# Is it allowed to abuse the forum moderation flags?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-allowed-to-abuse-the-forum-moderation-flags/167577>\
**Category:** General Issues\
**Created:** [June 16, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-allowed-to-abuse-the-forum-moderation-flags/167577 "2019-06-16T17:11:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scoots\_Choco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/scoots_choco/32/262262_2.png) [@Scoots\_Choco](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Scoots_Choco)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-allowed-to-abuse-the-forum-moderation-flags/167577/18 "2019-06-17T09:04:10Z")

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Here. This post was reported and hidden by community flags as “Spam”.

> [@Bastion module upgrade](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/bastion-module-upgrade/167027/70):
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> Dying doesn’t necessarily have to be “engaging” to a player. The freighter pilot is assuming several risks when he undocks. If he’s careless enough to get tackled by a frigate and eventually lose his ship, that’s really his fault for not preparing and planning contingencies. EVE is a social game, he could easily have asked in local for help, asked his friends, corpmates, flown with allies to provide cover, dozens of different things. But if he chooses to be completely anti-social, refuse to re…

Miraculously, it seems to be gotten unhidden sometime 20 odd hours after the post. I hadn’t bothered to check to see if it was ever unhidden because I had received this:

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/7/3/73a1f661c3268ece86ac69964cbdb2ff7f6c1332.png)

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