Aside from me @ReneeAnn @JasonFisher and @Salty and @liv_m I don’t think anyone would even look at that thread. But then again some people do go out of their way to get offended so they have something to gripe about later.
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Leave the instigating to me lol
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I would probably watch it to understand US politics
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If you want to really learn I recommend the news. These memes are hilarious, but not a teaching tool.
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Great question! We do keep an eye on who flags, how often, whether they are warranted, whether they are retaliatory, whether someone is asking for their post to be deleted, etc. If you flag a lot and your flags are disagreed with, it can keep you at a lower trust level (that is built into the Discourse software) and that can result in fewer likes available for you to use each day, etc.
So the short answer is yes, there are consequences for unwarranted flagging.
We do keep an eye on flags. One thing I just recently discovered is that if someone with a higher trust level flags a post, that post is automatically hidden because the flagger is a trusted flagger (according to the software). This solves the mystery we have had on why some flagged posts are automatically hidden.
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Yea but no one is at risk of being prosecuted here 
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I fully support the reform section 5 campaign and think it’s good they had success in getting the ‘insult’ bit removed from legislation in the UK.
On a forum however, there are guidelines. If people don’t want to follow the guidelines, they don’t have to. But actions have consequences. If people facing consequences for their actions turns them into an arsehole, that is on them, not the guidelines.
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Memes are my favorite source for current events.
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This is thunderdome. There are no rules.
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I think a no limit meme/joke personal thread only for people who want in could be fun. Would that be allowed? Because I have a lot of offensive jokes that only the darkest people would find funny, but that I do want to share
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It’s been tried. It was a disaster.
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Private message threads work for that though
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Just a gentle reminder that we are all here for sobriety. There are so many other apps and forums that welcome such threads. You can also do that privately. We do have the Just For Fun category, but adding offensive jokes into the mix may be better served on another forum.
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That’s what I meant
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I meant private thread. Like in pm
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Thank you for the clarification! You can, of course, do that in PMs.
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I think we can all agree on one thing. Trying to get people on the internet to follow rules is like herding cats
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That is a brilliant and very accurate metaphor 
You can give credit to a Bud Light Superbowl commercial many years ago.
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