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Declined flag: Is this a subtle put-down?

I recently had an "Unfriendly or unkind" comment flag declined on a comment on this post that was something to the effect of: Start with using a spell-checker. This appears to be a ...
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Is an unkind comment flag declined after deleting the answer?

A user posted an answer to a pretty unclear question: I am a nice person. Lots of other on stack overflow would down vote this question. You have to [rest of answer] I edited the answer to remove ...
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Flag changed to "harassment, bigotry, or abuse", causing it to be declined, when I didn't flag it as such

I flagged a comment earlier today for violating the Code of Conduct. When I flagged it, the dialog was different from what I see now. Now, I see: It contains harassment, bigotry, or abuse. The comment ...
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We-are-not-a-code-writing-service comments. Are they the good, the bad, or the ugly?

There's a lot of "We are not a code writing service" comments being flagged. The flag rate for them is increasing and there's now some custom flags complaining about users who write this in their ...
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What happens when I flag an unwelcoming comment in a blatantly poor question?

Say that I flagged an unwelcoming comment in a blatantly poor question and a moderator agreed - what next? I would like to roughly figure how things would typically go after my flag is handled (I ...
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How do the new comment flags affect our comments?

The not relevant flag has an entirely different connotation to the no longer needed flag. It implies that any discussion about the post is relevant and can therefore stay. Well that's my thinking. ...
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