This guide explains how to flag a post for moderator attention in Discourse, when you should use this feature, and what happens after a post is flagged.
Required user level: Trust Level 1 or higher
Flagging is an important moderation tool in Discourse. It helps maintain a civil and productive discussion environment by allowing users to report inappropriate content without derailing the conversation.
*Note that your specific forum may have some different options in this screen - flagging options are customizable by forum admins.
What happens after flagging
Moderators are notified and can review the flagged post in their review queue
If no action is taken within 48 hours, all moderators receive an automatic private message
Posts that accumulate enough flags will be automatically hidden based on the site’s hide post sensitivity setting — the required score depends on the number and weight of flags, not a fixed count
A staff member can use the “Take Action” button to hide a post immediately
Users whose posts are hidden due to flags receive a private message notification
After 10 minutes, the user can edit their hidden post to unhide it
If the post receives enough flags again after editing, it will be hidden again and cannot be unhidden by editing
Consequences of receiving flags
New (Trust Level 0) users who receive enough spam flags from enough different users will be automatically silenced, preventing them from posting — this is controlled by the silence new user sensitivity and num users to silence new user (default 3) settings
Users with 5 or more flags on their posts cannot reach Trust Level 3
Only flags from the last 100 days count towards the Trust Level 3 restriction
Staff-approved flags are the only ones that count towards these limits
Automatic topic closure
A topic that accumulates enough flag score from at least 5 different users (controlled by num flaggers to close topic and auto close topic sensitivity settings) will be automatically closed until moderators can review it.
Note: The values mentioned in this guide are default settings. Administrators can adjust these in the site settings.
Подскажите, пожалуйста, можно ли настроить эти варианты? Мы хотели бы привести список вариантов в соответствие с нашими Правилами сообщества, но не могу найти настройку для его обновления. Мне казалось, что это возможно. Можете ли вы подтвердить это или опровергнуть? Спасибо.
Я тоже об этом задумывался. На одном из форумов есть набор правил, и в идеале флаг должен указывать, какое правило нарушено (или предлагать вариант с произвольным текстом).
Флаги модерации находятся в боковой панели администратора, но если боковая панель администратора не включена, как мы можем редактировать эти новые настройки? Это ошибка, при которой настройки не отображаются, когда боковая панель администратора отключена (старый макет)?
This guide explains how to flag a post for moderator attention in Discourse, when you should use this feature, and what happens after a post is flagged.
Required user level: Trust Level 1 or higher
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Note: The values mentioned in this guide are default settings. Administrators can adjust these in the site settings.
