# Prompt a warning when attempting to reply/quote a hidden post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-a-warning-when-attempting-to-reply-quote-a-hidden-post/177699>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-a-warning-when-attempting-to-reply-quote-a-hidden-post/177699 "2021-01-29T18:04:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prompt-a-warning-when-attempting-to-reply-quote-a-hidden-post/177699/4 "2021-02-02T01:33:35Z")

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I feel like sometimes you just have to enforce “don’t feed the trolls” by deleting the baited posts, and/or the original bait. Perhaps ask your community if that’s a moderation policy change they would like.

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