# Understanding post flags in Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275
**Category:** Using Discourse
**Tags:** moderation, reference
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275 "2013-02-05T21:28:00Z")
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### Author: ![wolftune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wolftune/32/103569_2.png) [@wolftune](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wolftune)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-post-flags-in-discourse/275/17 "2018-03-29T20:16:48Z")

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I actually really _prefer_ the approach where you don’t need mods to step in. That’s the best part of Discourse’s approach to flagging. But the concern about getting notified about edits is spot on. However, it should be the flaggers who flagged in the first place getting the notification IMO, not the mods getting notified:

I opened this: [Notification to flagger(s) when a flagged post is edited?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-to-flagger-s-when-a-flagged-post-is-edited/84166)

> [@AdamCapriola](#):
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> Allowing a post to be flagged a second time seems like an unnecessarily added step to me; let it take one flag and be sure the issue is resolved.

I disagree about that. That pushes against the learn-by-editing approach. The goal is not just that one post is fixed, the goal is that people learn to avoid the bad patterns overall, and if it takes some people more than one edit to learn what’s acceptable, fine.

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