Hub Hopping feature suggestion/question

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  1. Jeff Berndt profile image72
    Jeff Berndtposted 12 years ago

    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.

    1. Marisa Wright profile image86
      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      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.

  2. rebekahELLE profile image85
    rebekahELLEposted 12 years ago

    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.

  3. Jason Menayan profile image60
    Jason Menayanposted 12 years ago

    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.

    1. Mutiny92 profile image64
      Mutiny92posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Jason - is there any guidance or clarification forthcoming on the website url titled pages?  Or the website "review" or website "login" styles?

      1. Jason Menayan profile image60
        Jason Menayanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        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.

        1. Mutiny92 profile image64
          Mutiny92posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          thanks!

 
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