# Please can we put an end to all these 'flagging battles?'

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-can-we-put-an-end-to-all-these-flagging-battles/62664>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-can-we-put-an-end-to-all-these-flagging-battles/62664 "2020-04-08T19:35:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mithran](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mithran/32/18064_2.png) [@Mithran](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mithran)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/please-can-we-put-an-end-to-all-these-flagging-battles/62664/2 "2020-04-08T20:03:07Z")

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Relevant Community Guidelines:

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My earlier thoughts on this from when it cycled around last time:

> [@Forum Trust Levels (Changes)](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/forum-trust-levels-changes/61092/8):
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> I mean, yeah, this. There is already a community guideline against this, so it is already “against the rules”, but it is unclear to what degree this is enforced. Hypothetically, if a person can flag with impunity even when they know it is flimsy or nonexistent, they have no reason (I mean, other than common decency) to not do so. Mass flagging has the opportunity to put someone’s posts under a microscope, where it will now be even easier to get the person on a receiving end to have their tru…

For those worried about actually enforcing this rule discouraging _legitimate_ flagging, there is a stark difference between flags someone being _borderline_ antagonistic or flags in bug report threads meant as an attempt to keep the process more streamlined that are done in “good faith”, and those where the flagger simply disagrees with the opinion of someone in a post or doesn’t like someone in general (including slight off-topic in threads _other_ than Bug Reports) that are very clearly done in “bad faith”. Yes, this requires a _person_ to make the judgement call, hopefully as impartial as possible, but this _repeated_ flagging in “bad faith” is a violation of the community guidelines, letter and spirit, and should carry some sort of repercussion. Looks like now might be the time, unfortunately.

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