Lost posts

[Robin]

I've been trying to post to the 'Paint Shop Pro X4' topic. Three posts - and none have got past
the moderator it seems. No contact details available, so I can't ask him why.

Any guidance here?


Robin

[Ken Berry]

As I said in response to one of those posts, after approving it, new users have to have their first three posts approved by a Moderator before they will appear. We were forced to take this step some time ago in order to prevent spammers posting their wares. That has worked well. So I am afraid new users will just have to be patient. As I also said, this Board is staffed by volunteers, not Corel employees, and while we usually approve and answer posts quite quickly, there are bound to be times when there will be a gap, as apparently happened in your case. But double posting the same message will still be blocked...

[Robin]

I don't recall seeing that explanation before.

I posted the message a second time because the first had disappeared into limbo.
I'm an active member of several forums and have never seen this sort of thing before.

A really nice way to treat new members: we're spammers until we prove otherwise.

Terrific...thanks a lot. I'm gone from here, mate.


Robin

[Ken Berry]

That's fine. Your choice. But I suspect you would have thought differently if you had been at the receiving end of literally hundreds of spam registrations we received every day before introducing this measure...

[Ron P.]

Sorry you feel that way. However if you look around at those forums, you will most likely have to put up with a bunch of garbage spam, some which is pretty graphic. As Ken stated most of the time, it is not long before you're 3 posts have been approved.

You're first post did not disappear, the Moderators and Admin can see those posts. That's why Ken, new that you had double-posted. When a staff member sees them, and can tell it is not spam, it is immediately approved, and most of the time provide a response at that time.