# Moderation seems really clumsy
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-seems-really-clumsy/296855
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** moderation
**Created:** [February 27, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-seems-really-clumsy/296855 "2024-02-27T06:09:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@ajtowns](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajtowns)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-seems-really-clumsy/296855/1 "2024-02-27T06:09:27Z")
Hi,
When moderating replies, I’d like to be able to:
- hide the post
- inform the user why the post is hidden, preferably quoting it in a direct message to the user
- possibly add a staff-coloured comment to the topic as to what’s going on
It seems surprisingly awkward to do this? I seem to have to:
- flag the post (not the topic!)
- accept/action the flag to hide the post
- copy the text
- create a dm with the user and paste it in as a quote
- go back to the topic
- write a comment
- edit the comment to have the staff colour
Is there a better way of doing this?
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-seems-really-clumsy/296855/2 "2024-02-27T06:33:33Z")
When you flag a post you can Take Action which should hide it straight away. An automated PM is then sent to that user to say their post has been hidden for {reason} and they can then edit the post to bring it inline with your site’s guidelines after a 10 minute window (built in as a cooldown). If they edit it it should reappear again.
If you want to send a PM about the post, pulling up the usercard on the moderated post and clicking Message should automatically include a link/onebox of the specific post.
Could any of that improve your flow?