# 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:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-remove-posts-if-they-receive-too-many-flags/293326/6 "2024-01-30T05:54:35Z")

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> [@anon36555649](#):
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> 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.

Can specify who can see the hidden posts. From the topic you linked:

> [@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/109969/37):
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> Thanks to @nat’s guidance, I submitted a PR to core. Now you can customize who can see hidden posts. partying_face[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21853](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21853)

> [@anon36555649](#):
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> 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.

I would disagree - from what I’ve seen, most forums prefer to have posts that are against forum rules to be flagged and moderated, as opposed to a free for all of “free speech”.

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