I have a hunch some flaggers may not yet have enough karma to downvote, but enough to flag so they flag in lieu of downvoting but thats just a guess.
Flagging is only supposed to be used for violations of site guidelines (off-topic, spam, uncivil or unsubstantive comment, duplicate submission, etc.), not for disagreement. People who flag on-topic articles or comments may get their flagging privileges revoked by the moderators.
yup, i can forsee some mistakes as well. ive had a couple times i was sure i hit fav but hit the flag, as was evidenced by the unflag option in its place. so commentors do have the option of unflagging for a period of time. The algo flags are an other matter
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Flagging is only supposed to be used for violations of site guidelines (off-topic, spam, uncivil or unsubstantive comment, duplicate submission, etc.), not for disagreement. People who flag on-topic articles or comments may get their flagging privileges revoked by the moderators.
yup, i can forsee some mistakes as well. ive had a couple times i was sure i hit fav but hit the flag, as was evidenced by the unflag option in its place. so commentors do have the option of unflagging for a period of time. The algo flags are an other matter