Timeline for Migrations: Unix vs. Superuser?
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| Mar 19, 2013 at 15:17 | comment | added | Andrew B | Side note, this is becoming an extended discussion that somewhat OT for the question originally asked. I think this really merits its own question and a wider audience. | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 15:12 | comment | added | Andrew B | As I understood it, the flagging system for <3000 rep was so that people with lower rep could help the people with higher rep keep everything clean without having to do all of the work themselves. Your intentions may be good, but the attitude (outside of some badges encouraging legitimately bad behaviors) has been coming across as somewhat elitist. My flagging has been done with the thought that I was being a helpful part of the system (i.e. quick turnarounds on getting crap removed), but any newbies who come across this convo are going to get an entirely different impression of things. | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 13:30 | comment | added | Sven | NB: This was written as a reply to the original version of your comment. | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 13:28 | comment | added | Sven | IMHO, they should drop the badge system or at least eliminate badges that lead to people doing useless busywork. But no, instead of eliminating the wrong incentives, they prefer to create badly working systems like the review audit to counter people blindly clicking the review buttons to get some stupid badges. | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 13:26 | comment | added | Sven | @AndrewB: Well, I think that many aspects of the system are just a load of crap, often creating all the wrong incentives. Really, why on earth would you want to force people to take some completely unnecessary action (act upon your flag) just to increase a completely arbitrary and meaningless number in your account? You are stealing peoples time and no one benefits from it, not even yourself. | |
| Mar 19, 2013 at 13:09 | comment | added | Andrew B | Don't bother the mods with this if you don't have enough rep goes against the entire design of the system. | |
| Mar 18, 2013 at 13:32 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | These flags are also visible to 20K users, who can then vote to close the question or decline the flag. | |
| Mar 18, 2013 at 13:29 | comment | added | Sven | Ah, yes, 250 rep is enough only for your own questions. I overlooked that part... Anyway, I still think it's not a good idea to flag in this case. Get the rep and you can vote, don't bother the mods with this if you don't have enough rep. | |
| Mar 17, 2013 at 17:36 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | Users below 3K reputation use flags to bring off-topic, etc., posts to attention. | |
| Mar 17, 2013 at 17:31 | history | answered | Sven | CC BY-SA 3.0 |