It might be dripping with sarcasm, but I do my best to try and avoid being insulting.
Mainly because of the Flag Crusaders!
2 Likes
As a rule of thumb I have absolutely no problem flagging any post that appears to be insulting towards any specific person or group. I live by sarcasm but a text based forum is not the place for that.
Calling an argument stupid - fine, but next time try to make an actual argument against it.
Calling a person stupid - unnecessary, probably hurtful, and derails and degrades the conversation.
4 Likes
We’ve not even discussed the derailing of threads when people are discussing “why had my post been flagged” and all those posts being flagged too 
2 Likes
Sarcasm in text form is so difficult to spot, in fact, that literature has been sarcasm-free since the very first book. TRUEFACT
1 Like
I ThInK WE oUghT TO uSe sPONGebOB text FOR All sarCASM goIng foRWarD
Although now I’ve put that in spongebob text it looks like I’m being sarcastic. Drat.
5 Likes
Propose we use implement a sarcasm-o-meter for every post to indicate how seriously each post should be taken
1 Like
Not sure if you’re aware but the meter is just bouncing around and doesn’t really seem to indicate any sarcasm?
I was so close to falling for this bait
2 Likes
What funds and resources? There’s no community team anymore.
11 Likes
That does not really ring true to me as the balance of relentless negativity against praise on here right now seems very unbalanced towards the former
If anything there is a small group, more with posts than flags, that achieve the opposite
1 Like
I may be wrong but I don’t believe Coral Crew can remove flags or receive any notifications about flagged posts. Therefore if they remove them it’s purely because they’ve come across it when reading the forum.
So that just leaves Alan and Cookwook to sort them all out?
Edit:
lol the irony 
6 Likes
This topic is temporarily closed for at least 4 hours due to a large number of community flags.
Just as I was reflecting that, with a healthy mixture of heavy-hitters (in a nice sense) contributing in such a useful and dare I say, informative way, it would be nice to hear from a Monzo representative.
Then… 
3 Likes
And another one gets closed down for four hours due to excessive flagging!
This forum is not worth visiting any more.
https://community.monzo.com/t/closed-account-i-m-done/104633/17
6 Likes
And posts that don’t conform to the I Love Monzo brigade are flagged and sometimes removed, even if they don’t breach community rules.
I was put off using Freetrade because of the community. I really hope this forum can get back to the way it used to be. Robust discussion with the aim of product improvement.
At the moment the forum isn’t representative of Monzo’s ethos.
2 Likes
Yep. I ensured that my on-topic contribution did not breach any rules. But when one is in a topic where the moderator has a different view, it’s inevitable that one’s posts will be continually removed. 
@Feathers
Whilst I can, I really need to say I don’t understand why you’ve moderated in the heavy-handed manner we’ve seen today. Closing threads which were doing no harm, which displayed a balance, which weren’t tearing anyone a new one?
The one thing that has remained constant despite the uncertainties of Monzo as a market leader has been a vibrant, if occasionally testy, forum.
Today has felt like a low-point…
7 Likes
I don’t think I’ve closed any today, other than the duplicate feedback thread that had been pointed at the ‘original’ for votes.
Edit: This one.
1 Like
Shame to see so many flagged and closed topics today.
Disappointed by this.
1 Like