I agree that they are combatting the problem in completely the wrong way. I know it's done now, but it just seems to me that dishing out negative whistle points to users who have accurately flagged abuse is the wrong way to do it, as it totally undermines the system, and you end up with a load of good flaggers having shit whistle levels. What's the point in flagging if that's what you get for it?
Fair enough, there's been a kind of unwritten policy about alt spammers, but personally, I haven't flagged for a while, and had no clue about it when I went about flagging those 150 or so shitty reviews. With alt spammers, they should clear the flags WITHOUT dishing out negative points, as it's not inaccurate flagging.
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I agree that they are combatting the problem in completely the wrong way. I know it's done now, but it just seems to me that dishing out negative whistle points to users who have accurately flagged abuse is the wrong way to do it, as it totally undermines the system, and you end up with a load of good flaggers having shit whistle levels. What's the point in flagging if that's what you get for it?
Fair enough, there's been a kind of unwritten policy about alt spammers, but personally, I haven't flagged for a while, and had no clue about it when I went about flagging those 150 or so shitty reviews. With alt spammers, they should clear the flags WITHOUT dishing out negative points, as it's not inaccurate flagging.
Rant over.