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

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**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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This is how I understand it

> [@rahim123](#):
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> `num flaggers to close topic` Minimum number of unique flaggers that is required to automatically pause a topic for intervention

This is the _ **minimum** _ required flags to close the topic. It could end up being more…

> [@rahim123](#):
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> `auto close topic sensitivity` The likelihood that a flagged topic will be automatically closed

…Which I assume this setting controls. I understand it as how many flags after the minimum the topic will close. Lower sensitivity is closer to the minimum, and higher is further from it.

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