Newbie alert: i have tried to understand the answers i have found here on the moderation thing. it seems if you flag a question you earn 5 pnts every time ab staff agrees with you and if i read correctly lose 10 if they don't. does this sum it up?
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Not exactly. You do earn that 5 points for each question and answer you moderate if your flag is accepted by admin. When you start to lose the 10 points is if they begin to see a pattern of moderating carelessly (ie: being way off the mark with your flags a lot or flags that look retaliatory in nature.) There are times when admin won't accept the flag and you won't get the 5 points but you won't get 10 deducted either if they feel that you're moderating responsibly.
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You don't lose 10 unless you over flag an individual vindictively, or you flag too many wrong flags. You may wish to check this out, too: http://www.orangefrogproductions.com/ofp2m_faq_ab_moderationguide.shtml Also, see (more recent and by the moderators) from http://www.answerbag.com/guideline/ (sorry... No links at this time): Why should I flag questions and answers? How do I flag questions and answers? What is considered spam? What is considered offensive? What is considered a duplicate? What is considered nonsense? When is a question considered to be in the wrong category?
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Don't bother flagging SPAM, either. Most of the time, the staff will nuke the spammer's account without giving you points and it will destroy your moderation percentage, as it's done mine. -.- I hate that damn glitch. -.-
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What blows my mind is people who have hundreds and hundres of mod points. How did they ever manage to achieve that, I wonder.
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