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What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 12:13:40 PM

Wanderling

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Is there something to these [Awaiting Approval] threads besides the bare obvious?

I mean, sure, it's awaiting approval by someone.
But nobody posted that as a thread title, so someone (certainly a mod) locked it pending, um, what?

Obviously pending an "approval".
But an approval of what?

Approval that the topic is relevant? (probably not because topics are wide here and relevance is kind of quick to assess).
Approval that the poster is legit? (probably not because the definition of legit is whether or not the op is a robot or human).
Approval that the content of the message is within the TOS? (again, that would be easy to assess in a split second).

It's not a big deal, and I will still sleep soundly tonight not knowing why a series of posts are "Awaiting Approval" instead of just being locked or removed or edited or moved.

I'm just curious what's DIFFERENT about these posts.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 12:28:47 PM

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The lock is automatic when someone is on time out and they have to wait till mod gets around to a review to make sure that poster is not violating code of conduct or whatever the reason for their ban. After review the thread may be opened for general discussion. If there is still some sort of violation it may be modified or just go away altogether.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 12:32:43 PM

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ORIGINAL: Wanderling

I'm just curious what's DIFFERENT about these posts.

It means the poster either violated the ToS or the guidelines of the forums repeatedly, even after being warned. So, they get put on the restriction that every post has to be reviewed and approved by a Moderator. If the post is relevant, it will be released. If it's not the post is removed.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 12:33:39 PM

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The quick explanation is that the person who started the thread is currently under moderation. That means all of that person's posts much be approved by a moderator prior to them being visible to the general members. It allows the Mods to make sure that particular poster isn't violating forum rules before the topic hits the boards.

Sometimes, a temporary forum ban is no posting privileges at all. That means it is up to the discretion of the Mods if they will allow the post at all during a certain time frame. If the poster's time out is for two weeks, the Mods don't technically have to approve anything from that poster until that time is up. They may choose to approve a topic but this can also be time consuming because the person who posted the original is still on moderation, so they can't really interact with anybody who responds to the thread unless those posts are approved by the moderator as well.

It doesn't necessarily take long. However, approving forum posts isn't terribly high on the priority scale. It probably comes far behind matters that must be addressed by Support, removing violations from profiles, and responding to tickets reporting violations in other areas. Items of higher urgency are dealt with first and the least important things last.

I hope that answers your question.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 1:04:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

It doesn't necessarily take long. However, approving forum posts isn't terribly high on the priority scale.

We were told that no AA post was to be approved any sooner than 72 hours.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 1:09:04 PM

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ORIGINAL: BitaTruble

The lock is automatic when someone is on time out and they have to wait till mod gets around to a review to make sure that poster is not violating code of conduct or whatever the reason for their ban. After review the thread may be opened for general discussion. If there is still some sort of violation it may be modified or just go away altogether.

Thank you bitatruble for explaining that.
It did not occur to me that the [Awaiting Approval] was AUTOMATIC!

For whatever reason, I had thought a mod manually changed the title and manually locked the thread, pending some sort of investigation.

From what you said, my thought process was all wrong.
The [Awaiting Approval] is automatic.

Now it begins to make sense.
However, I wonder why they don't just also automatically HIDE the thread until it passes the manual approval process?
That way, everyone else wouldn't have to see what is, essentially, meaningless to us (and only meaningful to the op).

Here's what I would do if I knew how to code web pages:
1. Naughty OP get put in the corner on timeout for whatever reason
2. Naughty OP subsequently posts a thread during the timeout period
3. Naughty OP gets a message saying the thread is awaiting approval (in mail or cs mail or a pop up or whatever)
4. The rest of us see nothing - and we never see the thread until it actually passes approval

That's how they do comments on news stories, for example.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 1:13:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: Wanderling

However, I wonder why they don't just also automatically HIDE the thread until it passes the manual approval process?

With the current software, hiding has to be done manually by the moderator. That would mean finding every thread that the particular poster has made since moderation, then remembering to read those threads and approving them.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 1:36:00 PM

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The OP is a brand new member, joined 10/14/15. So the OP created TOS violation posts on the first day and got under moderation?

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 1:45:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: MikeRaven
The OP is a brand new member, joined 10/14/15. So the OP created TOS violation posts on the first day and got under moderation?

The OP of this thread is not the same screen name as the one that has two [Awaiting Approval] threads on the General BDSM Discussion board. I thought those posts were the ones that prompted the question.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 2:04:58 PM

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ORIGINAL: MikeRaven

The OP is a brand new member, joined 10/14/15. So the OP created TOS violation posts on the first day and got under moderation?

If it's a sock account for someone that already is on moderation, the new account would also be placed on moderation. Also, there are people that are so obnoxious that they manage to get on moderation or booted on the first day.

If you're talking about the OP of this thread, he's not on AA.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 5:53:07 PM

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
If you're talking about the OP of this thread, he's not on AA.

Thanks. I should have made it clear that I'm not the guy on AA.
I was just curious because I saw those two AA threads which were useless to us and I wondered why they were even there.

What's the difference between putting someone on AA versus putting them on "Guest"?
Is it just that "Guest" is permanent and that AA is temporary?

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 6:34:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: Wanderling

quote:

ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
If you're talking about the OP of this thread, he's not on AA.

Thanks. I should have made it clear that I'm not the guy on AA.
I was just curious because I saw those two AA threads which were useless to us and I wondered why they were even there.

What's the difference between putting someone on AA versus putting them on "Guest"?
Is it just that "Guest" is permanent and that AA is temporary?

The way it was structured was that AA was the first level of time out. You can still post, but it requires every post be read and approved by a moderator. The next level was being banned from the forum for a set period of time. If they're a spammer or consistent problem child they can be banned until the cows come home.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 7:36:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
The next level was being banned from the forum for a set period of time.

Is "banned" the same as "guest"?

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/15/2015 7:47:40 PM

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It means they are unable to access the forums while logged in. They can only see the forums if they are not logged in and guests cannot post.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/16/2015 1:29:00 AM

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
It means they are unable to access the forums while logged in. They can only see the forums if they are not logged in and guests cannot post.

Thanks.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/16/2015 12:07:37 PM

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact
The OP of this thread is not the same screen name as the one that has two [Awaiting Approval] threads on the General BDSM Discussion board. I thought those posts were the ones that prompted the question.

LadyPact is correct.
There wasn't much going on in the forums, so I sneaked a look at the profile that now has three [Awaiting Approval] threads cluttering the forum.

Without naming names, I'd say the profile is highly suspicious, to me, with almost 100% certainty it's a scam:
a. The profile picture is easily found on the net by a google reverse search
b. Most of the definite hits point to web pages which ask you to kik "her"
c. "She" is the exact same picture in all the (kik me) web pages
d. "She" is purported to be a 20 year old from LA in these non-Collarspace pages
e. On Collarspace, "She" is a female/female slave/slave couple from Texas (now what could be better than that?)
f. And, the profile text, while I won't repeat it, is unbelievable at best (far too good to be true, basically)

I could go on, but there is no way that the profile is even 1/1000000th legit, so, without even ever having seen the three [Awaiting Approval} threads, I'll wager that they were really just disguised methods of getting idiots to "kik" her (whatever that means).

I'm sorry I don't know what "kik me" even means (yes, I know it's some kind of social media page).
But, where is the money in this effort by this profile?
Because, money is certainly involved.

PS: I would post the pages where the same profile picture is used for a 20-year old in LA but I don't want to violate the TOS so you will need to do the reverse google search on your own (or, someone can let me know that I can post the URL).

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/17/2015 8:35:37 AM

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
We were told that no AA post was to be approved any sooner than 72 hours.

The way one of the AA folks is going this morning, I'd probably keep that policy all of the way around.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/17/2015 9:13:10 AM

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

quote:

ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
We were told that no AA post was to be approved any sooner than 72 hours.

The way one of the AA folks is going this morning, I'd probably keep that policy all of the way around.

I'm actually enjoying it greatly. It's the sadist in me.

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RE: What is the significance of [Awaiting Approval] - 10/17/2015 9:48:19 AM

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ORIGINAL: OsideGirl
I'm actually enjoying it greatly. It's the sadist in me.

We'll have to be different on this one. To me, it's more like a mime with attention issues screwing with the conversation.

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