# Duplicate/Should Have Searched flags

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-should-have-searched-flags/34424
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 12, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-should-have-searched-flags/34424 "2015-10-12T21:38:13Z")
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### Author: ![Drew\_Warwick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/drew_warwick/32/80591_2.png) [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/duplicate-should-have-searched-flags/34424/5 "2015-10-12T23:39:28Z")

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Just for reference, I’m assuming the “Something Else” under flagging does _not_ automatically hide posts and that moderators have to manually jump in if a post is flagged for something else. Is this a correct assumption? As the forum I used hasn’t switched to Discourse yet, all I have to go on is [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/so-what-exactly-happens-when-you-flag/275) topic on flags, and codinghorror mentions:

> [@Understanding post flags in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275/1):
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> “Enough” users flag a post. This could be 3 trust level 1 users, 2 trust level 2 users, or a mix.

Since “something else” can be an infinite number of reasons, I thought filing a flag under “something else” did not apply to this since three different flags could be for completely different things. If 3 “something else” flags automatically hides posts, then there is no need for two new flags – users can still help keep the community clean with something else without having to wait for moderators to manually clean up posts.

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