So when I hop, I often find hubs that are:
* Spun or poorly translated
* Overly Promotional
* Low Quality
and
* Deceptive or miscategorized
I have been just flagging them once, and noting in the comments that there's also a good case for the others.
My question is this: Should I continue as I have been, or should I start flagging the bad hubs multiple times if they're bad in multiple ways?
My suggestion is this: might there be a way to code the flag feature so that hoppers can "check all that apply?" Would this be helpful to the staff or make life harder? I ask as someone ignorant of both the code involved and the back-end process followed when a hub gets flagged.
Jeff, all flagging does is bring the Hub to the attention of a moderator. Telling the moderator why you flagged the Hub gives them a clue - but if the Hub truly needs flagging, it will be bleeding obvious to the moderator what the problem is, without you making any comment at all!
So I would definitely say - flag only once. Personally I would tick the most obvious transgression and not worry too much about commenting - they only have to break one rule to get unpubbed.
I'm sure flagging it once and adding a comment helps. I usually take a look at the profile to see if it's a pattern and flag the profile if necessary. But I don't use the hopper, I use the latest hubs feed.
If it's not obvious, I don't flag it.
Marisa is correct. You can add a comment that "also deceptive, etc." - the moderators do read the comments - but you only need to flag a Hub once to have a moderator have a look.
Jason - is there any guidance or clarification forthcoming on the website url titled pages? Or the website "review" or website "login" styles?
Yes - if the title is deceptive, meaning it doesn't describe what the Hub actually is, then it should be flagged as "Deceptive Title."
Website "reviews" are OK if that's what they are; website "login" is, in most cases, not.
by Mikeydoes 13 years ago
In light of the Google algo change, it is now obvious and confirmed that hub-hopping is VERY important. I feel that if you publish here, you should hub hop when you can. As it should hopefully increase our revenue and hopefully take this hubpages back to the top, where it belongs.The problem is...
by Melanie Palen 11 years ago
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by MrMaranatha 11 years ago
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by Kevin Hemminger 12 years ago
How is it that one person has the ability to go through all your hubs and with a few clicks, take them all down?For instance: http://hubpages.com/hub/Marrying-a-Philippines-Girl(I realize it is down at the moment, but go to google and type site:http://hubpages.com/hub/Marrying-a-Philippines-Girl...
by SmartAndFun 11 years ago
I really don't like the "new" hopper and have not bothered to hop hubs since it came out several months ago. In the spirit of helping to clear up the backlog, however, I gave it another shot tonight.The sliding scale ratings are too much to worry with, IMHO. I tried to thoughtfully apply...
by Maddie Ruud 12 years ago
I'm pleased to announce that the new and improved flagging reasons that I've alluded to recently have finally arrived. We have broken down some of the umbrella categories like "Substandard" into more specific flags, to help you as users better identify rules violations, and help us...
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