Thanks for linking - I had looked for something similar to what I’m suggesting but couldn’t find it. https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/create-a-flag-category-for-duplicate-observations/29647/46
I guess this is technically resolved then. The duplicate flags are still a pain imo, and it seems like the added “if the word duplicate is in the flag then it won’t save” functionality isn’t working properly. It might only work if there’s just the word “duplicate” on it’s own, and in English, because I’m still seeing a lot of these flags.