# Regarding Automatic Post Removals

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/regarding-automatic-post-removals/263664>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 3, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regarding-automatic-post-removals/263664 "2023-05-03T10:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/regarding-automatic-post-removals/263664/3 "2023-05-03T19:18:15Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> Is your intention to disable this? if that’s the case, it’s been requested before but I don’t think it ever ended up being implemented: [Prevent content hidden by flags from being viewed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-content-hidden-by-flags-from-being-viewed/31582)

I think that is the way it is now

> [@The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969/28):
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> As of [this change](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/21052) we have changed the behaviour as described by @mcwumbly above, and regular users (including the flaggers themselves) will no longer be able to expand the ignored content. This is the new baseline behaviour, and doesn’t require any additional setup.

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