What happens when you flag a post?

[codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)]

What happens when you flag a post

What happens when you flag something? Site admins are given significant flexibility via Site Settings to adjust how flags work. This topics assumes that all site settings are set to their default. Many of the automatic options presented here, like hidden posts, closed topic, etc. can be disabled or made to require more or less flags before triggering. For full details on flag handling by staff, see the section on Flags in the Discourse Moderation Guide. Single flag When a user flags …