The ATS Thread Flagging System

I flag threads that I feel are important. Even if I do not participate in them, or agree with the OP's point of view.

reply to post by shamus78

now, but not always based on the quality of the thread or the OP, more to get my level up so other people will flag my threads! A vicious cycle. Do you feel that flags are losing their purpose because of this?

Forgive me but that doesn't make much sense from where I am to be perfectly honest.

Just so you know your flag contribution level doesn’t go up if you flag threads, it only increases when you yourself get flagged.

I’m not 100% sure on exactly when it starts to go up, I assume it’s 50 flags since lately I’ve noticed that every 50 flags It’s increased slightly.

Also out of curiosity why would you flagging a thread make someone want to flag you, they don’t see who flags them unless you directly tell them.

i just posted introduciton got 5 flags already wooo!!

reply to post by SkepticOverlord


I have yet to see that flaggin tool

i must be really stupid but I cant find a way to flag or star anything.

EDIT: Wow. After a bit of digging around with the search function I found out you must have 20 posts to flag something.

Why not have a simple FAQ for new users with things like

What does the Letters and Numbers mean under your avatar?
How do you flag something and what is required?

etc. Such basic FAQs .. where are they? Thanks.