Hi, I hope I am asking the right question here. When a user or moderator flags a post it goes to the Review Queue. If no action is taken then it turns into a conversation, I believe 24 hours later but am not sure of this. Is there a way to adjust this to make it a conversation at a pre-defined t…

Some potentially good news for the future… It looks like they may be working on a feature to make this much easier. :tada: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/33047 Not sure on the timeline of when it will be ready to use, but it certainly bodes well. :slight_smile: :+1:

[image] Rubi: Or are we misunderstanding how this functions in the first place? The way you’ve described it doesn’t sound like it’s a current feature of the review queue. :thinking: You generally see the view full conversation option on flags that also create a PM to the moderators group (th…

On closer inspection, yes. Is there a way to change that behaviour for the other flag types?

For the default ones of spam, off-topic, and inappropriate, I don’t believe it’s possible to edit their behaviour. Though there is the option to create custom flags where you can set whether they require extra detail (and therefore would create a PM as well as a reviewable in the queue, which would…

Do you want to reply to the user who flagged the post or do you want a conversation with staff members? I think usually you use the staff category for the latter. As a workaround you could flag the post as “something else” yourself. Maybe Review with reason would also help you but I think it only …

With staff members. The issue first came up when one of the mods pointed out that they wanted to comment on a flag without taking action but that the view full conversation option was not there. I will look into the custom flags option mentioned by @JammyDodger [image] Moin: As a workaround y…

[image] Rubi: Is it possible to do that after something was already flagged? I think so [Screenshot_20250523_155206_Firefox] There are also some topics about how to discuss flags. For example How can moderators coordinate their efforts? - #4 by Dan_Eastwood Looks like it’s still on this l…

We created a custom flag that allows for input to create a conversation. But, there seems to be no option to delete the default flags, only enable or disable. Is this correct? <a class="lightbox" href="https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/0/0/d00e1f28056f123ca0611fbef6305c5d59fa9408.png" data-download-href="/uploads/short-url/tGxzj1B0dRf6s7UL2PYcQp6VC88.png?dl=1" title="This image displays the moderation flag options in Discourse for identifying and managing inappropriate content on an online community platform. (Captioned by AI)" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">[This image displays the moderation flag options in Discourse for identifying and managing inappropriate content on an on…

Yes, you can’t delete a flag (even a custom one) once it’s been used as you need the data for historical reasons so it doesn’t break the review queue. Disabling one will remove it from the flag menu and leave only the enabled ones as ‘live’ flag options for your community to make use of. :+1: Thou…

[image] Moin: As a workaround you could flag the post as “something else” yourself. Maybe a theme component which makes that possible directly from the review queue would be helpful. Something like this:

Follow-up question: is there a way to set a custom flag to be only visible for moderators? The custom flag we created does work but all TL users who are able to flag something can see it. Not the end of the world if this cannot be changed but just wanted to check. Thanks.

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Rubi June 3, 2025, 7:42am 14

Very nice! I really like this idea and hope it is implemented sooner rather than later.

Thanks for sharing.

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