On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:40:04AM -0700, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> 
> On 10/19/2015 11:14 AM, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> > I don't like the way flagging is currently presented in the forum. To
> > check a box that labels another comment as "defensiveness" or "hate
> > speech" has a lot of potential for escalating conflict...see every other
> > discussion board ever for examples of this.
> 
> I think you're misunderstanding how it works based on the way that
> Robert's mock-ups showed it.
>
> <snip really long description of how it works>

For what it's worth, while I understand and acknowledge the positive
aspects of the Snowdrift flagging system, I think we should
acknowledge there's still room for abuse. I can flag you for whatever
I want if I don't like what you've said, and I have instantly silenced
you. Your point of view will go unheard for however many minutes,
hours, or days it takes for you to have time to edit your post. That is
*plenty* of time to be effectively extincted from an online
conversation. There is no tradeoff for me, either.

Second, can we really expect someone to objectively, rationally, edit
their post in response to a flagging?

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