Approvals?

[Mcindus]

Awaiting Approvals on new posts:

Are we really giving people the option of sitting on a post for a day (or more) or tempting them to necro?



this makes me a sad panda. has it always been this way? <<signs i'm a newb.>>

[obesebear]

Not sure what you're talking about.  Can you be more specific?

[LeonhartGR]

I thing it's automated for specific links... I remember when I got this sometime ago because of a link I included. Don't worry about it but you can report it to the mods or just send me a note and I may find someone online. It's not like it happens all the time I think or that is a huge community and no one will see it. Enjoy your stay!

[Mcindus]

Obesebear -- For some reason, Omzy and I have both had to wait more than 24 hours for a post to be approved before it shows...  It's not a huge problem, but it's annoying.  I guess it could be because of what we're linking to (he was linking a whole new release, even) but I'm only linking to other posts on the board.  My message in "gameplay mods" has yet to be approved, and I only made that new post because I didn't want to necro my old one - but I almost wish I had now.

[Covarr]

All new threads with links need approved. It's to do with our anti-spam plugin; I can't find a way to fix it without disabling the plugin entirely, which I'm not going to do.

If you need a thread approved, don't hesitate to shoot me a PM, and I'll get it up as soon as I can. I don't always notice them if you don't explicitly tell me though, the "unread posts" feature that I usually use to read through the forum doesn't show unapproved threads.

[cmh175]

All new threads with links need approved. It's to do with our anti-spam plugin; I can't find a way to fix it without disabling the plugin entirely, which I'm not going to do.

If you need a thread approved, don't hesitate to shoot me a PM, and I'll get it up as soon as I can. I don't always notice them if you don't explicitly tell me though, the "unread posts" feature that I usually use to read through the forum doesn't show unapproved threads.

Wouldn't it be less work and time consuming managing spam posts than approving every new thread with links though?

[Covarr]

The anti-spam plugin also prevents spam registrations. Thinking back to before we had it, this really is a lot less work, especially since new threads don't often have links. On average, maybe one or two new threads a month needs approved.

As an aside, it may be possible to backdoor your way into a thread with links without needing approved. If you edit the links in afterwards, I don't think it'll come up.

[ultima espio]

Posting it, then adding links is probably the way to go. Spambots usually don't edit their posts

[Mcindus]

Thanks for all the tips, guys!  I will definitely PM you in the future if I really have to, Covarr - otherwise, I'll take everyone's advice.

I am really excited about all of the new ff8 progress.  It let me start flexing my Illustrator and Photoshop muscles again.