The daily Flagging limit needs to be increased.

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JaniceHolz

April 04, 2025 00:04

Is anyone else running up against the daily flagging limit?

I am trying to keep up with the new questions that come into 6th grade math every day, and as I go through the Questions queue I flag the non-questions (tips & thanks, not helpful, abuse, site feedback/problems), but I almost always run out of flags, sometimes before I have gotten more than 12 hours back in the queue. (My hope in flagging the non-questions is that not only will they eventually get removed, but that those users will stop making inappropriate posts. The fewer non-questions in the questions queue, the more of my effort can go to helping people trying to learn math.)

I have been told by official KA people not to engage with inappropriate posts but to flag them. This is difficult when the number of flags I get per day is completely inadequate.
I would like to know the number of flags I am able to use per day. I am guessing that (like the limit on posts per day) KA will not disclose that number. I thought I could just take screenshots of the statistics on my user profile, but I read a post from 3 years ago that the flag count on the user profile is not accurate. Do I have to keep a tally by hand to find out how many flags I get?

I think allowing 50-100 flags per day is not unreasonable, since some users look at 100s of posts every day when going through question queues. (If we are already supposed to be allowed 100, then it's not working correctly for my profile.)

Does anyone agree with me?

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cossine

April 10, 2025 15:03
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I think you are right, there is an issue with bad questions. But I think at some point students need to take responsibility for their education. While you could try flagging users, new users will appear.

Perhaps if there is some basic quality control. That could help in eliminating bad questions. E.g. checking if the "?" is used in questions.
JaniceHolz

April 11, 2025 20:17
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cossine,

So your suggestion is to just ignore unhelpful posts that clog the queue? So they are encouraged to make more such posts?

How do you feel about the posts that are insults, or literally screensful of copied transcript?
cossine

April 12, 2025 12:22
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The type of post you are describing are uncommon.

I think one thing we need to remember, there are many resources out there students can use. They can refer to the Q/A or YouTube. At some point, students need to take responsibility for their education.
Andrew

April 14, 2025 17:15
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Hi JaniceHolz!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the hourly flags limit and asking for an increase on them. We are always working to add features that improve our site, and we love getting input from our community.

I've passed your feedback along to the team, and it will be part of our conversation as we plan the future of Khan Academy.

Thanks for helping improve Khan Academy!
JaniceHolz

April 17, 2025 14:38

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cossine, if you think those kind of posts are uncommon, I invite you to look at the 6th grade math questions queue on a Tuesday or Wednesday when school is in session. Often fewer than 1/3 of the posts are on-topic, and few of those directly ask for help. At least once/week someone copies screenfuls of transcript as a question. Sometimes people type in screenfuls of tip or a math riddle but post it as a question.

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