Did something happen to my account here (like an infraction I don't know about)

And even more oddly… it just happened to me in posting my last reply.

And more oddly still… that last reply about my reply before that not going through… got through.

Both of the "moderated" posts appear to have links. So, it's something to do with people posting links. Do you get any kind of CAPTCHA authentication prompts?

cwa107 said:

Both of the "moderated" posts appear to have links. So, it's something to do with people posting links. Do you get any kind of CAPTCHA authentication prompts?

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Not at all.

lifeisabeach said:

Not at all.

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I don't get it then. We can't moderate every single post that contains a link. It will definitely stop spammers, but it shouldn't happen to seasoned members with a certain post count.

I guess I don't understand the threshold or how it's setup. This seems like a question for the admins.

cwa107 said:

I don't get it then. We can't moderate every single post that contains a link. It will definitely stop spammers, but it shouldn't happen to seasoned members with a certain post count.

I guess I don't understand the threshold or how it's setup. This seems like a question for the admins.

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It is odd, indeed. I wasn't even posting external links in at least one of those that got kicked to moderation.

cwa107 said:

Both of the "moderated" posts appear to have links. So, it's something to do with people posting links.

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I have received this "moderated message" from some posts which contained links & some that don't. I even got this "moderated message" when I linked some "Sticky" threads from Mac-Forums in a post. Basically every time I post a message...it's sort of like the lottery if I will or will not receive the message.

But I would certainly say that I only get the message probably 1% or less of posts made over the past 3-4 days or so.

And I would certainly agree...that having to moderate every post that contains a link would be a lot to ask from our friendly unpaid moderators!

- Nick

OK, just got some word back from the admins. This is related to a new anti-spam plug-in. The settings have been adjusted appropriately and it should no longer effect members that have some history.

cwa107 said:

OK, just got some word back from the admins. This is related to a new anti-spam plug-in. The settings have been adjusted appropriately and it should no longer effect members that have some history.

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Awesome! Thanks for letting us know.

- Nick

the8thark said:

Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting.

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I got one of those too. Can't say what thread, or what happened to my post ultimately.

We're still seeing some hiccups with this anti-spam plug-in and have been working on them. Please keep the thread updated if you run into issues.

I had it happen to me once yesterday (April 30th). I tried to read the complete "moderator review" message that comes up...but it only remains on the screen for a few seconds.

- Nick

Found yours this morning, along with one from Rottie, Razormac and the8thark.

They've reset it again, so we need to make sure the setting holds now or if there is some bug in it.

bobtomay said:

Found yours this morning, along with one from Rottie, Razormac and the8thark.

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Sounds like you "found" these on the floor somewhere...underneath a pile of old newspapers, pizza boxes, beers cans, and cigarette butts!

Must have been a good party!!! Ha ha!

- Nick

If it's mine, plesae return it . . . I knew I left that thing (whatever it is) laying around here somewhere. ;D

i also got the same message that it has to be approved by moderator and why do i have to perform the image verification on every post .. will that go away over time?

ToNeOS said:

i also got the same message that it has to be approved by moderator and why do i have to perform the image verification on every post .. will that go away over time?

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Yes. It's an anti-spam measure that only applies to new users.

I can't post at all...

TechieJustin said:

I can't post at all...

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You just did.