I'm getting a Javascript popup saying "The page is still loading, please wait to flag." while trying to flag this question. [more inside]
posted by knave on Oct 24, 2009 - 56 comments

Would it be possible to get a better explanation of when to flag/not to flag a comment/post? [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Oct 23, 2009 - 66 comments

Improving tagging in a poorly tagged post. [more inside]
posted by sunshinesky on Sep 28, 2009 - 23 comments

Workplace Sensitivifilter. I seem to be in disagreement with a large number of people on whether the Japanese "rising sun" flag is inappropriate for the workplace, per a tangentially related ask.meta post. [more inside]
posted by Phyltre on Aug 28, 2009 - 368 comments

Does the identity of a given flagger carry any weight? Or are they anonymous? [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on Jun 24, 2009 - 111 comments

What is the mod policy on noting when comments have been removed? [more inside]
posted by disillusioned on May 13, 2009 - 122 comments

Pony request: I seem to be eternally replying to something in Recent Activity, only to find I've actually responded to the wrong thread. I'm not sure I'm entirely alone in this... [more inside]
posted by Artw on Jan 12, 2009 - 39 comments

Any way to "un-flag" something? It was done totally in error...really...trigger finger slipped...
posted by Exchequer on Oct 18, 2008 - 42 comments

Could we add "already in the question" or something similar to the flagging options for AskMe? [more inside]
posted by jammy on Sep 15, 2008 - 33 comments

Can we find out how many flags our posts get? [more inside]
posted by empath on Sep 11, 2007 - 67 comments

Love the new ajax flagging and looking forward to seeing it on the other sites. I especially like that it shows that you have flagged something, and would like to see an option to remove said flag in case of a mistake, or regretting a knee-jerk reaction.
posted by Manjusri on Jun 4, 2007 - 13 comments

There's a flag for "fantastic post". Is that used for anything, or have favorites replaced it?
posted by smackfu on Mar 12, 2007 - 30 comments

I wasn't able to find any previous mention of this, but what if someone decides they didn't want to flag a post? Can we have a feature that lets people change their mind if they flag something? I say this after reconsidering flagging my own supposed double post.
posted by Burhanistan on Feb 24, 2007 - 33 comments

AskMe should be a ‘the commenter didn’t read the question’ flag.
posted by Aidan Kehoe on Dec 9, 2006 - 34 comments

Flag feature | In addition to "fantastic post" I would like to have the option of flagging posts "hilarious."
posted by maggieb on Aug 19, 2006 - 33 comments

this has been mentioned before, but.. i am sometimes hamfisted, and was trying to flag a post as fantastic and instead submitted a "pick a reason:" flag. all of the discussion in the previous thread was about superseding flags - but is it a lot of work to make the site simply reject the pick-a-reasons?
posted by sergeant sandwich on Aug 3, 2006 - 5 comments

May we have a "not the best of the web" flag?
posted by Captaintripps on Jun 1, 2006 - 45 comments

In MeTa and AskMe the flag [!] icon with each comment has a mouseover that reads "flag this post". But in MetaFilter the mouseover is really wide with the whole URL as well as "flag this post". It's really annoying when scrolling/reading. Can the blue be aligned with the other sites please?
posted by peacay on May 11, 2006 - 8 comments

Pony request, in light of this thread -- flagging options include "noise", "derail" or "doesn't follow the guidlines" but it seems to me AskMe requires another option, kind of an opposite to "fantastic post" -- how about adding "Doesn't answer the question"?

But that would require AskMe specific flags, which might be difficult or impossible. Instead, how about an "Irrelevant" flag?
posted by Rash on May 7, 2006 - 15 comments

Idea: Add links to a person's fantastic posts/comments/answers to their profile pages, as a kind of personal scoreboard.

Been wondering how to give people "attaboys" for good commentary and answers. Why not list these accomplishments on their profile pages? I did some searches, and the idea has been proposed before, but I can't find a similar suggestion that's more recent than four years ago.

Profiles already have links to a person's posts, and if I drill down I can see which ones have been flagged as fantastic -- so why not put this front and center on the profiles?
posted by frogan on Mar 25, 2006 - 32 comments

What part of "flag it and move on" are people having trouble understanding? I'm willing to hold an extra help session for our slower learners.
posted by Saucy Intruder on Mar 25, 2006 - 39 comments

Flags aren't redirecting back to the thread (at least for me).
Firefox 1.0.4 (OSX)

(It's probably a simple fix, but it does mean that all those entertaining MeTa callouts and meetups that I had planned will have to wait until at least next week. You're all on notice).
posted by klangklangston on Mar 20, 2006 - 2 comments

I just flagged an AskMe answer as "fantastic" for the first time, and I'm curious...and then what happens? What is the purpose of this feature?
posted by evariste on Feb 18, 2006 - 14 comments

Marketing Research? Two people have flagged this thread, saying (or implying) that it goes against Metafilter policy. Forgive me for not ready the policy very closely, but I don't see what is wrong with this kind of thing. What do you folks think?
posted by rossination on Jan 21, 2006 - 44 comments

Are the "[!]" flags anonymous? [MI]
posted by klarck on Jan 21, 2006 - 20 comments

It's possible for an AskMeFi poster to mark responses as best answers. It's possible for anyone to flag an answer as a fantastic comment. Why not amalgamate the two and have all the top answers in one place? Then, why not highlight all comments flagged as fantastic in AskMeFi, MetaFilter and MetaTalk the way best answers are currently highlighted in AskMeFi?
posted by nthdegx on Jan 7, 2006 - 9 comments

Why not place the [!] flag on the front page instead of having to open a thread? The Dish TV post is so bad on so many levels that I felt all icky opening it to flag it. heheh
posted by mischief on Dec 17, 2005 - 14 comments

Any chance we could get the "flag post" link on the my recent comments page? If it's easy that is, not really a big deal. I just spend a lot of time reading comments on there these days instead of the actual threads.
posted by loquax on Dec 15, 2005 - 7 comments

This had me thinking: wouldn't it make sense to have "needs 'more inside'" as a reason when flagging posts? I flagged it, but had to put "other;" and, if memory serves, plenty of good first-time posters have had their first threads derailed by the first few "whoa! muddying up the front page there!" comments.
posted by koeselitz on Dec 4, 2005 - 23 comments

Personal Fantastic Post Viewer? [mi possibly available after a few minutes]
posted by onalark on Nov 13, 2005 - 6 comments

Apologist!: There are too many things in this thread to flag individually.
We start out with unsupported speculation from a wonk with a blog, whose source article doesn't back up his suppositions; we move into a screeching match where those who are critical of Bush but aren't willing to drink the Kool-Aid get called "apologists" for the administration; we have a melting pot of conspiracy theories and ignorant frothings; we have yammering and emotional appeals... The list goes on and on.
Have we just had too many decent Katrina threads, so we're now stuck stirring the hurricane's flotsam? The discussion wobbles between shitty assertations of opinions and shitty snarks, and S@L, PP and Dios aren't even there (without them, Delmoi seems to be the whipping boy de jour).
I understand that people are still angry about Katrina and the Federal response. And I'm not above getting into a scrap just for scrapping, but jesus. I hate it when Metafilter looks like how ParisParamus imagines that we do all the time. And something to note is that we seem to have that problem more when it's liberals vs. left-wingers, treating each other with all the consideration of rodents eating their young.
This post is ugly; the comments are shitty. Can we have an end to Katrina now unless there's something that really needs posting? Or is Metafilter going to by Prometheus's liver for the next week or so?
[I'd make a "more inside" thing, but I don't know how]
posted by klangklangston on Sep 6, 2005 - 91 comments

I was trying to flag a remark, but Firefox gives me a wierd error after is says the message got sent, as it's redirecting back to the original post. Just wondering if message was (probably) received. and to point out the bug.
posted by Balisong on Jul 31, 2005 - 12 comments

This post about readings for a wedding has great responses, and links to other threads with great responses (disclaimer: I responded to one of them.) I flagged the link as Other, expecting to be able to comment, but sadly, there is no comment capability. Please administrator, consider granting this pony, "comments on the flag page," if it is not too large and cumbersome.
posted by theora55 on Jun 26, 2005 - 8 comments

I have my preferences set to open links in a new window, but this should only apply to external links right? When I click [!] on a post, the flag form appears in the same tab (using Firefox obviously, on Windows), but when I hit the "Flag this post" button on the form, the result (including the redirect back to the thread) opens a new tab. I've noticed other situations too where internal metafilter links open in a new tab. Minor, but an annoyance of note.
posted by If I Had An Anus on Jun 9, 2005 - 9 comments

Would it be possible to auto delete a post if the original author flags it as a double post? I double posted, I flagged it, but it is still there, perhaps I should be able to remove it?
posted by jonah on Apr 6, 2005 - 53 comments

Does anyone else want "this is fake" added as a reason on the flag-this-post form?
posted by rcade on Mar 26, 2005 - 19 comments

Could we get a "troll" option for flagging?
posted by norm on Mar 7, 2005 - 30 comments

"Didn't check google before posting"
Can this be added as a reason to flag an AskMe post? Or is this already covered by "it breaks the guidelines"?
posted by rajbot on Feb 20, 2005 - 59 comments

Please, if your front page post links to anywhere remotely not worksafe, could you make sure this is properly flagged?
posted by salmacis on Oct 16, 2002 - 41 comments

Unlike the behaviour at Metafilter itself, here on Metatalk, after I arrive at the new flat front page with the (x new) flags on threads, if I click into a thread to read the comments then hit the back button on my browser, I seem to be losing my (x new) flags.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Nov 5, 2001 - 5 comments

This thread sucks. The link doesn't jump down to the story, the subject matter isn't very funny or interesting, it's just stupid. The post is too long, the comments are pretty pointless. I would delete it, but it could create more trouble than it is worth. What should be done about sub-par links? Anything? Take the good with the bad?
posted by mathowie on Aug 29, 2001 - 25 comments

I'd really like to have some way to flag threads taht I'd liek to follow. I'm finding that certain thread die off, but I think that it is just because the topics drop down the page and people don't bother to scroll down.

It would be difficult to develop a UI for this... maybe a link at the top of the page to toggle "view all/view flagged."

Just a thought.
posted by Calebos on May 10, 2000 - 5 comments