I created another user account to understand how the reporting system works, but as an admin, I don’t receive any notifications about flagged posts. Am I overlooking something, or is no information provided? Review is empty [image]

Yes the ID is the problem, but hopefully it will be changed [image] How do you manage flags on non-human posts? Community Building Thanks for flagging this, @Moin. IMO, flagged system posts should be added to the review queue like any others, so I think that’s a change worth making. We’ll look into this!

I think you should see the flagged post in the review queue. You should also be notified when a post is flagged. [Screenshot_20250912_115610_Firefox] Is there anything special about the user you flagged? As the admin, can you see the red number next to the flag icon below the post you flagged? [Screenshot_20250912_120410_Firefox] Can you describe in more detail what you tried? I assume it was something like You created a test user This user posted a topic You flagged that topic

I created a test user and had them flag one of my posts. Unfortunately, I don’t receive any notification, so it seems to be a placebo. I then created a second test user and had them flag a post from the first test user, and now it works.

For me it also works to flag my admin account as a test user. But I know I had similar problems when I tried to flag the system user and AI bots. Is there anything special about your admin account? Like a user-ID below 1?

I think I’ve found the “error.” I reported an amount from the system that has the ID -1. Maybe that’s why the system isn’t displaying any flags.

@tobiaseigen I guess I am getting you wrong. To me, the new title you chose reads like admins with a negative user ID won’t receive notifications about flags. But the issue in this topic is that no one can see flags on posts written by a user with a negative ID. So the admin who started the forum (usually ID=1) won’t see when a user flags a post written by system, discobot, or any AI bot. For example, when someone flags Adding information about the flag review process, you won’t see that in the review queue, but only if you use data explorer or because you might find a related message in the moderator inbox. But it’s because of the author of the post (system has a negative ID), not because of the user ID of the admin. Is that what you meant with “Admins with userid -1 are not notified about flags”?

Oh, I got it backwards! :upside_down_face: Can you fix the title so it makes sense to you?

Where can I see flagged posts authored by users with negative user IDs?

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Moin September 12, 2025, 10:21am 7

Yes the ID is the problem, but hopefully it will be changed

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Where can I see flagged posts authored by users with negative user IDs?

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