# Dealing with a disruptive post with many likes?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-disruptive-post-with-many-likes/63469>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [Maio 27, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-disruptive-post-with-many-likes/63469 "2017-05-27T09:09:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Maio 27, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dealing-with-a-disruptive-post-with-many-likes/63469/3 "2017-05-27T20:15:15Z")

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If it is something awful like overt racism, the likes are helpful, because they identify other people that you should contact for warnings and possibly suspend.

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