# Flagging posts/topics

**URL:** <https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/flagging-posts-topics/1085>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [August 21, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/flagging-posts-topics/1085 "2024-08-21T10:08:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajtowns](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/ajtowns/32/417_2.png) [@ajtowns](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/ajtowns)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/flagging-posts-topics/1085/1 "2024-08-21T10:08:20Z")

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Hey all,

I’ve changed the “inappropriate” flag (_“This post contains content that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, to be hateful conduct or a violation of our community guidelines”_) to a slightly more general “not constructive” flag, with the description:

- **It’s Not Constructive** This post contains non-constructive content, for example it may be repetitive, trolling, argumentative, or include content that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or a violation of [our community guidelines](https://delvingbitcoin.org/guidelines).

If you’re seeing posts/replies that aren’t just not interesting to you but are not constructive, please help by flagging them, both to help maintain/increase the signal/noise ratio, and to help other posters be aware of which is which without having to get a potentially scary message from the moderators.

I’ve also heard some concern that some people might be posting about techniques they’ve applied for patent protection on, setting up a potential trap for people who might implement those techniques, so as a minimal step towards dealing with that I’ve also taken the opportunity to add the phrase “This includes deceptively encouraging the use of patent-encumbered techniques.” to the “It’s Illegal” flag category, in case anyone’s aware of cases where that’s happening.

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**Author:** ![1440000bytes](https://delvingbitcoin.org/user_avatar/delvingbitcoin.org/1440000bytes/32/301_2.png) [@1440000bytes](https://delvingbitcoin.org/u/1440000bytes)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/flagging-posts-topics/1085/2 "2024-08-22T00:02:48Z")

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It should be possible to delete flagged posts. Hiding multiple posts in a thread just makes the whole thread look ugly and annoying.