# "auto close topic sensitivity" vs "num flaggers to close topic"

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topic-sensitivity-vs-num-flaggers-to-close-topic/277278>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 31, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topic-sensitivity-vs-num-flaggers-to-close-topic/277278 "2023-08-31T00:48:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-topic-sensitivity-vs-num-flaggers-to-close-topic/277278/1 "2023-08-31T00:48:44Z")

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I think that auto-closing topics based on multiple unique user flags when the conversation goes south is a brilliant feature of Discourse. I just don’t understand these two settings:

- `num flaggers to close topic` Minimum number of unique flaggers that is required to automatically pause a topic for intervention
- `auto close topic sensitivity` The likelihood that a flagged topic will be automatically closed

How can there be a low/med/high sensitivity setting if there is also a finite number of unique user flags that will close the topic?

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