Lack of interest Staff comment on post - misleading information

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optrex

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Ok so this requirement stems from misleading information and being able to publicly mark individual posts - a reply gets lost some time later in the topic.

So for instance, you could mark a post as
Misleading information — statements or assertions that have been confirmed to be false or misleading by subject-matter experts, such as public health authorities.
Disputed claims — statements or assertions in which the accuracy, truthfulness, or credibility of the claim is contested or unknown.
Unverified claims — information (which could be true or false) that is unconfirmed at the time it is shared.

However, the toolkit also lends itself to staff notifications - this post was moved from xyz topic, or this post doesn't qualify for a warning or removal, but is close to the mark, or stop this behaviour, or staff are monitoring replies to this post etc. Just to let others know you are doing something about it, without issuing a "warning" to the user.

The staff comment isn't just another post, it doesn't add to the post count or disrupt the flow of the topic, it purely relates to the post its attached to and its not just a plain text edit to the original post.

Ideally, it would be nice to have the option to mark each staff comment with a colour, such as green for ok, orange for warning, red for danger or blue for info etc.
 
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I know. But I explicitly mentioned warnings in the post. Users don't like receiving them and we don't issue them unless they break the site rules.
Posting an unverified claim or having a post moved, that tells others why it was moved or gives some other detail, doesn't warrant a warning.
 
Use zero points and custom warning text. Same as getting a PM. And post the public warning as a notation. The system works for this.
 
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