We have a self-hosted Discourse running on the latest. In the past, posts that were hidden due to multiple user flags or due to a Moderator agreeing with a user flag were still visible to users if they hit the “Show hidden content” button. Now, however, it seems users can no longer do that. A hidd…

i think this has been changed not long ago, and is no longer possible by regular users. by default only staff can view the posts hidden by flags now.

Indeed. The related discussion is here: [image] The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community UX 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 use…

yea i was searching for that topic. here is the particular post about how it works now: [image] The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community UX As of this change we have changed the behaviour as described by @mcwumbly above, and regula…

I had created a bug report a while ago on this: [image] Flagged post and Discourse Reactions Bug So when you react to a flagged post, it causes the following to happen: I also have a direct explanation on this: [image] Flagged post and Discourse Re…

Thanks, all, for the replies and details. Looks like this change went into the latest update. As it turns out, it’s a serious and problematic change for a Discourse in an organization I’m part of. [image] Lillian : here is the particular post about how it works now: I’ll continue in that T…

Change in hidden post behavior - no longer expandable

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twofoursixeight May 24, 2023, 8:26pm 5

I had created a bug report a while ago on this:

I also have a direct explanation on this:

Topic		Replies	Views
The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community UX completed	35	4559	June 1, 2023
Flagged Contented that is Temporarily Hidden is still visible Feature	18	4004	September 25, 2014
Cannot see hidden posts Product Support	6	642	February 24, 2024
Flagged post and Discourse Reactions Bug reactions	7	768	May 13, 2023
Automatically remove posts if they receive too many flags Product Support moderation	8	830	January 31, 2024

Change in hidden post behavior - no longer expandable

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