Warn users without affecting their flag count

Yes, but I would like to be able to send an automated message like the one you get from a flag. Something like this:

Hello,

This is an automated message from Discourse to inform you that your post …

I love this idea. It would be awesome.

… was hidden due to community flagging.

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