Now that it is more transparent how the flagging system works
from the flagger's perspective (e.g. we have a flag reputation
and stats based on our flagging history) it seems important that
the system is fair.  With that in mind, what happens when I flag
something and then that something gets edited or corrected
after-the-fact?  Does my flag go away? (This could be abused by
trolls) Do I get penalized for an invalid flag even though my
original flag was correct? Do I still get credit if their
correction doesn't fix the problem?  share|improve this question
add comment  1 Answer  up vote 7 down vote accepted  The flag
doesn't go away: edits don't really count as a moderation
action.  Moderators will look at the entire history of a post
before deciding what action to take. If they see a flag on a
post for a state that's later been corrected via editing
(hooray!), it's the general practice to dismiss the flag as
helpful without taking any additional action.  When a flag is
dismissed as helpful, you still get the