On Saturday, 22 September 2018 at 14:58:58 UTC, aberba wrote:
I'm just seeing a ..."Your message has been saved, and will be
posted after being **approved** by a moderator". This doesn't
make sense.
Your post was flagged by the spam filter. It was a false
positive, which sometimes occurs with very short posts, as was
yours. It was approved a few minutes after it was submitted.
1. what criteria decides if my comment deserves approval or not?
Your post is not spam, an attack on other forum members, or
egregiously inflammatory / off-topic.
2. Is there a full-time moderator available to ensure there no
bureaucracy/delay?
There are several persons who receive moderation notices and can
act on them.
I generally receive email throughout the day, so you could at
least count me as a full-time moderator.
3. Is it not a much more better approach to delete when its
reported as inappropriate by the public?
No. We did this until this year. This resulted in:
- Lots of spam (despite the spam filter and CAPTCHA). Web forums
attract a LOT of spambots (and humans paid to post spam).
- Spam in mailing list users' inboxes, even after a moderator
deleted it off the forum, since you can't unsend an email.
The new method catches a lot of spam that would otherwise get
through. You don't see it, but the moderators do.
