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Could be either [status-declined] or [status-bydesign], but this seems more of a request than a bug report, so I went with declined.

This is how this one is supposed to work. A common and misguided use of flags on the SE network has always been to flag a post needing improvement to the moderators. That's not something the moderators can or should do; the author needs to improve the question. That's why there's a category for these flags here, and why they end up as a comment on the post. There is text in the UI to let you know what's going to happen:

!["needs author's attention" flag dialog, with text under the flag description reading "This flag will be added as a comment to this post's feedback thread."](https://physics.codidact.com/uploads/reaEUH7ug5agnMP4m59RpJCS)

If there's some reason the post does actually need moderator attention (i.e. it needs more than just author improvement), select a different more appropriate flag reason. If it's off-topic, it should be closed.