# The persistence of posts hidden by flags are a bane to our community

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**Category:** UX\
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**Created:** [February 24, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969 "2019-02-24T22:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![orenwolf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/orenwolf/32/119529_2.png) [@orenwolf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/orenwolf)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969/11 "2020-07-26T20:59:41Z")

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> [@John\_Lehmann](#):
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> And the problem was discovered because we had several user replying to the original hidden post debating about whether it should have been hidden.

Precisely this. We long ago moved to deleting posts (and replies) that are moderated, because otherwise those hidden posts are invariably a _new_ derail on the topic otherwise.

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