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notawoodpecker · Member · Nov 26, 2012 at 11:41 pm
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Several times now, I’ve made posts on various threads and I can’t tell if they appear to others or not.

Case in point. I just replied on this thread, but it didn’t show as though I did on the thread topic list.

Within the thread, the stats shows as:

This topic has 8 posts
2 posters
Latest reply from timethief

when in reality, there are 9 posts from 3 posters and mine was the latest.

Some kind of timing issue or Spam filter?

It happened on a thread or two yesterday also.
timethief · Member · Nov 26, 2012 at 11:55 pm
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Hey there,
Log out and then view the threads in question. If you can’t see your comment when you are logged out then it’s in the spam filter.

P.S. re: the thread you indicate above
I have already posted everything was to say into that thread.
notawoodpecker · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 12:03 am
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^^ Yes, but we were apparently posting at the same time since yours wasn’t there when I started, hence the close timestamps.

Can you see my last post after yours there?

I’m just trying to figure out why this happens in case it continues to.
timethief · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 12:07 am
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No I cannot see any comments by you in that thread and to be honest I didn’t expect to see any. I said everything there was to say – no help needed thanks.
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 27, 2012 at 12:32 am
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@notawoodpecker,
I just fished you out of the spam filter. Just in case that makes a difference as to whether you will be caught again.

It’s something that happens for reasons I cannot explain. It happens a lot to timethief, but she posts a lot. It also happens to some non-spamming first-time users.

If you modlook the thread and tag “notawoodpecker invisible” I might see it to fish you out. But I’m a volunteer, and have a life away from these forums, so I may not see it right away. Usually I check over here a few times per day…
notawoodpecker · Member · Nov 27, 2012 at 12:51 am
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^^ OK, cool. I just didn’t understand what was happening. Just one of those things I guess. Seems like I’ve noticed it when I post at the same time as someone else.
notawoodpecker · Member · Dec 14, 2012 at 12:24 pm
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Happened again this morning for no apparent reason.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/missing-plugins?replies=5

And once last night:

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/option-to-delete-comment-on-my-blog?replies=2#post-1094735
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm
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I fished out your comments. I monitor the forum tags for “modlook” but if a thread is not marked, then I won’t see it easily. It’s helpful to add to the tags that you are invisible.

There was a day or two recently when almost ever post I made was spammed… happens to us all.
notawoodpecker · Member · Dec 14, 2012 at 1:44 pm
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It’s helpful to add to the tags that you are invisible.

But when you’re invisible, nothing posts. Not sure if tags do or not.

Thanks anyways.
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 14, 2012 at 1:57 pm
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No, you can add tags. Timethief does it all the time.
auxclass · Member · Dec 14, 2012 at 2:13 pm
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When you are “invisible” your posts are still there – it is that nobody else but you can see them

Also a bit tricky but if you make a post and you are spammed then the post counter will go up by one but the previous poster will show as the last poster not you – but it is a bit tricky sometimes to see and catch things that way
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Dec 14, 2012 at 3:10 pm
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Yes, the posts are there. But unless the thread is tagged modlook, I won’t know to check.

As a volunteer, I don’t have time to read every thread in these forums ≥^!^≤ .

But you should still be able to add tags.

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