# Automatic cool down period after receiving multiple flags on multiple posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-cool-down-period-after-receiving-multiple-flags-on-multiple-posts/30624>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-cool-down-period-after-receiving-multiple-flags-on-multiple-posts/30624 "2015-06-30T08:50:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![probus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@probus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/probus)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-cool-down-period-after-receiving-multiple-flags-on-multiple-posts/30624/1 "2015-06-30T08:50:05Z")

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I’d like the automatic moderation to work a little more effectively.

If a user receives multiple flags from multiple posts, we could automatically inflict a cool down period of some sort. Now the only automatic action is to lock the topic, which stops the conversation from everyone and doesn’t stop the same user posting (the same stuff) on other topics.

The cool down period could be a temporary suspension for x minutes or put their posts to the approval que until a moderator resolves the flags.

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