Push notifications for new flags

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The discussion revolves around implementing push notifications for new flags in a forum, particularly for moderators. not-ethan highlights the need for timely flag notifications, as their small but growing forum deals mostly with spam flags from Akismet on new users’ posts, which can lead to confusion and complaints. They argue that push notifications would significantly reduce resolution times. darkpixlz references a prior suggestion on the topic, noting that while the idea was supported in principle by Sam Saffron, it was deferred, with push notifications for flags seen as more valuable than for likes.

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I recently got promoted to mod on a forum. It’s a relatively small forum that’s growing quickly. Almost all flags are spam flags from Akismet on posts by brand-new users. And some people that don’t know how it works my take offense to it that their post was hidden since its thought to be spam (I think a few people have complained in topics before). so we try and get to them as fast as possible.

I would like push notifications for when a post is flagged and ends up in the queue since currently I only get notified if the topic was in a category I get notifications in. If this were to be implemented the time a flag takes to be resolved will decrease exponentially.

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I had suggested this a while back I think and I got told “maybe in the future”. I’ll look for the post.

Found it.

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