Kevin Prichard wrote:

> yeah, seems to be vote-based, with a threshold for automatic removal /
> hiding-
>
>http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/flags.html
>
>shirky's had a few words to say on similar systems,
>http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_user.html
>
>in a system like craig's, there might be potential for abuse - people
>voting something off just coz they don't like it. how do you see
>dealing with that?
>
>
I honestly don't know, and I can see it being used for flogging rather
than flagging. :)

Another big problem is that most people don't have the background
knowledge to be able to evaluate links. General understanding of the
copyright system is really low, which is reasonable because it's such a
baroque thing but bad because it is important. On the other hand, it
may be that most long-time webjayists will have that knowledge.

What about not revealing the 'flag' button unless the person has been
around for a while?