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Site Issue With Comments Going Into Moderation

by WaterGirl|  October 24, 20239:47 am| 24 Comments

This post is in: Open Threads, Previous Site Maintenance, Site Maintenance

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Good morning!

It appears that we are having issues with our spam filter.

Can anyone tell me what time the first comments started going into moderation this morning?

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24Comments

  1. 1.

    Betty Cracker

    October 24, 2023 at 10:00 am

    First one I saw was comment #35 in the late night thread at 7:21.

  2. 2.

    Yutsano

    October 24, 2023 at 10:02 am

    I’m not sure on the timing but it just happened to me on the On the Road thread. Rood.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 10:06 am

    @Betty Cracker: Oh, so helpful, thank you!

  4. 4.

    David Anderson

    October 24, 2023 at 10:09 am

    920 or so in the Jenna Ellis plea deal open thread comment #8

  5. 5.

    Danielx

    October 24, 2023 at 10:17 am

    @David Anderson:

    So I’d be wasting my time if I posted a link to Another One Bites The Dust?

  6. 6.

    catclub

    October 24, 2023 at 10:19 am

    The best comment moderation is where only the poster sees it ( and claims victory for stunning the rest into silence) and other people are not bothered by it.

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    October 24, 2023 at 10:29 am

    One comment of mine went through without incident, but at least three others (all since about 9:30) simply didn’t post. They weren’t in moderation limbo, they just … “poof!”

  8. 8.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    October 24, 2023 at 10:33 am

    Haven’t seen the problem, but my last comment was this morning at about … I forget when, but it was date-stamped 3:17am. (By the way, what time zone are those comment date stamps? Eastern?)

    Anyway, that should hopefully help with giving an early bound to when the problem started.

  9. 9.

    Paul in KY

    October 24, 2023 at 10:45 am

    I just had 3 or 4 go to moderation. On the ‘Pratt Article’. 1st 3 were fine.

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 10:51 am

    @Paul in KY: That detail is super helpful!

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 10:51 am

    @Bruce K in ATH-GR: Balloon juice time is Eastern time.

  12. 12.

    Kay

    October 24, 2023 at 10:53 am

    No but I would like to register an extremely cranky complaint for this free service :)

  13. 13.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    October 24, 2023 at 10:55 am

    When someone found Baud’s pants?

  14. 14.

    OzarkHillbilly

    October 24, 2023 at 10:56 am

    @Kay: ​ Thank you, Kay. I was afraid I was gonna have to be the one.

  15. 15.

    UncleEbeneezer

    October 24, 2023 at 10:57 am

    I demand a refund!

  16. 16.

    Geminid

    October 24, 2023 at 11:12 am

    “No Russet, No Peace!”

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 11:36 am

    @Kay: Noted!  :-)

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 11:37 am

    I believe we are fixed.

    Post a comment here, please, if you go into moderation, and note the time and the thread you were commenting in.

  19. 19.

    Alison Rose

    October 24, 2023 at 11:41 am

    Testing, testing, 1 2 3

    ETA looks good!

  20. 20.

    Tony Jay

    October 24, 2023 at 11:54 am

    I had one go into moderation just before 8am on the Late Night Open Thread. It was especially hurtful because I was mocking Cornel West and that’s supposed to be a free action.

  21. 21.

    Paul in KY

    October 24, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    My moderated comments on the Nepo Baby article were restored for humanity. Thanks!

  22. 22.

    BretH

    October 24, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    @Betty Cracker: yep, I think I was the first at least in that thread. Didn’t seem an unusual post but there was a word in there that I’m sure WP wouldn’t have recognized.

  23. 23.

    BretH

    October 24, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    Esshgtyyy

    testing 🙂

  24. 24.

    WaterGirl

    October 24, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    @Tony Jay: I think it might be there?  There was a long one from you re: Cornel West at 6-something, maybe you are in a different time zone from BJ?

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