# What happens when you flag something
**URL:** https://pfunkforums.com/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-something/23
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [May 6, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-something/23 "2018-05-06T01:04:10Z")
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### Author:  [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-something/23/1 "2018-05-06T01:04:10Z")
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The following post describes what happens when you flag something.
> **[What happens when you flag a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-a-post/275/3)**
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> 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,...
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### Author:  [@silentboatman](https://pfunkforums.com/u/silentboatman)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://pfunkforums.com/t/what-happens-when-you-flag-something/23/2 "2018-05-06T01:39:00Z")