# post approval ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863 "2007-10-04T14:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joecool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/joecool/32/726_2.png) [@joecool](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/joecool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/1 "2007-10-04T14:35:10Z")
I don’t get how this works… sometimes posts requires approval, sometimes not… why ? ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/2 "2007-10-04T16:56:21Z")
For the older (time here) posters, there is a bug in the Forum software that sometimes pops up, for the newer posters (less than about 50 posts) they get moderated a bit as an anti spam measure. ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/3 "2007-10-04T20:23:48Z")
I think I have it figured out to a few words that’s triggering the mod filters. I’ve been stopping by regularly to approve them so you don’t have to report the same message 7 times like some users. ---
**Author:** ![joecool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/joecool/32/726_2.png) [@joecool](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/joecool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/4 "2007-10-04T21:05:04Z")
thank you both for your answers 🙂 so it would be a few words triggering this approval… could you tell us witch ones please Steveo ? This thing is a bit annoying 😕 btw, i have still a message to be approved in the men [pheromone](https://pheromonelabs.com/shop/) section, i posted like 6h ago… could you please check it ? ---
**Author:** ![MadisonTate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MadisonTate](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/MadisonTate)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/5 "2007-10-05T05:00:01Z")
Try keeping your posts short…like 4-5 lines until you get to 50 posts. it was annoying for me too, but i noticed that my short posts got through. The long ones were blocked every time. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/shadowx/32/2327_2.png) [@ShadowX](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ShadowX)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/6 "2007-10-05T05:41:54Z")
Also, creating a thread gets blocked much more, if not always, than regular posts. ---
**Author:** ![Rbt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/rbt/32/2066_2.png) [@Rbt](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Rbt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 12:39am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/7 "2007-10-25T00:39:01Z")
I think one of the target words was “steveo” A sure indicator of flame or spam… He’s such a stinker. That’s why he was told to get BANned. . ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/8 "2007-10-25T02:03:50Z")
Yup I am banned and yet I have total control. Who would have figured on that one when I signed up back in January? ---
**Author:** ![joecool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/joecool/32/726_2.png) [@joecool](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/joecool)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/9 "2007-10-27T09:43:17Z")
lol Steveo 😃 but you might wanna change that, it’s a bit confusing for a staff member to have BANNED as a title. I fisrt tought you did some bad things and got banned 😛 And I still understand nothing about this post approval system, it seems to pick out randomly some of my post for approval ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/phoenix/32/673_2.png) [@Phoenix](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 12:28pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/10 "2007-10-27T12:28:01Z")
> [@joecool](#): > > lol Steveo 😃 but you might wanna change that, it’s a bit confusing for a staff member to have BANNED as a title. I fisrt tought you did some bad things and got banned 😛 > > And I still understand nothing about this post approval system, it seems to pick out randomly some of my post for approval Perhaps he’s naughty like me..hehe I should write banned too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![res](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@res](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/res)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/11 "2007-10-27T13:19:21Z")
It happens for me too. But that’s fine since we’re technically newcomers (few posts, recently joined). This system is amazing and should be adopted my most of bulletin-boards/forums to prevent spamming as well as blocking specific phrases by the use of filters like linking websites and so forth until a particular post number is acquired (which almost always is due to advertising). However, the only downside of this security feature is that it is time consuming especially for moderators/admins. ---
**Author:** ![bubblebob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bubblebob/32/2120_2.png) [@bubblebob](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/bubblebob)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/12 "2007-10-27T14:48:37Z")
Yepp, I found it extremely annoying, too. Now that I’m a good way over 50 posts it only happens to me in the ‘Store Announcement and Feedback’ forum… ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/13 "2007-10-27T18:57:09Z")
There are certain words that the system auto moderates. I know everyone keeps asking me what those are but I am not allowed to release them. They are moderated for a reason. On the other hand users that are trusted with less than 50 posts I have been going in and manually bringing them up to fifty so they don’t get moderated. It’s all about SPAM bots. Oh yeah, who says I’m not banned and just a really good hacker, and very helpful? ---
**Author:** ![tisha23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@tisha23](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/tisha23)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/post-approval/5863/14 "2007-11-13T12:05:24Z")
Bump for the newbies 😃