Can't comment...activation

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LeStique
Hi there,

I have posted comments on this site for quite a while now, but today I couldn't.
At the bottom it says that I have to activate my account in order to post something. Funny thing is: I already did...
I even tried creating a new account so I could activate this, too. But still, no success.

Can you please help me??
 
What was your previous account?

This account is not in the "Users Awaiting Activation" section - you're classed as a member, thus your (new) account is activated.
 
My old account was AlterSchwede. I am pretty sure, I activated both of them. This old one for quite some time now...
 
Both accounts are showing as activated.

What are you trying to do (be as precise as possible) when you get the error message and what does the error message say? Screengrabs or copy'n'paste will help.
 
Alright...

I am trying to "leave a reply" at one of the site's news. GT5 Kiosk Demo HD Gameplay Video Blowout to be precise. Normally I would scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter whatever I want to post. But now I had to log in first. No problem because I had an account already. So I logged in and scrolled down again. But instead of a window in which I was able to write what I wanted, I got this message:

Leave a Reply

Your forum account must be activated and approved by our moderation staff before you can post messages.

So what am I doing wrong?

Hope my English doesn't stand in the way of understanding my problem...
 
Your English is just fine. I wish many of our English-speaking members were as clear as you.

A decision was recently made - about a week ago - to only permit comments to the News/Blog page from registered members. The news page essentially represents our public face, and allowing anyone and everyone to put whatever vague ramblings they wanted to on it without consequence left it looking a bit like a Youtube video comments section. Allowing only registered members to comment gives a much better impression of the real GTPlanet.

In your case, your account is activated but, with no posts made to our forum, not approved - Site Feedback is, I believe, the only part of the site that allows posts from inactive members, though your message needed approving before it appeared.

Now I'm not wholly sure if you'll be able to post a comment to the News/Blog with your current account as, yes, you have approved posts now, but they're in Site Feedback which has its own criteria, but give it a go. If it doesn't work, feel free to post something somewhere on the site - maybe an introduction in our Introduce Yourself forum - and then try again. Be aware that it might take a little time from your post being approved until you are allowed to post further comments as the database doesn't update instantly.


I'll add that members are only allowed one active account, so if you could pick which account you want to keep I can deactivate the other one.
 
Sure, no problem. Just wanted to make sure that there's no error within my existing account. Feel free to delete AlterSchwede...don't use this Id anymore anyway.
Thanks for your help.
 
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