Another option is turn on mailing list mode: https://devguide.python.org/developer-workflow/communication-channels/index.html#enabling-mailing-list-mode
While I considered myself a relatively active member at times, I personally found the TL3 requirements too onerous as I do not interact with the Python Help category (I tend to provide help in other Python communities). There have been many discussions that have happened in the past year where a lot of TL3 members are replying with direct knowledge of the hidden posts which make the discussion too confusing to follow. Especially based on the information in this thread it appears some flagged posts reappear after 24 hours and some do not, but keeping track of that in an active discussion is impossible.
Because of these factors I have switched to mailing list mode.
The main downside of mailing list mode is posts won’t get emails for 5 - 15 mins to allow for the users to make any small edits / corrections. But it provides you with an actual archive of what was said so you are able to actually follow discussions like these.