I had a section on the whole flags aging thing, but Michael Mrozek covers that.
Do we ever need to clear comment flags? Yes. Rarely, but yes.
Generally, moderators don't really need to clear comment flags. But, for the same exceptional circumstances that lead to us stepping in to immediately de...
(I am actually planning to add extra symbols for things like /review and /reputation; I might add one that links to the mod++ graphic for my own personal amusement)
@MichaelMrozek Google only does that because they don't want more antitrust scrutiny from the EU, which already forces Microsoft to offer "choose your browser" and "choose your search engine" dialogs.
Oh, we're talking about different things. The symbolic header is a script. The dev++ menu was just fiddling with the site source, and no, it doesn't work. Yet
I installed IE9 RC to test some websites, and it killed my start menu. I can't search for programs/files anymore and if I click on certain icons pointing to local folders I get internet security warnings...
@DanGrossman Somebody did that in a conference presentation, it made me day. The instructions for reproducing something started with "1) Type www.bing.com into your browser. 2) Search for 'Google'"
@MichaelMrozek that happened to me during an Ubuntu upgrade. The CPU governor got reset to performance; policykit locked it and the lock settings got themselves locked. I tried everything I could, then the computer shut off due to overheating.
Nobody has realized the 30 year old promise to one day have your music instantly follow each person in the house to whatever room they're in, on whatever device they want
No, flagging does not cost you Rep.
It looks to me like you were downvoted here and that's why you lost 2 rep.
EDIT: Wait, you flagged your own question to have it merged in with yoru new account. I see. Then you probably triggered a reputation recalc on yourself, either that or it was a byprod...
@TheRenamedException Most likely the account owning that question was merged into his account, which caused his account rep to be recalculated automatically
@TimStone Yes, somebody had a similar situation where they flagged a post and got downvoted simultaneously, so they thought they lost rep for flagging
Here's the relevant part of a merge log, if you want that:
Beginning merge into master User 'user4834' (Id=4834) for merge User 'user4890' (Id=4890).
. . .
Recalculating rep - before: 1
Recalculated rep for User.Id = 4834 -> old rep = 1, new rep = 1
I like it. I keep watching the following, expecting that I am close to Notable Question for this question:
In reality the question has 1,737 views. (No, I'm not doing all this just for more views! Ok, well maybe I am. No, I am not! I swear... really... :-)
I checked and sure enough, a single ...
@MichaelMrozek I feel like this question must have either been deleted or significantly changed, because I remember reading it, but definitely can't find it.
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