Comments on Posts get flagged?

Is it normal to respond to someone and your posts are getting flagged by the system?

My messages don’t violate the guidelines, I believe and are helpful.

Seems a little discouraging to type multiple paragraphs for suggestions and it to get taken down immediately :frowning:

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I agree, this is getting really frustrating.

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Yeah. Towards the end of last year, we were hit by persistent forum trolls, which rendered the forum unusable. As a result, the automatic filtering functionality was significantly enhanced.
This has led to a significant increase in false positives…

There are some patterns, such as posts containing URLs being more prone to this, so I try to avoid them as much as possible based on my intuition. However, I still get caught occasionally.

Posts without issues are manually restored by staff during working hours. Problematic posts are deleted.

So, for urgent communications, it’s better to use email, GitHub, or Discord. However, the forum has the advantage (or disadvantage?) of being easily searchable by search engines, so it’s important to use the right tool for the right purpose.

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