Flagging? Noob question, page 1

To the right of the flag button is a question mark which states according to ATS.....

Flagging enables you to signify that you feel this is an important thread. The more flags a thread receives, the higher its "status" as compared to other threads, and the more likely it is to appear on the site home page and forum summary pages. Top-flagged threads for the week also go out in our weekly email newsletter.

...This is why you are supposed to flag

Also underneath the flag button is a link that says "Why Flag" Which will take you to this thread explaining flagging.

Hope this helps.

[edit on 4-3-2010 by Rising Against]

reply to post by Kram09

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Is the effort and research relevant to the thread they discuss? Did you read all that was provided in order to form an idea as to how worthy the entire thread is for flagging?

I see many threads that get flagged a heck of a lot, yet sometimes I am left wondering why they draw so much attention.

There is a couple right now that are active and, IMO, are a bit of a far stretch, although not impossible.. but I felt they were not really worthy of the many flags they have received...

It has nothing to do with if I agree or not regarding their topics... the topics themselves just seem a bit daft at times..

It's funny how the world works..

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