# Flagging Thread: "You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource" **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 12, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550 "2022-08-12T11:55:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/1 "2022-08-12T11:55:16Z")
I tried to flag a thread [the Anne Heche thread with a suggestion to change the title to indicate she is brain dead] and I got a message, something like: “You Are Not Permitted to View Requested Resource” then a button “OK” I did that twice last night and once again this morning with the same result. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/2 "2022-08-12T13:01:07Z")
Sometimes, that’ll happen if a moderator has already disappeared the post you’re trying to flag: Ordinary users aren’t allowed to interact with disappeared posts, so that’ll give an error message. On the other hand, that doesn’t seem to be what’s happening here: The OP of that thread is certainly still intact, and I don’t think there are any other deleted posts that you might have been trying to flag. So I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/3 "2022-08-12T21:08:23Z")
I tried it just now with one of our test accounts (guest privileges) and was able to flag the post. I didn’t get any error. I don’t see anything wrong with your account either. Try flagging this thread and see if you get an error. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/4 "2022-08-12T22:35:43Z")
I flagged another post today–and the flagging worked as it should with a response from WhatExit. So apparently a temporary fluke. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/5 "2022-08-13T14:39:54Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So apparently a temporary fluke. Maybe some sort of time paradox, with you being **PastTense** and all? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/6 "2022-08-13T15:05:54Z")
There is another Anne Heche thread that was closed. Maybe that’s where you got that error. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagging-thread-you-are-not-permitted-to-view-requested-resource/969550/7 "2022-08-13T16:17:51Z")
No, I am sure I was at the correct thread [I had just posted an article in the correct thread that she was now brain-dead and thought it would be useful to update the title.]