As a moderator, I sometimes come across posts which I consider problematic, but which I would not like to take action on myself, given a prior history of personal conflict with the respective person. Usually, I would like to just flag the post in this case, but this sadly autohides it, defeating tha…

I don’t think so. I’d say the easiest way to handle this would be to use whispers to quietly @mention the other moderators.

One way I can think of is to impersonate a test TL0/TL1 user to flag the post. Though this might be a little lengthy. I wonder if you could then use a theme component to add a button in the flag modal to go to the test user’s admin page to impersonate them, using something like Custom Components --…

[image] Steradiant: which I consider problematic if you think it is “problematic” then flag it with the appropriate flag type and let another moderator judge for themselves, then choose to un-hide it if they disagree. This is the proper workflow of the review queue and Discourse moderation i…

I have here and there been trying to create a Theme component code to check flag against both the flagged member and the member who flagged the post against the moderator. If the moderator is the flagged post owner or the user who flagged the post. It would hide the review buttons except say defer…

I don’t quite understand how your attempts to create a component that hides something in the review queue help prevent the post from being hidden due to a flag by a moderator. Flags by users with high trust levels sometimes have more power than intended. @Steradiant is not the first who wishes for a…

Then I maybe haven’t explained it sufficiently for you to understand the purpose The idea is quite simple if the Nod reviewing the Review Que is directly involved with the flagged content. Then the only option is to defer for another not involved moderator to review the flagged content. So mlMod…

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Moin January 21, 2026, 11:12pm 4

I don’t think all flag types immediately hide posts. I think you can safely use “something else,” or you could create a custom flag.

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