I recently had a post flagged. The @privacyguides bot asked me to edit it based on community feedback when there was none. After stating this and asking for feedback in my edit to the flagged post, it was removed. The removal had no feedback as well. Flagging is automatic, so feedback is not guaren…

I believe we can adjust that text :+1:

Please take a look at the forum rules: FAQ - Privacy Guides Community You should definitely not be surprised that posts get flagged and removed when you talk about others using expressions like “spouting out paranoid schizophrenic claims”. It is in fact obvious that this is not a way to communicat…

[image] anon36227541: edit it based on community feedback when there was none For reference, the message that you were sent includes this feedback with useful links: Your post was flagged as inappropriate: the community feels it is offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of…

As a generalized answer to this question: Feedback is provided by DM when a flagged post is hidden. This message tells you that something about your post needs to be fixed, gives you guidance (as noted above), and lets you know that the post will be automatically unhidden if you make an edit. If yo…

[image] jonah: Feedback is provided by DM when a flagged post is hidden. This message tells you that something about your post needs to be fixed, gives you guidance (as noted above) [image] jonah: You already know for a fact that the community has found some problem with your post My s…

Okay. My answer is that no, we will not be doing that automatically. It is a waste of our team’s time when 95% of cases are pretty obvious after they’ve read the guidelines once. We can do it if people ask :+1: [image] jonah: If you are genuinely confused or if you would like to appeal, you can…

I suppose the solution, then, would be for users to message @discussion_moderators directly for feedback on which changes to implement, rather than have them provide feedback for each post they remove.

Does this message: [image] jonah: Your post was flagged as inappropriate: the community feels it is offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of our community guidelines . This post was hidden due to flags from the community, so please consider how you might revise your post to r…

This is the initial PM when the post is flagged. [image] On another topic Hello, This is an automated message from Privacy Guides Community to let you know that your post was hidden again. [LINK_TO_FLAGGED_POST] Your post was flagged as inappropriate: the community feels it is offensive, abus…

Hm, I wonder if it would also be a good idea to add a feedback box to the Inappropriate flag option, so that the community can provide a reason to the flagged user. “This post contains content that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of our co…

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ignoramous November 21, 2025, 7:45pm 7

I did, and instead the mod who removed my post banned me.

Why put up such guidance when no real control or avenue for a genuine redressal exists?

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