# Moderators cannot flag a message after it has been unhidden after a first flag?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [29 يناير 2015، 1:03ص 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")
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### 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: [4 مارس 2015، 12:22ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderators-cannot-flag-a-message-after-it-has-been-unhidden-after-a-first-flag/24552/3 "2015-03-04T00:22:19Z")

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It’s possible that I may be simply misunderstanding something, but I thought that, after a second flagging, it became impossible for a user to unhide their post by editing it. If that’s not the case, what exactly does the below indicate?

> [@Understanding post flags in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275/1):
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> If the same post is hidden a second round of flags, the flags must now be manually handled by a moderator at that point, there is no automatic unhiding through edit possible.

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