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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

   Hey all, for some reason my profile has 'flag this profile' on it.  I looked at the reasons but don't understand.  Any comments would be appreciated..Thanks!

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      Rafiniposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yup, gotta agree with Cagsil.  Mine has the link too.

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      Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      As of yesterday people are encouraged to use this feature when they come across underage users or inappropriate content on profiles instead of the former practice of contacting hub staff via email.

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         Money Glitchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Great ideal, I once reported a profile that was set up for e-mail scamming!
         
         However, I'm curious to know...
         What happens when you flag a profile?
         Just, interested because if someone is mad at someone, it just seems like an easy way to be cruel

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            Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Hey Money Glitch, I am pretty sure that HubPages Staff treats them just like flagged hubs. They moderate them and see if they are as claimed or damaging. Then takes appropriate steps to protect itself.
            
            Nice to see you in the forums again. Hope you are doing well.

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               Money Glitchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks Cagsil!
               I'm doing great, How are you today?
               I think we have been missing each other by a couple of hours in the forums.
               
               Thanks for your reply as well Rochelle!

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                  Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  You're welcome.
                  Glad to hear and I'm doing well. Thank you for asking.
                  This is not possible. I am here on average for 15 hours a day, how we miss one another is only because one of us is absent.

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                     Money Glitchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                     Maybe in different forums at different times.  I usually am following your responses by about 90 minutes on several posts.

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                        Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                        It might have something to do with the time zones we live in too.

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                           Money Glitchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                           Yeah, nice to chat with you...I'm off now to go write a hub! Catch you later!

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                              Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                              You take care and be safe.

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            Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            The staff reviews the hub for TOS violations. The flag itself does not hurt the hub writer, but a violation may.
            
            If someone is flagging because they didn't like an (allowable) opinion or because they are "being mean"  it isn't good for the person doing the flagging.
            
            The staff has a huge amount of material to oversee-- so they like it when you flag something that honestly seems questionable to you, so they can act quickly.

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   There are "flag this profile" on all the profiles. The profiles could say or have links that are not moderated, because the profiles can have so many links without restrictions, except for two to each domain.
   
   The words can possibly violate terms of service of HubPages or even GOOGLE Adsense, so to me, it is welcomed.

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      Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      This is news for me. Where did you read this? I mean two domains restriction for profiles?

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         Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         It made sense that if hubs are restricted, then profiles would also be. If not, then oh well. I learned something new.

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            Mishaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            You learned something new then

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

   ok - thanks all.  i only noticed it today - don't think it has been there very long.

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      Cagsilposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      It hasn't been there that long. I noticed it a couple of days ago myself.

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   Rochelle Frankposted 13 years ago

   It's a good idea. I once saw a profile that was not really a profile, but a personal attack on another hubber. It would have been a good one to flag.
   I think this might be one reason the option was added.

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      Lisa HWposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I've seen a few that I thought could have stood being flagged.  They had nothing but "titles" or URL's that led to - like - one, big, ad page.  Some also involved the "Hubber" posting a bunch of spam on the forums too. Essentially, the whole profile was nothing but a major spam endeavor.  It would have taken time to flag every "Hub", though (which may be why they did it).   So now, people can flag in one, single, swoop.
      
      Other than that, I can't really think of too many things that would make me want to flag any other kind of profile.....   maybe if some really extremely, extremely, completey socially unacceptable and offensive profile showed up.  Even if that happened, though, the HubPages team would be the ones to judge (and if it were bad enough that I'd even think about flagging it, I suspect there'd be a really good chance the HubPages team would find it objectionable too).

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   wyanjenposted 13 years ago

   
   
   From the title, I thought you were asking us to flag a profile.

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   shazwellynposted 13 years ago

   Would you like me to flag your profile?  It is world cup fever, afterall!

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      Richieb799posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      There's lots of flag waving in Grand Prix as well though

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   Internetwriter62posted 13 years ago

   I didn't notice this feature till you pointed it out. Really keeps you on your toes.

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   logic,commonsenseposted 13 years ago

   Maybe they're getting ready for flag day!

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   sord87posted 13 years ago

   Flag your day and get the best result from Hubpages editor!

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    4x4posted 13 years ago

    Good question.
    
    As others have already pointed out, this is way to flag profiles as opposed to just hubs.
    
    What I don't get is why can we flag our own profile?

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