# Moderators cannot flag a message after it has been unhidden after a first flag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [Janeiro 29, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552 "2015-01-29T01:03:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![reaperoa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/reaperoa/32/63594_2.png) [@reaperoa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reaperoa)\ **Post date:** [Janeiro 29, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552/1 "2015-01-29T01:03:22Z")
I’m not sure whether this is a bug, oversight, or working as designed, but I’m a mod on another forum, and currently the mods are talking about how to handle a certain person. The person is posting things that are against the rules (nothing warranting a straight ban or anything, but flag and hide forcing them to change their posts). The problem I’m having is that once I flag something and hide it, if they alter their post they can unhide it without changing the content, and I can’t rehide it by flagging it again (the only thing that appears is the “Send a private message” option. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552)._