Stupid question: Post approvals in forum

[elmi4711]

So… to close the loop myself, here’s the official explanation

Censorship!

Thank you @Maggie8K you are spot on! Our forum provider Discourse has different trust levels. All new members posts are manually approved to avoid bots, spam and to help new users. The more the members engage with the forum the quicker they move up the trust levels. Trust levels and the criteria are pre-set by Discourse across all of their forums. This might be a useful link from Discourse as it explains trust levels: Understanding Discourse Trust Levels It might be helpful to know that your …