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@GnomeSlice Because you've created a history for yourself. Stop making troll threads on meta every time you get chat banned, and it will fade in time.

I don't do that any more.

Otherwise, people will continue to remember you as "that guy", and feed your negative image.

The obvious solution, is to get another sock puppet.

9:02 PM

@GnomeSlice Your flag count hasn't actually increased, y'know

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice No it's not.

@GraceNote What, you mean like an average?

@GnomeSlice On average, more accurately. You, like @LessPop, technically have always been the "Gettin' flagg'd" folk of the Bridge.

However, in the midst of paying more attention to it, I think it's feeling like you're getting flagged more and more often, neh?

i.stack.imgur.com/hj82Z

@GraceNote In my first few months on the site, I never got suspended.

Yeah, see, technically, that's the kind of thing that will get you flagged, y'know.

9:04 PM

I was trying to see how many flags it would get.

@GnomeSlice You weren't quite as active (nor did you post nearly as risque images as you had)

David B

One strategy that I wish I could use on command, is to answer in a way to cause downvotes on an upvotable answer. Even if it nets 0 votes, it nets positive rep by the revenge upvotes.

Probably wasn't the best way to find out.

@GnomeSlice Why?

@GraceNote Oh please.

@RavenDreamer BECAUSE. I'm trying to make a point that's probably wrong.

9:05 PM

@GnomeSlice We call that "Digging your hole deeper".

So please calm down and instead of trying to make a point, listen for a bit?

I'm not agitated.

Checking your latest answer trends in terms of downvotes...

With the exception of your game rec answers, your downvotes mostly come from things like this that doesn't answer the question, or this that is a complete tangent.

9:07 PM

Why would you delete that binding of isaac question.

Because it didn't answer the question, and was probably flagged as such.

@GnomeSlice Because it's comment material.

A: Does Deus Ex: Human Revolution support a third-person camera on consoles?

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Probably not. H/T, @Mana, via chat.

So is this.

Ronan Forman

That answers it perfectly.

David B

that's a speculative answer, confirmed by voting.

9:08 PM

I can't really tell what your image tells of the game, though, considering I know that pills have positive and negative effects.

@GnomeSlice The difference is between "Why is 3rd person view not supported?" "Graphic errors" and "Should I take pills?" "Here's a picture of what might happen"

I suppose that's true.

I thought there was a big discussion a while ago that said joke answers were acceptable every now and then.

The former is about graphics, so a picture-answer is fine.

Comparatively, LessPop's answer is very clear and concrete as to establishing the issue with the given proposal.

The latter is looking for a strategy, which your picture does not provide.

9:09 PM

@GnomeSlice A joke answer should still be an answer. I recommend that if you want to poke fun, do not do it at the expense of answering the question.

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David B

oh wait, are there special rules about picture answers? I caused a hubbub recently with one of those.

Isn't that what votes are for?

Ullallulloo

@GnomeSlice No, that's what flags are for.

I'm trying to find a good example of someone else posting a joke answer.

Ullallulloo

Downvotes are for bad answers.

Flags are for not-an-answers.

9:11 PM

@GraceNote Sort by highest rated.

I know of some on other sites (on Stack Overflow, someone asked what the "ghost" design pattern was, and someone posted an ASCII Ghostbusters logo), it doesn't go well. You have the people who blindly upvote for it being worth a good chuckle, but ultimately it goes down in flames.

@GraceNote Heh.