Posts being deleted from existance?

[canucks4life]

I tried to reply to a post twice today and within like 10min it vanishes without a trace?

[canucks4life]

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@computergeek541 wrote:

From what I recall, it would happen if you tried to edit a post to correct a mistake or add something a few times within a minute or so.  I have no idea why the system then deletes your message. It could be that each time you edit and click on "post", it counts it as a new message, and there could be some time of spam filter at work that suspects that if you post more than 5 posts in 5 minutes (or some other predefined post count or timeframe), you might be posting advertising.  That's just speculation, of course.

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That could be it I did edit the post a couple times...will have to do a better job of proof reading I guess

[computergeek541 · Accepted solution]

From what I recall, it would happen if you tried to edit a post to correct a mistake or add something a few times within a minute or so.  I have no idea why the system then deletes your message. It could be that each time you edit and click on "post", it counts it as a new message, and there could be some time of spam filter at work that suspects that if you post more than 5 posts in 5 minutes (or some other predefined post count or timeframe), you might be posting advertising.  That's just speculation, of course.

[Someone_here]

Yes it happens sometimes, I think it somehow gets automatically held for review as said before, but mine never reappeared. There is actually a page (can find the link) where you can see your "moderated posts" waiting to be approved. Not sure what triggers the automatic holding...

[computergeek541]

I've had it happen a few times as well.  From what I could tell, after I typed a message, it would just never show up.

[SD08]

I've had that happen to me once or twice before, but the last time was months ago. The posts eventually reappeared. I think maybe it was held for review because something triggered a spam filter, though I don't know what specific words would have caused it.  Could be just a glitch too.