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Kill Timmy [2]
JUL 25, 2008 12:53 AM
DevilsReject is correct -- it's there to help make SG a better place. We moderators and staff members can't possibly read every single post around here, so if you see something seriously out-of-line, just click the flag button.
If we don't feel the comment is outside the general rules of SG, you'll get a little message telling you your flag was ignored. The person you flagged won't ever know you flagged their post.
However, we decide the post needs to be dealt with, a few different things can happen.
If we think it's out-of-line but not TOO awful, we might send a private message to the person asking them to clean up their act (and if we're not to busy we might drop you a note telling you we did that). We might give the person an official warning, which gets marked down in our big black notebook of people to keep an eye on.
If it's a really awful post or a repeated offense, we might revoke the person's posting privileges (referred to as "zotting" -- a zotted person can't join or read groups or blogs, message people, or post comments anywhere on the site).
It it's really, really, REALLY out of line, we might delete that person's account entirely (sometimes known as "the uberzot").
Luckily, even with the community as large as it is, there aren't many posts that deserve flagging. 
Melia
Canada
September 2007
JUL 25, 2008 12:30 AM