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I Want to Improve the Experience Project

EP Needs To Make Immunization Of Restored Content Finally Work

Just days ago SammiSakura complained here about a story of hers that was flagged off the site, appealed successfully, and then flagged off the site yet again. <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Want-To-Improve-The-Experience-Project/5097267" target="ep_blank">EP Link</a>

We have been promised that content that has been restored on appeal will be immunized against further robo-deletions by malicious members, but I have yet to see any evidence that this has happened.

I have previously written stories in this group on this topic at <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Want-To-Improve-The-Experience-Project/4346332" target="ep_blank">EP Link</a> and at <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Want-To-Improve-The-Experience-Project/4598636." target="ep_blank">EP Link</a> I have a story that has twice been robo-deleted, appealed, and then restored on appeal. It was robo-deleted by my malicious enemy (who is one of the commenters on the story) a third time on July 16. I of course appealed it immediately, but I also asked on July 25 at the second of my stories linked here that EP bypass the appeals process and restore the story immediately in view of its having been cleared twice. EPArsineh assured me that she had put the EP engineering team on the matter.

Months have passed, and I have found plenty else to be busy with. I have never heard back from EP about the matter, either in my email box or my personal messages at my EP profile. I have thoroughly checked both to make sure. I note that this is happening to one of EP's paying members.

I request that the story be restored immediately on the basis of its already having been cleared on appeal twice, a fact which I can readily document if it is needed.

At <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Want-To-Improve-The-Experience-Project/5085616" target="ep_blank">EP Link</a>, one of EP's teen members plaintively asked : "Why does my content keep getting removed? Even the ones about depression....." She also is suffering from robo-deletion of non-violating content by malicious flaggers, and has also suffered repeat robo-deletion of the same story. The ability of members to delete other members' content at will with no prior review by EP staff has brought immense needless and undeserved pain to rules-abiding EP members. Ending this ability is the right thing to do.
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Enigmatrix
From other comments I've seen on this particular subject, it seems this is an ongoing problem that EP seem to not want to address. Could it be that they don't have the necessary technical know-how to work this out, or is it a case of they just don't care, or are too damned lazy to do anything?

Dare I even suggest that the entire flagging process is fundamentally flawed, as it gives these malicious minded individuals the perfect tool for making the lives of others a misery?

Flagging is fine, in principle, but to automate the system is leaving it open to abuse. If flagging is to work effectively then any flagged story or experience should be reviewed, by a human, BEFORE the story is taken down, NOT afterwards and only following an appeal.

I also believe that the individual who has been flagged should be told WHO has flagged them and why. Maybe knowing that their username will passed on will deter the malicious individuals, and only flags that are justified will be acted upon in future.
Great ideas. Deterrence is obviously needed. But human review prior to deletion is most essential.
stargirl58
They are more interested in replying to the good reviews of the app, sayong things like 'x knows what he's talking about' [when he says the app is excellent] and 'yes [we know we are great] but we are totally different from candy crush [to someone who preferred it to candy crush] than responding to and sorting out real issues on the site from loyal users or even replying to not so good reviews.