@blunders I don't really know. I mean, you know how I feel about them--unless there's something obviously illegal actually being asked about ("How can I keep authorities away from my underage pornographic website?"), in which case a flag is appropriate, it's really up to users what they want to disclose publicly on edge-cases. Warnings in comments like "this might not be a good thing to post publicly" are fine, but I don't think active intervention is really our place.

Again, citing the example of a Stack Overflow question about writing a key logger, I'd hate to have a legitimate question like that deleted just because someone felt that it was probably going to be used to break the law.

Obviously, and I hope we all know this, but I should say it anyway, in any cases where there's evidence that someone might be of danger to themselves or others, a flag should be used so that a moderator may bring it to the attention of a staff member. That's not directly relevant here, but I definitely don't want anyone taking what I'm saying so seriously that they're afraid to flag in such a situation. When in doubt, flag.

@MatthewHaugen: Yes, aware we share roughly the same position, guess there's not much to cover between us.

@blunders Speaking of things to discuss, though, I would love to hear some people's input on your meta post:

@MatthewHaugen: Yes, me too, though get the sense that no one is going to post.... :-)

@blunders You might have to start the ball rolling on that one. I have a few things I could say, but nothing all that important, and I'd like to hear members of the community first.

@MatthewHaugen: My position is that we're doing good, but have a long way to go.