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#1 2010-03-20 00:44:22
Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
Sometimes I see some kind of spam comments, like "check out my project (link)" or "join my contest". I don't really like it(nobody does) and I use the "flag" button to take it away.
Is that good or bad? Or maybe the Scratch Team should add a "spam" button?
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#2 2010-03-20 01:07:20
Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
I see spam A LOT.
I'm just scared to death to flag a comment as inappropriate when it's only spam.
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#3 2010-03-20 01:52:40
Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
Exactly how I feel. 
Spam bugs me... but the button says "flag as inappropriate", so I leave it and instead tell the user that spamming isn't a good thing to do.
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#4 2010-03-20 09:09:44
Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
Me three. Maybe when you flag a comment when the moderator sees it and takes care of it, they send you a message? Like if you flagged something that was inappropriate then it says something like:
"Thank you for flagging a comment on [Name of project]. It has been taken care of. Thanks, and Scratch on!"
And if it wasn't inappropriate then it would say:
"Thank you for flagging a comment on [Name of project], but it wasn't inappropriate. Please see the [Link to some page] to see what is and isn't inappropriate. Thanks, and Scratch on!"
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#5 2010-03-20 10:40:42
- Stickman704
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Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
BWOG wrote:
Me three. Maybe when you flag a comment when the moderator sees it and takes care of it, they send you a message? Like if you flagged something that was inappropriate then it says something like:
"Thank you for flagging a comment on [Name of project]. It has been taken care of. Thanks, and Scratch on!"
And if it wasn't inappropriate then it would say:
"Thank you for flagging a comment on [Name of project], but it wasn't inappropriate. Please see the [Link to some page] to see what is and isn't inappropriate. Thanks, and Scratch on!"
Well flag every spam I see but neither message comes through.
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#6 2010-03-20 10:56:51
Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
'Twas but a suggestion.
People say, "Don't want to spam, but: (link) ", which gets me really steamed up...
But you are allowed to use the "report" button on the forums for spam, right?
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#7 2010-03-20 11:15:03
- Lucario621
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Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
Greatdane wrote:
But you are allowed to use the "report" button on the forums for spam, right?
Correct.
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#8 2010-03-20 11:16:45
- technoguyx
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Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
I just flag it. It'd be good if you could give a reason for the flag, like in the forums.
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#9 2010-03-22 07:36:41
- MaxtheWeirdo
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Re: Flagging spam comments as inappropriate
Appropriate can mean fitting, so I think you could.
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