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I could be wrong, but I think what he’s getting at is that if a post has 1 flag, but no likes the system hides it. Which, theoretically, would be comparable to other forums systems where if a post gets a negative like count it is hidden. But conversely if the post that has 1 flag gets 5 likes it still remains hidden. Whereas, with other forums it would be unhidden as being at +4 likes.

The whole thing seems to rest on the idea that a flag on this forum is comparable to a dislike on others. Either way, if you have 1 person who doesn’t like the post, but 5 that do, then the +4 who do should overrule the 1 who doesn’t. At least if it’s weighted. And it really should be. Otherwise your kind of stuck with a first come first serve kind of situation where who ever gets there first can hide a post by flagging it and it can’t be un-hidden no matter other people think it’s perfectly fine. Or to put it another way, why should a negative view overall an infinite amount of positive ones? Like say I post something that gets 9 thumbs up, no one has an issue with at the time, then a few days later someone flags it. What inherently makes that flag more important then the other people’s opinions?