r/modhelp • u/ILIKE2FLYTHINGS • 1d ago

Tools Disable approval

For some reason, despite having set the option to disable all forms of mod approval, all posts on our sub reddit remain invisible until someone approves them. Can someone from Reddit fix this bug?

Desktop Windows 10 Pro

BBS/forums were so much less convoluted -_- XMB, PHPBB, VB.. all the "modern" things aren't at all upgrades šŸ––

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u/Unique-Public-8594 1d ago edited 1d ago

Hi. Looks like you are referring to a brand new public sub, right?

What indication is there that new posts are not visible without mod approval?

Most public subs donā€™t need ā€œApproval Modeā€ turned off. Posts are live without approval. Approval is shown as an option to undo a removal.Ā 

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u/ILIKE2FLYTHINGS 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just checked, the posts are *not* visible until approved.

Created a new post called "Test" and wrote a similar message. It is not visible to anyone except myself (and presumably any mod). I tested this by opening a browser window in private, browsing to the community and lo and behold the Test post is not there.

That functionality is exactly the opposite of the way its configured, all content should display by default unless otherwise explicitly and intentionally removed. And if so, that's what the delete option is for.

So even once this bug is fixed, its still not even checking the state before displaying options to the user? This is laziness. I don't want the "feature" at all. Bad content needs to be deleted, not retained.

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u/Unique-Public-8594 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is your missing post shown in Top sort but not New sort?

AltArea51, right? I see your Test Post there. Six posts total, plus a Welcome Message set as a Community Highlight.)

I added a post successfully without approval too. Ā 

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u/ILIKE2FLYTHINGS 2h ago

Weird, but thanks! It still isn't showing up for me, maybe its my app. I don't even know lol

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