Approving My Posts?
 

I'm new here and I've never been on a forum where my posts need to be approved. Why is this?

Welcome to FlyerTalk.

New members are subject to having their posts subject to moderator review as a control against individuals who disrupt the site via Spam messages. Please see the following thread for additional information:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...esnt-show.html

Welcome to FT!!!

My second or third post here had an embedded link, and it was flagged to wait moderation. They allowed it, and after that, I had the impression that the mods found me trustful, because I never had other message flagged!

Understand, the system is set to automatically flag post from members with few posts. If you use certain "flagged" words... or have links in your posts, you will most likely get moderated. We get notified and work to approve the post or take action if it is a spammer.

Note: If we approve your post, and you subsequently edit it in any way... it could get re-moderated by the system.

I didn't know it. Thanks for the heads-up ^

Length to post thread
 

Hey guys,

How long does it take for a thread to get posted? To my understanding an admin has to accept the new thread before it can be posted (for some subforums?)

Thanks.

AFAIK this would only be for very new members, who also must have posts approved if they contain any links. Also AFAIK it doesn't depend on the forum, although there are a few fora that are not open to new members for various reasons.

To be more accurate, this should apply to any members with very low post count. That happens to include "brand new" newbies.

Ah, ok perfect. Makes perfect sense - thanks guys.

As a continue, how many posts till the delay in posting is not present anymore for the newbie?

Not that many. Just keep participating and contributing. The delay will be soon gone before you know it. :)

Oops - to the mods
 

I'm new here, spent a while typing out a new thread, posted it but saw nothing, so tried again.

I might have done it 3 times before I noticed the message saying it has to go to moderation first.

So... sorry for that!

Would anyone know how long it takes till a thread is put up?

Can anyone help? It's been hours.

Moderators are volunteers who do not have set hours to tend to forums.

There are several reasons why the discussion you posted has not yet appeared, including but not limited to:

• The moderators of the forum to which you posted simply have not yet checked in to approve what you posted
• You might have posted content which is not consistent with the rules which govern FlyerTalk, meaning that what you posted has not been — and probably will not be — approved
• The content you posted might have been considered questionable, in which case the moderators might currently be discussing whether or not to approve it

To which forum did you post? Some forums are quiet and only have one moderator assigned to it; while other forums are busy and have several moderators assigned to it.

We can rule out the Delta Air Lines | SkyMiles and Hilton | Hilton HHonors forums because at this time there is no content awaiting approval for those forums, of which I am one of the moderators.

If the content you posted is indeed legitimate for FlyerTalk, please be patient and await the approval of a moderator...

...and welcome to FlyerTalk!

This is the existing thread that covers your concerns:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/techn...esnt-show.html

Thanks guys. It's up now. Was fully legal :)

Welcome to Flyertalk!

Cheers.