# 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:** [July 3, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-cool-down-period-after-receiving-multiple-flags-on-multiple-posts/30624/3 "2015-07-03T06:25:23Z")

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Ok, here goes. I see three options for the criteria:

1. a total number of unresolved flags for more than one post
2. a number of posts with unresolved flags on them
3. a number of posts automatically hidden with unresolved flags

Option 3 seems to me the most straightforward. It’s easy to understand and leverages other rules we might have for hiding posts. So, here’s my recommendation:

**Block a user from posting further if he/she has two (2) posts automatically hidden until a moderator resolves at least one of the associated flags.**

I’d like to hear some feedback from other forum owners.

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