# Use of Flags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-flags/371077>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-flags/371077 "2025-06-20T16:54:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heliosurge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/heliosurge/32/571810_2.png) [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-of-flags/371077/12 "2025-06-21T07:29:54Z")

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Agreed while moderation is indeed censorship. It is censorship with a real purpose to keep things organized and hopefully in doing so creates a positive environment for the forum:d given purpose.

Op if your post is hidden by flagging you need to wait or contact a mod privately to ask for clarity. It is possible that maybe your topic(s) were not within the forum’s rules/concept. Moderators may not have reviewed the flag yet.

However in any event it is a good idea to pm/DM the mod team to understand why it was flagged. It could be that a rule is maybe not clear enough.

Not long ago a post if mine was flagged. A mod reached out and asked some questions. They were satisfied with my answers as to why I had posted comment I had. And agreed my comment as a result was not off topic. Sometimes something clear to the author is not clear to others reading.

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