I have 2 friends that are in this group but they mostly lurk and do not post or comment often. We have discovered that when they do comment they are able to see their comments but what I see on my screen is that their comment shows to be deleted as soon as it’s made. Is there something that they are doing wrong that can be corrected in the settings? We can’t figure it out and can’t figure out how to report this directly to the moderators.
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Maybe new accounts are on a probationary period, I posted a meme and it never appeared under the main thread.
That's right, new accounts should first earn some points by commenting, before they can post any topic in the main room. I don't remember the exact threshold, but i think somewhere around 1000 points.
That would make sense if they were new but at least one of them has been in this group for years. They just don’t post or comment much.
Hi fren.
New accounts are in their probationary "handshake" period until they gather enough merit. During this time comments may or may not get through and early posts normally don't until the automod decides to trust the new person, which may vary. You can see the white "handshake" icon next to the user's name during this period.
You can ask your friends to contact the moderators and politely ask for their comments to be manually approved if they feel that we're missing out on their contributions. Whether this gets done would be at the discretion of the moderator, and whether moderators are available at that time.
Thank you so much for answering this. My friend is sending a private message to you.
Handshakes need to get past the initial newbie zone. They need to interact with this community more to remove that.
How can they get past the newbie zone if everything they do gets automatically deleted?
Usually, handshake users' comments are not automatically deleted unless the automod is suspicious for some reason. Posts tend to be deleted though.
it doesn't get deleted if it's polite and adds to the conversation; the sidebar> explains.
My friends are always polite so I don’t think that is the problem. It is appearing that they are just not active enough so they are trying to figure out how they can start contributing without immediately being deleted.
So I guess one of your 2 friends decided to respond to the question that I posed to you because I am unable to see their post as it says deleted. Perhaps you wouldn’t mind answering the question I posed of you under the original post.
Are you one of the moderators? I can’t seem to figure out who the moderators are in this group and would like to be able to send a private message to the moderators. I must be missing something. Can you help me out with that? I will respond to your question on my post but not sure why my friend’s comments keep getting deleted as soon as they comment. They are also not able to post anything and we don’t understand why this is happening to them.
Scroll all the way down to the section "Moderators" on the right, there at the bottom you find a link "Message the Moderators"
Thank you so much for that!! I usually look at this from my phone and there is no place like what described to be found regarding who the moderators are and how to message them from my phone. I just went to my PC and it is clearly seen from my computer. This was a Big help to my confusion so thank you very much!!
Hi fren
There is a link in the moderator section to privately contact the moderator team for any reason.
Welcome fren 😁
On mobile, if you click the search icon and scroll down on that page, you'll see a bunch of interesting things, including a list of the moderators.
I clicked on new post and I am not seeing what you are talking about with a list of all the moderators. However, I finally figured it out. You have to 1st go to the general chat post that is stickied every day. You then scroll to the link that says “rules for the rest of the site”. You are taken to a different screen and at the bottom of that page is a link called “modmail”. When you click on that you are taken to the message screen so you can send a direct message to the mods. I’m sure that I am probably not the only person that has been confused when looking at this site from a phone. I am so glad that I have finally figured this out.
Sorry... That was my mistake. I'll edit my comment, because you get the page I described by scrolling down after clicking the search icon, not the "new post" button.
On the sidebar, very bottom, it says Message the Moderators.
Can you see me now?
Did anybody catch that leprechaun streaking by just now 🤔
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I remember when folks were being called “handshake” on here 😂. They’d comment and someone would say “Oh ok handshake”. Good times.
usually that "ok, handshake..." was the nod to the rest of the community to make them realize that the dissenting comment from the new user could possibly be someone coming in and trying to dissuade people from the topic being discussed, using illogic and misinformation. you know, the typical tactic employed by the left. create a new account and pretend to be one of the group. the reason the "handshake" icon was created. would you like a coat or a brick? because this train has no brakes...
Yeah I know what it was for, it was just funny.
oh, I have always thought it funny. reminds me of when most of us had a sense of humor on this site...
Yes, shadow banning exists on scored