# Is there an ideal amount of flags to set before a post is hidden?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Tags:** moderation\
**Created:** [May 16, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-ideal-amount-of-flags-to-set-before-a-post-is-hidden/308233 "2024-05-16T09:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-ideal-amount-of-flags-to-set-before-a-post-is-hidden/308233/4 "2024-05-17T05:00:04Z")

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The settings that we ship with are generally accepted as best practice for most communities. I would only edit them if you have a special use case.

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