My posts are being moderated

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
I went to post something in the deals thread and it is being held for approval. This normal for this thread?

It may not be but it would be a good idea,not that you would do anything wrong but people can just join and post in that section,never known a forum with such a lax attitude to the classified sales.
 

nickt

Senior Member
Me too. I've posted 'good deals' in the Deals! forum and they fall into moderation for many hours. I don't care for this protection because sometimes I'll want to share deals that only last a day or a few hours. Amazon has some great price dips and lightning deals, but they disappear very quickly. I'd rather risk that we be exposed to spam and get good sales shared by members posted quickly in case someone can grab a good price before it disappears. We could just as well instantly post a good deal in off-topic or in any other subforum, as could the spammers. So what is the point in moderating just the good Deals! forum? Maybe @jdeg can comment and perhaps we could try to police ourselves. Or maybe require some experience points like the marketplace.
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
Me too. I've posted 'good deals' in the Deals! forum and they fall into moderation for many hours. I don't care for this protection because sometimes I'll want to share deals that only last a day or a few hours. Amazon has some great price dips and lightning deals, but they disappear very quickly. I'd rather risk that we be exposed to spam and get good sales shared by members posted quickly in case someone can grab a good price before it disappears. We could just as well instantly post a good deal in off-topic or in any other subforum, as could the spammers. So what is the point in moderating just the good Deals! forum? Maybe @jdeg can comment and perhaps we could try to police ourselves. Or maybe require some experience points like the marketplace.

Sorry I must have misread the thread. I thought this was about the Marketplace. Must have missed the "deals" part. Sorry!
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
I don't know why it happened but I approved that thread. @jdeg can you check?

It's the man keeping us down,brother.. download.jpg
 

cwgrizz

Senior Member
Challenge Team
It happened with me a while back also. I finally resorted to posting in Off Topic to get the info out before it expired. This is not something new. At the time, I figured I had just been out in the desert too long and my post needed to be deodorized. Ha!
 

hark

Administrator
Staff member
Super Mod
I vaguely remember something about posts in the deals section would need mod approval first. The first time I posted in that section, I wound up having to PM someone to find out why. Now I post deals in the shoutbox and/or in a different subforum.

For example, I'm not sure if this is a good deal because I never bought a MAC, but the price seems to be reasonable for one ($1299 for 27" iMac). :indecisiveness:

Deal Zone, Deal of the Day at B&H
 
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