So I just found an off-topic thread spreading misinformation and this is what I see when I try to flag it:
Thanks, but we’ve already reviewed that post and determined it does not need to be flagged again.
So now that thread is permanently there, even though multiple people agreed that it broke the rules.
This probably not the best way for the flagging system to work. If people are flagging a thread even after a moderator looked at it, the thread obviously has problems. It would make sense if another moderator double-checked the post instead of relying on one person’s opinion.
I think allowing this “double-flagging,” if you will, would help clean up this community.
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I feel like it’s been there because of an individual’s portfolio of a person that was scamming people out of 100s of dollars being taken down quite a lot with flags. While I do agree that we shouldn’t be mass flagging posts when it’s convenient, we should have an option to flag posts that still break the rules post-moderation.
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I think the same policy should also be in place for Post Approval.
Someone closed my request even though upon it was valid. I checked several times on different browsers and devices to confirm as well, but because it was forcefully closed, I never even got it posted.
Now, after a month of waiting (two weeks PA + two weeks PM’ing the PA who checked it), I’ve given up 
You should request it at meta.discourse.org. If a moderator denies flags on a post, that revision of that post (e.g. until it is edited) cannot be flagged again and shows this message, it’s hardwired in the source and there’s no setting for it AFAIK.
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