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

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969>\
**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:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-persistence-of-posts-hidden-by-flags-are-a-bane-to-our-community/109969/26 "2023-02-27T19:31:39Z")

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> [@orenwolf](#):
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> I have to second that this should be a standard feature in Discourse

We’ve been discussing some of the details about a possible change here’s what we’re currently planning to do:

1. Continue to show “This post was flagged by the community and is temporarily hidden” to everyone while a post is in this state.
2. Only provide the “View ignored content” option to the following users:
  - Author of the flagged post
  - Staff (admins, moderators, category moderators)
  - TL4 users

Should others who _flagged_ the post be able to see the original content when it’s in this state? We originally were thinking “yes”, but have left that out above as we don’t see a strong reason to allow them to continue to see it once it’s been hidden.

Let us know if you have any feedback on these details.

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