How long does it take for a post to be approved by a moderator?

[Nora Kisaragi]

I have two posts pending, one has been pending since friday, the other a little over 24 hours

Just wondering with the usual time to wait is. Thanks!

[shtkn]

we don't use the whole approving posts thing... i know i never enabled that setting, so if that happens then it was a bug. i'll approve your posts now.

i know ive seen other posts that were "pending moderation", but i don't know why. i'm going to go double check the settings now...

edit: yup, they're set to off. maybe smoeone out there knows more about forum software than me can share their experiences?

the only thing i can think of is you didn't follow the link in that email dustloop sends you when you first register.

[killionaire]

The approving posts mechanic is simply one that exists to prevent spambots from doing any damage, if I am correct.

What, then, would explain the lack of such bots posting here recently?

[shtkn]

i installed some new spam account catcher plugin at hte beginning of january. it's doing a decent job overall, though it doesn't catch all of them.

[Nora Kisaragi]

I've noticed it only says the thing about my post needing to be approved if my post contains a link of some kind, or perhaps it's tied to my rank or something.

EDIT: And thanks a bunch!

Edited February 15, 2011 by Nora Kisaragi

[shtkn]

I've noticed it only says the thing about my post needing to be approved if my post contains a link of some kind

i've found the cause thanks to that hint: it was due to teh anti spam feature i added in. If you had less than 6 posts and your post contained a link, then it was automatically sent for moderation. I've disabled that so we don't get this problem again. The plugin still checks IPs and emails and whatnot against a list of known spam accounts so it should still stop a lot of them from posting.