comments held for moderation?

[luvmy2angels]

How come all of my replies to threads are being held for moderation? Or most of them anyway? Its pretty hard to participate when I can't post!

[Cynthia Mosher]

Looks like our spam filter is holding your posts because you are linking to a website. Avoid the linking and your posts should make it through fine. :)

[luvmy2angels]

why is that not allowed? I've seen links around here...
 

[Cynthia Mosher]

Rules wise, for more established members it's usually fine - as long as it is not promotional linking. But for a new member our system perceives it as spamming and marks the post for moderation. 

[erinTNgirl]

Hello,

I am having the same issue. I am a new member and tried to post a reply to a thread, but it said it was held for moderation. I do not know what link I would have attached to me?

Please help!

erinTNgirl

[Cynthia Mosher]

Hi erinTNgirl and welcome to Mothering! 

I'm not sure why any of your posts were held for moderation. I've checked them all and they seem fine to me - nothing that would have been grabbed by our filter. I have set you as a trusted member so you shouldn't have this problem anymore. 

[erinTNgirl]

Thanks so much!

[BlessedJess]

I need some help, too. But *blush* I've already started another thread. I wanted to apologize for the redundant thread and was hoping to see resolution to the moderation situation as well. I'm not linking to anything. It just happens when I least expect it.

[Cynthia Mosher]

I've set you as a trusted member so hopefully that will resolve it for you too. :)

[BlessedJess]

Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosher 

I've set you as a trusted member so hopefully that will resolve it for you too. :)

Thank you, thank you! :-D

[micromama]

I am having the same problem, but am not posting links... any suggestions? Thanks for your help!

[SuzieSmiles]

I'm having the same problem, it seems every 3rd post or so is being held for moderation and I don't recall putting any links in my posts, I did add a photo... Some were held that I tried to post yesterday and I haven't seen them come up (clear) yet...?

[Ann-Marita]

A new thread I made last night (right here in Q&S) is being held for moderation.  No links, and I'm far from new.

[Cynthia Mosher]

Originally Posted by Ann-Marita 

A new thread I made last night (right here in Q&S) is being held for moderation.  No links, and I'm far from new.

All posts to this forum are moderated so that an administrator will read and respond first. 

[BeagleSmuggler]

I'm having the same problem. Some.... but not all.... of my posts are being held for moderation. It keeps saying it's because I'm new. How long do I have to be here before it STOPS doing this. I'm not using any links. I'm really frustrated by this. 

[Cynthia Mosher]

BeagleSmuggler (how dare you!) - I set you as a trusted member so you should not have this problem anymore on the general forums. If you do just post again to let me know and I'll dig deeper.