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Why are there so few downvotes and flags here? What purposes do they serve? Should we encourage more?

Compared to other Stack Exchange sites, there aren't many downvotes or flags here. I can think of one reason: we have such a small community of regulars, and many of us may be hesitant to give ...
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Erroneous red dot indication on the review queues icon

For a few months now I have often seen the red dot on the review queues icon, which is meant to indicate that there are posts that have been flagged as low-quality in the queue to be reviewed. (For ...
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How strictly should the close-as-duplicate rule be enforced?

Here are the reasons why questions are sometimes closed as duplicates. Read this first. The Stack Exchange rules about duplicate questions were recently relaxed --in a recent post that I can't find-- ...
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No general off-topic reason (at least for flag)

I saw an off-topic question and wanted to flag it (though that's largely moot since the question volume is so small I'm sure the moderators look at every one). However, I can't flag it as off-topic: ...
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