That’s good to know. We have had discussions in the “General” category about misuse of the DQA – some of it potentially malicious or retaliatory – and we would be foolish to deny that the same is possble regarding Forum flags. As it was commented in a similar thread:
However, that being the case, I would disagree with the advice to “just stay out of the topic” – that unjustly rewards the members who misuse flags, by giving them what they want.