# 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 13 日午前 8:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-would-a-staff-member-choose-to-flag-but-not-take-action-immediately/39281/3 "2016-02-13T08:30:42Z")

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What if it is a “spam flag”, and someone from the mods clicks “Postpone” button… Will 2 more spam flags (now total of 3) lead to an action taken automatically?

In other words, will all spam flags be counted to check with the threshold, or non-postponed flags only?

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