Update: Why is My Post Moderated or Filtered?
THE EXACT REASON: The short answer is that we don't know. It isn't necessarily a swear word. Comment moderation is a very complex and not entirely accurate algorithm. The software takes its best guess. There's no way you and I can know the specific reason a comment is filtered. Maybe you used a word that sounded to the algorithms like a particular pharmaceudical that people spam forums with, or you used the word "gambling" in a way an algorithm thinks might be a pitch for online gambling sites. The system necessarily uses adaptive, fuzzy logic, so there's no way to tell which of a gazillion rules was triggered. It's not just a simple set of linear rules, which could easily be defeated by spammers. We also didn't write the rules and can't edit them except for a few basic settings.
THE SOLUTION: There's no solution that guarantees it won't happen. If your comment is held for moderation, wait for Dr. Farrell to approve it. He checks routinely. If your comment or post is immediately filtered as "inappropriate", and it doesn't contain anything you think should trigger that, you can try posting again in a few minutes. If it contains a borderline word like "viagra", you can try omitting that. There's no procedure to white list certain words or phrases or certain users. The filter is either on for everyone or off for everyone. If we turn it off, you're going to see a lot more spam and profanity, and the community becomes unmanageable.
SECURITY IS A TRADEOFF: Unfortunately, we can't require locks on all the doors - just none of the doors we prefer to use. So, to secure the site, some comments might have to wait a day until we being approved in that day's round of moderated comments. Or your post might get wrongly flagged as inappropriate, and we won't know why or be able to do much about. It's the risk we take with putting up an intelligent spam barrier that is not outwitted with a simple rope ladder.
COMMENTS ARE FREE: Keep in mind, comments are a free feature. They're not part of paid membership, as evidenced by the fact they're open to everyone who registers at no charge. We don't guarantee that anyone is entitled to comment or post without ever having it moderated, and we don't promise to provide a reason for moderation (we'd be making it up, if we did). The reason we use an electronic system for moderation flagging is that it's just too opaque for us to operate manually across thousands of comments. If your comment goes to moderation, we appreciate your patience, and it will most likely be approved in the next round of comment approvals, which usually happens in a day or so.
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“Comments are free”
Well I’d certainly hope so. That’s why it’s called “free speech,” you know.
Anyway, the horror of behind-the-paywall comments — a gated community or a ghetto, depending on your point of view. And it’s well to remember that paywall articles referenced in the blog and in the Nefarium only deal with abstracts because of the monetary onus.
I’m really not being churlish here; we each came here for various reasons and with different intentions, and have various income levels. Some of us support JPF’s work by supporting the core of his work, by buying and reading his books.
They implement change a little at a time and it becomes the new normal –
A slow burn. David Bowie https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x6MDhtBEmCs
I’ll give you more security[from my wrath]
But you must give up some of your liberty[republic]
– [Corporate Fascism 101]
Testing…
(checking for Inepti tude by Nonenti ties through Plenti tude of Repeti tion )
http://www.wordfind.com/contains/ti t/
11 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Adventi tial
Adventi tias
Alti tudinal
Anti tarnish
Anti thyroid
Anti tobacco
Anti truster
Anti tumoral
Anti tussive
Anti typhoid
Apti tudinal
Asphalti tes
Atti tudinal
Biparti tely
Biparti tion
Colati tudes
Competi tion
Competi tive
Competi tors
Consti tuent
Consti tuted
Consti tutes
Degluti tion
Desti tuting
Desti tution
Disenti tled
Disenti tles
Disquanti ty
Divesti ture
Enti tlement
Exacti tudes
Facti tively
Hemsti tched
Hemsti tcher
Hemsti tches
Hepati tides
Hepati tises
Inapti tudes
Incerti tude
Inepti tudes
Ingrati tude
Insti tuters
Insti tuting
Insti tution
Insti tutors
Investi ture
Jacti tation
Kerati tides
Kerati tises
Lati tudinal
Midlati tude
Multi tasked
Multi tiered
Nicti tating
Nonenti ties
Nonidenti ty
Paroti tises
Parti tioned
Parti tioner
Parti tively
Peridoti tes
Peridoti tic
Periosti tis
Peti tionary
Peti tioners
Peti tioning
Plenti tudes
Procti tides
Procti tises
Prompti tude
Prostati tis
Prosti tuted
Prosti tutes
Prosti tutor
Pyrrhoti tes
Quanti tated
Quanti tates
Reinsti tute
Reparti tion
Repeti tions
Repeti tious
Resti tching
Resti tuting
Resti tution
Senecti tude
Shergotti te
Spessarti te
Stalacti tes
Stalacti tic
Sti tcheries
Sti tchworts
Substi tuent
Substi tuted
Substi tutes
Ti tanically
Ti tillating
Ti tillation
Ti tillative
Ti tivations
Ti tleholder
Ti trimetric
Ti ttivating
Topsti tched
Topsti tches
Unsti tching
10 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Adventi tia
Alberti tes
Anti theses
Anti thesis
Anti thetic
Anti toxins
Anti trades
Anti tragus
Anti tumors
Appeti tive
Argenti tes
Asphalti te
Backsti tch
Beati tudes
Carnoti tes
Celesti tes
Cementi tes
Certi tudes
Chasti ties
Cobalti tes
Colati tude
Competi tor
Consti tute
Cysti tides
Denti tions
Dermati tis
Desti tuted
Desti tutes
Dieti tians
Disenti tle
Enstati tes
Exacti tude
Facti tious
Ficti tious
Forti tudes
Grati tudes
Haemati tes
Helicti tes
Identi ties
Inapti tude
Inepti tude
Insti tuted
Insti tuter
Insti tutes
Insti tutor
Inti tuling
Locksti tch
Magneti tes
Masti tides
Misti tling
Multi tasks
Multi tones
Multi track
Multi tudes
Nicti tated
Nicti tates
Parti tions
Parti tives
Pasti tsios
Pegmati tes
Pegmati tic
Peridoti te
Peti teness
Peti tioned
Peti tioner
Plati tudes
Plenti tude
Prosti tute
Prousti tes
Pyrrhoti te
Quanti tate
Quanti ties
Recti tudes
Repeti tion
Repeti tive
Resti tched
Resti tches
Resti tuted
Resti tutes
Sancti ties
Solsti tial
Sorti tions
Stalacti te
Sti tchwort
Stomati tis
Substi tute
Subti tling
Ti tanesses
Ti tillated
Ti tillates
Ti tivating
Ti tivation
Ti tratable
Ti trations
Ti ttivated
Ti ttivates
Ti ttupping
Ti tularies
Triparti te
Troosti tes
Tungsti tes
Unchasti ty
Unsti tched
Unsti tches
Vasti tudes
Whipsti tch
9 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Alberti te
Alti tudes
Anti theft
Anti toxic
Anti toxin
Anti trade
Anti tragi
Anti trust
Anti tumor
Anti types
Anti typic
Appeti tes
Apti tudes
Argenti te
Atti tudes
Beati tude
Biparti te
Carnoti te
Celesti te
Cementi te
Certi tude
Cobalti te
Denti tion
Desti tute
Dieti tian
Enstati te
Enti tling
Facti tive
Forti tude
Grati tude
Haemati te
Helicti te
Hemati tes
Hemati tic
Hemsti tch
Hepati tis
Insti tute
Inti tling
Inti tuled
Inti tules
Kerati tis
Lati tudes
Magneti te
Mimeti tes
Misti tled
Misti tles
Multi task
Multi tone
Multi tude
Nicti tant
Nicti tate
Nonenti ty
Ouisti tis
Paroti tic
Paroti tis
Parti tion
Parti tive
Pasti tsio
Pasti tsos
Pegmati te
Peti tions
Petti toes
Plati tude
Poorti ths
Procti tis
Prousti te
Recti tude
Resti tute
Reti tling
Smalti tes
Smecti tes
Smecti tic
Sorti tion
Steati tes
Steati tic
Sti tchers
Sti tchery
Sti tching
Sti thying
Subti tled
Subti tles
Surti tles
Ti tanates
Ti tanisms
Ti tanites
Ti taniums
Ti thonias
Ti tillate
Ti tivated
Ti tivates
Ti trating
Ti tration
Ti trators
Ti tterers
Ti ttering
Ti ttivate
Ti ttuping
Ti ttupped
Ti tularly
Topsti tch
Troosti te
Tungsti te
Vasti ties
Vasti tude
Zarati tes
8 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Alti tude
Anti tank
Anti type
Apati tes
Appeti te
Apti tude
Atti tude
Bioti tes
Bioti tic
Bushti ts
Chasti ty
Cysti tis
Enti ties
Enti tled
Enti tles
Hemati te
Identi ty
Inti tled
Inti tles
Inti tule
Lati tude
Masti tic
Masti tis
Mimeti te
Misti tle
Multi ton
Nonti tle
Oti tides
Oti tises
Ouisti ti
Parti tas
Pasti tso
Peti tion
Poorti th
Quanti ty
Resti tch
Reti tled
Reti tles
Sancti ty
Smalti te
Smecti te
Steati te
Sti tched
Sti tcher
Sti tches
Sti thied
Sti thies
Subti tle
Surti tle
Tecti tes
Tekti tes
Tekti tic
Ti tanate
Ti taness
Ti tanias
Ti tanism
Ti tanite
Ti tanium
Ti tanous
Ti thable
Ti things
Ti thonia
Ti tivate
Ti tlarks
Ti tlists
Ti tmouse
Ti trable
Ti trants
Ti trated
Ti trates
Ti trator
Ti ttered
Ti tterer
Ti ttuped
Ti ttuppy
Ti tubant
Ti tulars
Ti tulary
Unsti tch
Unti tled
Zarati te
7 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Anti tax
Apati te
Bioti te
Bushti t
Enti tle
Inti tle
Parti ta
Parti te
Peti tes
Rati tes
Reti tle
Tecti te
Tekti te
Ti tania
Ti tanic
Ti tbits
Ti tfers
Ti thers
Ti thing
Ti tians
Ti tlark
Ti tling
Ti tlist
Ti tmice
Ti trant
Ti trate
Ti tters
Ti tties
Ti ttles
Ti ttups
Ti tular
Tomti ts
Vasti ty
6 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Enti ty
Oti tic
Oti tis
Peti te
Rati te
Sti tch
Sti thy
Ti tans
Ti tbit
Ti ters
Ti tfer
Ti thed
Ti ther
Ti thes
Ti tian
Ti tled
Ti tles
Ti tman
Ti tmen
Ti tres
Ti tter
Ti ttie
Ti ttle
Ti ttup
Tomti t
5 Letter words that contain the ‘banned’ three letters
Peti t
Ti tan
Ti ter
Ti the
Ti tis
Ti tle
Ti tre
In Grati tude for your Lati tude…
Proof case (modded or not modded):
Beatitudes
Proof case (modded or not modded):
Beati tudes (without space)
“Your comment is awaiting moderation.”
goshawks – August 24, 2017 at 6:19 am
Outstanding!
OH.. MI.. GO..shwaks.. how long did it take you to put spaces in all those words…
Quite a while. It was kind of a low-level Grail Quest to see if that many space-y ‘banned’ words would get through in one go. *grin* Plus, it was kind of a ‘public service’ for Commenters who might be using those three letters in common words and being modded. (Grrr.) Also, to reduce the Quanti ty or Vasti tude of modded comments that Joseph has to Ti trate each day…
Bravo Goshawks, I do appreciate your spirit of defiance.
We can imagine how the ghost in the machine is training our school children in their thoughts, words, actions and ideology.
Moderation is one more tool for control which is the ultimate goal. Security is used in place of freedom.
I’ve learned to be patient and not try to defeat them too often. I have a hard enough time keeping my spelling and grammar correct–and still wonder why some words are changed between my cut and paste from ‘pages’ to the box after posting the comment.
A.I.??? It’s a mixed curse. Yes, it keeps the profanity down. I would like to think the majority of people here have a well developed vocabulary and use words for their power of expression. The problem with these algorithms is the unpublished rules and lists of words that are likely to trip them. Perhaps this is a necessary inconvenience, but these bots do seem to skirt the line between “security” and censorship. I’m glad Dr. Farrell uses them to keep the site clean, but he should have a greater say in how the rules are fashioned and applied. Many of us here are worried as much about the latter as the former–and this only places a greater burden on Dr. Farrell. Rather than wasting time to approve these I would rather see him writing!
Having stated my opinion here, I would like to at least say thank you for posting tips on bypassing this AI black hole. I do appreciate all of those efforts–and some of these ideas are brilliant. If they are not often used doesn’t mean they are not appreciated, as you have taken your time to assist me with a simple thing. I just wonder, though, whether the only way to demonstrate how asinine some of these bots predictions are is to let them happen. We learn just as much about their artificiality as we do their lack of intelligence.
Ideas. Have a robot check required b4 posting each comment. And/or require commenters be only paid members. That commenter type membership can b nominal. Like 5 usd per year. Some number spammers n trolls r unlikely to pay. Any other ideas?
The reason to have an algorithm moderator is security.
Security being some sort of malware?
Security being some sort of bad language?
Copyright? Or some TRL’s[3-ltr acronyms]
SQL, XSS, CSRF,
Broken authentication, session mgmt., etc.?
We have the run the gauntlet of AI inspection for our comments to appear on this and other websites . Thanks for enlightening us of this situation.
Me trying to find that ‘elusive’ inappropriate word in the latest wall-of-text I’m trying to post.. http://media.giphy.com/media/AzdZrT9OGEIyQ/giphy.gif
Thanks for clearing that up. We all were thinking that using the word “Consti tutional” was setting off the mod bot cuz he was on the lookout for, uh, forward-facing mammalian milk dispensers.
Here’s hoping our good doctor is doing well and merely taking a breather.
Here! Here!
Well, according to the Beatles, it’s also there, as well as everywhere. You know what they told me back when I was going to private churchianity school? Besides telling me that, if I played the White Album backwards, I would hear that Paul is dead? (But one shouldn’t play it forward or backward, as syncopated beats are the work of the devil, mind you) They told me that “Strawberry Fields Forever” was actually an ode to mary wanna, since slacker stoners are known to plant pot in strawberry fields, cuz strawberry plants camouflage pot plants.
Know whacha get when you play a country song backwards? Getcher wife back, getcher truck back, getcher dog back…..
Lisa In The Sky W/Diamonds
Hey Jude
“cuz strawberry plants camouflage pot plants”…
Wha…?????
Strawberries (https://wiki.nurserylive.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5d4fca7fec9be8618e016588350d62ad547a1691.png) vs Mari Juan HA! (http://media.salon.com/2017/03/marijuana_illinois_53857.jpg-1280×960.jpg)
I’d understand Sage, Mint, Basil or Gardinias or Marigolds to mask Pot Smell.. but you’re gonna need full grown Wheat or Corn to compete with 4th stage plants.. they’re huge… but if you need to mask the smell that much, Id suggest going straight to Carbon Filter’s or you’re gonna get busted 🙂
Ah.. just read the rest of your post.. Dont mess about with backtracking. Its more insidious than you think.
Forget about the Beatles.. what’s done is done. Worry A LOT MORE about anything Jay Z or Beyonce or Rihanna or anyone associated by any means possible to Marina Abramović are doing. Those are the real problems..
Then you also have the problemes linked to the Disney machine and MK… so.. Katy Pery and Lady Googoogaga.. but that’s more linked to the Tavistock program than real satanism..
Groups like Iron Maiden make no apology for using satanic verse and describing rituals in their songs..
Then you have the old Thelemists like Jimmy Paige and new occultists like KLF, (imitating massacring their fans at a concert with fake machineguns.. they burnt a million dollars.. wonder what that was about..) or Peter Christopherson and John Balance, Christopherson introduced Genesis to the work of Austin Osman Spare. (shout out to Baz).
I suppose that occultism in songs isnt a bad thing.. Back Tracking and pschology linked to satanism.. in my opinion.. is.