(Hopefully I've attributed the quotes correctly, please advise if the attributions are incorrect)

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

I would Oppose Flags if the Reference topic doesn't exist, not when it's created by someone else.

I can see you've opposed about fifty of the Flags (about one in five Flags) listed on this page: https://loyce.club/trust/flags/personal/ReferenceTopicDoesNotExist.html (Flag 1264 that you support has had it's thread removed, so that might be a grey area). A few of those Flags are now neither supported nore opposed by anyone. Should those be opposed if the accused is NOT banned?

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

If theymos intended the Flag system to have a consequence when the topic gets locked, he would have automated it.

I doubt it, but you can always suggest it to him.

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

Quote from: Timelord2067 on September 01, 2021, 12:10:09 PM

I'm pretty sure theymos said when introducing Flags that a locked thread is one of the many reasons that makes a Flag invalid. (but in saying that, I've just scrolled all 20+ pages and can't find where theymos said that...)

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

I can't find it either. When creating a Flag, it only says it shouldn't be self-moderated.

I don't know where I read that, but it makes scence that "the accused" must have a platform (the thread) to respond to the accusation made against them. Surely it follows an unlocked thread that is referenced in the Flag is that platform? And, the only way to guarantee a thread remains unlocked (without admin/mod intervention) is for the thread to have been created by the one who creates the flag, not another person. (Otherwise, accusers would probably just start one thread and dump all their accusations in that thread, or, another thread started by someone else where Flags and accusations would get mixed up) - (One Flag|One thread) * (where "one" could be a group accused of the one Flag/Flag type)

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

There was more time between creating those Flags. BPIP doesn't update real-time.

Thanks for clarifying that, at the time I wrote my comments I felt your flag type 3 for the same person at (notionally) the same time overrides the type one flag? But then you have now posted this:

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

Type 3 Flags expire 10 years after the date mentioned. Type 1 Flags don't expire. So long-term, Flag 2809 will stand when Flag 2810 doesn't show anymore.

Quote from: LoyceV on September 01, 2021, 04:50:41 PM

That's quote is about type 2/3 Flags, type 1 Flags can be created by anyone.

True, but if there isn't any accountability, then you end up with the shills and those with vendettas indiscriminately creating flags that will never fade away regardless of whether or not they then withdraw their support for those flags.