<p>This is a side-effect of leaving the question open, which will decline the flag.</p>
<p>Following the <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/posts/473144/timeline">timeline</a>:</p>
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<li>At 11:27:21 UTC, there was an initial vote to close <em>as a duplicate</em> to <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/222179">How to know that your machine learning problem is hopeless?</a></li>
<li>Either before or after this, you flagged the question as &quot;needs details or clarity&quot;.</li>
<li>At 11:50:45 UTC, <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/review/close/265576">the review item</a> was created, garnering another close vote, then a binding <em>leave open</em> by a moderator. <em>This action declined your flag.</em></li>
<li>At 13:59:54 UTC, the moderator then voted to close as &quot;needs details or clarity&quot;</li>
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<p>Considering <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/873663">the moderator's comment</a>,</p>
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<p>I think the question needs more detail before we can tell if it is a duplicate or not.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I think the moderator was worried if the question would still be closed as a duplicate instead of &quot;needs details or clarity&quot;. Possibly a confusion, but I believe there was no harmful intent.</p>
