Timeline for Removing flagging (and thus relieving mods of the need to babysit)

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Nov 16, 2015 at 21:09	comment	added	user40790		@Ana The poor handling was the flagging. The discussion was less than ten sentences in. We'll never know how it would have resolved -- except that all the other controversial chats resolved themselves. People will agree to disagree and move on. The subject will change on its own. You don't need to threaten people to make them do things, you just need a cat picture on a stick.
Nov 16, 2015 at 20:57	comment	added	Ana StaffMod		The issue wasn't the flags, the issue was that folks brought up a hot-button topic and handled themselves poorly in the face of disagreement about it. Don't confuse the symptom for the root cause.
Nov 16, 2015 at 20:40	comment	added	user40790		The flags in the situation involved did not involve name calling, insults, or disruption. They were entirely placed on an opinion being stated in response to a controversial issue we were discussing, and the mod response was disproportionate.
Nov 16, 2015 at 20:30	history	answered	The Fallen	CC BY-SA 3.0