# Why would a staff member choose to flag but not take action immediately?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [2016 年 2 月 9 日午後 12:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-would-a-staff-member-choose-to-flag-but-not-take-action-immediately/39281 "2016-02-09T12:16:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 2 月 9 日午後 12:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-would-a-staff-member-choose-to-flag-but-not-take-action-immediately/39281/1 "2016-02-09T12:16:28Z")

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If an admin or a mod flags a message “offtopic” but not takes action immediately, a red counter appears, which is seen immediately by the admin or mod who just flagged.

Suppose I, an admin, just flagged.  
Now I see the red counter which asks me to review the flag and take action.

Once I tried to do so, other admins and mods asked me “why did I flag and not take any action”.

And now I’m asking myself - what is the purpose and how it should work? How these two scenarios are different and where to use each.

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