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In this question user @DWade64 posts 7 uninterrupted long comments to the question, none of which are about improving either the style or the content of the question. They ramble over topics from gravity to God. I flagged the comments as

It's no longer needed. This comment is outdated, conversational, or not relevant to this post.

The flags were dismissed without deleting the comments. So it appears that the moderators feel like this is an appropriate use of comments.

If this sort of unproductive discourse is not considered “conversational”, then what is?

I would appreciate some explanation from the moderators about leaving this mess of comments in place while many other better comments are deleted.

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If there are lots of comments that need to go, consider raising a single custom flag on the post rather than a jillion comment flags. When I process comment threads with lots of chatter, I will frequentl delete everything and then perhaps restore a few that still seem relevant. Comments are ephemeral.

(I made this remark as a comment on Buzz's answer, then changed my mind about whether I wanted it to stick around.)

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Honestly, I must have just hit the wrong button. Sorry about that. I'm actually usually pretty quick about getting rid of natter. I think that there were so many comment flags on that page that the button I meant to click was not actually where I expected to find it. I've moved most of the comments on the question and answer to chat, although I suspect you at least are not interested in carrying on a further discussion.

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  • $\begingroup$ Ok, thanks for that clarification. I hadn’t intended to “overload” you with the flags but there were just so many of those comments $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 12 at 19:08
  • $\begingroup$ As far as I understand, the user got not just one, but whole 7 valid flag rejected at once, which suggests to me that the hit to that user's flag weight was quite big. It is very unfair and I don't believe "oopsie, wrong button, sorry" is enough in this case. A CM should be contacted to restore the user's flag weight. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 14 at 16:31
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    $\begingroup$ @user430580 The flag weight gets restored after a couple of days. This doesn't seem like a major issue. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 14 at 20:28
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    $\begingroup$ "Flag weight" hasn't existed on Stack Exchange for years now. @user430580 and if just seven flags was enough to make a 'quite big' hit to it even then, it would only suggest they should be more careful with flags, not bother a CM about anything related to it. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 16 at 10:02
  • $\begingroup$ @Nij What do you mean "they should be more careful with flags"? Their flags were correctly raised. It is the moderator who should be more careful while resolving them. This is victim blaming, and you are very dismissive of an user's useful efforts of bringing inappropriate content to the moderator attention. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 16 at 16:19
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    $\begingroup$ Getting flags marked incorrectly doesn't make one a victim. Overreacting to a hypothetical situation as if it was a different situation doesn't make one seem sensible. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 16 at 20:54
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    $\begingroup$ It is fine. I have not noticed any constraints or restrictions of any kind. Mistakes happen and this is a no-harm-done case. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 22 at 17:40

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