How long does the moderator approval period for post last?

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It's really difficult to communicate with people on this forum when I have to wait a day before my post will actually be approved and is posted.

Is this forum always like this or will I eventually be able to post immediately?
 
It takes as long as it takes a moderator to approve it. We have 30-something moderators capable of approving posts, so generally it doesn't take all that long, but there are days when there are fewer of us.

Don't forget, we have to filter appropriate and inappropriate posts too. Members of GTP won't have seen any advertising, Cialis or pornography in something like 3 years - but we still have to dig through it.

This is also a period of interest in GT, so we have more new members every day now than 6 months since - our workload has increased. Ultimately, though, if your message is acceptable and we have no particular concerns over it (spammers have a certain MO which is tough to ascertain sometimes), it'll probably hit the site before a day has gone by.

We also currently have an automated system which may send messages even from approved users to the mod queue. The more we use the system, the more it learns what we allow and don't - so if you have subsequent message sent to the queue, you're helping the security of the site 👍
 
I may not have asked my question properly, so let me reiterate. Will my account eventually reach a period where my posts are no longer required to go through a moderator approval process?

I noticed that this thread was posted immediately, so does that mean that only specific boards require a moderator to approve post?
 
I may not have asked my question properly, so let me reiterate. Will my account eventually reach a period where my posts are no longer required to go through a moderator approval process?

I wasn't quite sure what you were asking (though I have been drinking), but I answered that in the last paragraph, just in case.

Yes it will, but even then the odd post might end up in the automated queue.


I noticed that this thread was posted immediately, so does that mean that only specific boards require a moderator to approve post?

Even if you are unable to post anywhere else, you will be able to post in Site Feedback - or else we won't know there's an issue :D
 
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