# Replying too quickly when flagging a post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-too-quickly-when-flagging-a-post/57889>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [Février 24, 2017, 11:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-too-quickly-when-flagging-a-post/57889 "2017-02-24T11:01:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [Mars 5, 2017, 4:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/replying-too-quickly-when-flagging-a-post/57889/10 "2017-03-05T16:54:48Z")

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I’d agree it’d be nice to not have the message thrown away, but I disagree that there should be no rate limit at all. Allowing infinite flagging (especially with group PMs involved) just opens us up to spamming.

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