# Automatically remove posts if they receive too many flags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-remove-posts-if-they-receive-too-many-flags/293326>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-remove-posts-if-they-receive-too-many-flags/293326 "2024-01-29T17:34:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon36555649](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anon36555649](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36555649)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-remove-posts-if-they-receive-too-many-flags/293326/3 "2024-01-29T18:11:02Z")

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Oh good to know, that is a change with the more recent version then looks like.

> [@The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969/28):
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> As of [this change](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21052) we have changed the behaviour as described by @mcwumbly above, and regular users (including the flaggers themselves) will no longer be able to expand the ignored content. This is the new baseline behaviour, and doesn’t require any additional setup. We didn’t include the ability to configure whether TL4 users should be able to as part of this change to keep the scope manageable. By default TL4 users can still expand the hidden content.

Had noticed this happen at an older site that must be using a previous version of discourse, flagged posts are still visible to the public not just logged-in users.

That other topic that was linked has been closed, could continue talk from there if anyone wants to talk more about this here is quote of original post:

Continuing the discussion from [The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969):

> [@The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969/1):
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> Community moderation is great – if enough people flag a post to hide it, moderators don’t need to get involved. What’s better is that the user who made the post is given an opportunity to improve the post so that it abides by the rules. But what if the user opts not to improve the post, and just lets it sit? The post remains “hidden” for all eternity.

This isn’t always necessarily true, overall I would say respecting freedom of speech is much more important to most people than for flagged posts to be censored. However it can be important for there to be active leadership in talks and not let things descend into chaos, which usually happens when there is no leadership.

Lastly would say for this flag system could help if there is a setting (if there isn’t already) for posts to be fully removed just initially/temporarily if they are flagged past a certain threshold, until they can be reviewed by mods/admins who can then decide if anything needs to be edited/censored.

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