What happened to the 'Helpful Flags' counter / link that was available on your user page as it seems to have disappeared today?
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1$\begingroup$ Moreover, my available flags dropped from almost 90 to almost 60 (both numbers are upper bounds). $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:14
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2$\begingroup$ And it's suddenly back. But the numbers have changed. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:15
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1$\begingroup$ Hah! Now it jumped up to 100. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:21
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$\begingroup$ I think you can't go above 100... (Flags available, not helpful flags.) $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:23
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$\begingroup$ Yes. I was talking about flags remaining. I think I had over 1200 helpful flags, but now I have 1197. I might be misremembering and I actually had 1172, though. In that case it makes sense how my available flags jumped up. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:26
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$\begingroup$ Not that I know of. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 25, 2013 at 22:30
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$\begingroup$ My numbers (helpful (530->546) and available (32->59) flags) also changed and in the past there was always a mismatch between "comments flagged", "deemed helpful" and "declined" due to old flags. This seems to be fixed... $\endgroup$– draks ...Jun 26, 2013 at 0:40
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$\begingroup$ @AsafKaragila How did you get that many available flags!? $\endgroup$– PotatoJun 27, 2013 at 4:35
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$\begingroup$ @Potato: I raised over 1200 helpful flags. $\endgroup$– Asaf Karagila ModJun 27, 2013 at 8:25
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Jarrod Dixon recently finished a major flag-related project he's been working on for a few months. In his own words,
We're rolling out a massive refactoring around flags, including how and where they're stored in the database.
Some of the related Meta.SO threads:
- Flag count is missing from profile pages
- On the recent changes to flagging and limits
- Flags are broken on MSO
One minor change that I just noticed myself: flagging a question as a duplicate now inserts the same auto-comment that voting to close does.
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$\begingroup$ Why would you flag a question as a duplicate, when you can vote to close it as a duplicate? $\endgroup$ Jun 26, 2013 at 8:51
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3$\begingroup$ @GerryMyerson Um, $1085<3000$... I believe that users able to vote to close do not even see the category of flags to close. $\endgroup$ Jun 26, 2013 at 9:16