Why Was a Response Flagged? (Quality Score Explained)

1. 1

   Understand what's checked

   At submission, SiliForm checks for speeders (answered faster than ~1.5s/question), straight-lining (the same option position on 4+ choice questions), duplicate answers to a recent submission, disposable email addresses, fake-looking phone numbers, and regex-level gibberish.

2. 2

   The AI pass

   A background AI check (fail-open, so it never blocks a legitimate submission if it errors) also catches plausible-but-fake filler, joke, or off-topic text that the heuristic checks miss.

3. 3

   See the flag reasons

   Open the response in your Responses table or the analytics Responses tab to see its Quality score and the specific reasons it was flagged.

4. 4

   Exclude flagged responses from analysis

   Use the “Exclude flagged” toggle in analytics, or add ?excludeFlagged=1 to your Excel export URL, to leave flagged responses out of your numbers — they're still saved by default.

5. 5

   Turn scoring off (optional)

   Quality scoring is on by default per form; turn it off in Builder → Settings if you don't want responses scored at all. If the toggle is greyed out, unpublish the form first to change it, then republish.

Frequently asked questions

Does a low score stop someone from submitting?

No. Quality scoring runs after submission to help you evaluate responses — respondents are never blocked by it. Separately, live AI validation on text answers can reject an implausible answer before it's submitted.

Is this available on the Free plan?

The flagged count is visible on every plan. The full flag-reason detail, All/Flagged/Clean filtering, and unblurred Quality column are Pro-gated — included automatically during your 14-day trial.