Delayed posting
 

Hi, I've been lurking for several weeks and just joined yesterday. I notice when I submit my post, the posting is not posted instantly. When I check several hours later, the timestamp is correct but other people posting seems to be posted instantly. Is it because I'm still a new member?

edit: It seems it work fine now, Is it only happen on the first day?

Depending on your first post, it may post immediately or may go into a queue until a moderator approves it.

Without looking, I am betting you had a link in your first post.

That gets flagged... as that is what many spammers do on their first post.

William

Thanks for the explanation wharvey.

oic, is there any grace period until my post goes immediately without getting flagged?

You should not be seeing a delay anymore.

I fell into that trap, too. My account is about 12 hours old and one of the two posts I made had two links (to other FT threads) in it. Since then, I can't even see my replies to existing threads.

It's an important feature though. I have seen other forums who dont use captchas and reduced privileges for newbies and they are usually full of spambots which can really ruin the whole experience.