# Prevent content hidden by flags from being viewed

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-content-hidden-by-flags-from-being-viewed/31582>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-content-hidden-by-flags-from-being-viewed/31582 "2015-07-30T23:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-content-hidden-by-flags-from-being-viewed/31582/4 "2016-01-06T22:14:25Z")

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Good point eriko there is still a minor loophole around offensive topic titles.. as the first post is hidden, but the topic title is not.

The underlying feature request is still valid, but I’d like to hear from @Liza_Conrad how often this problem comes up – that is, a hidden post is so awful that even clicking the

> This post was flagged by the community and is temporarily hidden.
> 
> [View hidden content](http://example.com).

… is an unacceptable risk.

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