I don't think it is just Group but with Google overall. I use Gmail and I noticed a large uptick in legitimate messages appearing in the SPAM folder. I used to have to check it once every two days or so but now it is flagging many things I consider innocuous. As some others posts have noted, there is an election coming up...
On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 4:16:28 AM UTC-4 Grahame wrote: > Hi > > Just the one pending this morning.. > > No overly eager moderator - my memory is that we have deleted 4 posts in > the last couple of years - two from a Russian tube seller seeking to bypass > sanctions and two from someone advertising gold. > > As Nick said, there doesn't appear to be any moderator controls on spam > delete/pending so we are just going to have to live with this problem for > now. I appears there are two levels of control by google - one is they > delete the message outright - the second is it goes into a pending folder > for the moderators to approve. > > I will watch the post contents more closely and see if there is a reason > why posts are being moved to pending. > > Grahame (and Nick and Nick) > On 07/04/2023 04:52, Terry S wrote: > > Welcome to Google's new AI system..... But don't worry, AI is harmless. > > On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 1:08:53 PM UTC-5 Moses wrote: > >> Grahame, >> >> Last several months some of my posts are just deleted.. I started the >> habit of copy pasting them to notepad before posting because of this. You >> can see this in several threads.. a message is replaced by "Message has >> been deleted" >> It's not just me either, as I've had folks sent me an email direct about >> a topic and stating that their posted messages were deleted as well. >> >> I can't figure it out, as I have reposted the same message the next day >> and it is fine. I just figured it was an overly active moderator, computer >> or otherwise. Either way, a bit annoying, especially when you don't know >> what triggered it. >> >> Regards, >> -Moses >> >> On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6:49:42 AM UTC-7 Grahame wrote: >> >>> Hi All >>> >>> For some reason Google is identifying a lot more messages as spam and >>> putting them in the moderator's pending folder. We might have one or two >>> a month but more recently it can be several a day. I just released three >>> messages from yesterday. Another odd thing, is that at least one message >>> that had been pending came through by email to me, the selection I have >>> set for myself, but then it doesn't appear in the thread on the group >>> webpage. >>> >>> I am trying to remember to look at the pending folder everyday to >>> release held messages. Please PM me if you are seeing a problem with any >>> particular posting. >>> >>> Grahame (and Nick and Nick) >>> >>> Moderators >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9c3acc0e-3aa6-4322-a585-df8ab00787f1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9c3acc0e-3aa6-4322-a585-df8ab00787f1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ec70905d-a823-4e5d-9e61-2bb229893c7an%40googlegroups.com.