It’s a borderline answer to “is there something wrong with this post” so let’s step through the choices as if there was and then as if there wasn’t

If there was something wrong with it, then there’s not enough reason to hide or delete (there was no egregious content), so “keep post” would be logical - it’s good to keep it there as a downvoted post.

If I decide there was nothing wrong with it, what is the difference between “keep post” and “do nothing”? Maybe “do nothing” might result in it staying hidden if the reporting user was high enough in the pecking order?

Also, I see references throughout to “agree with flag”, “ignore flag” and disagree with flag". What actually happens behind the scenes when one of these options is taken?

… and a follow-up question - if I misclick, is there an easy easy to undo that?