Then new forum moderation

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Saturday, 22 September 2018 at 14:58:58 UTC, aberba wrote:
> I'm just seeing a ..."Your message has been saved, and will be 
> posted after being **approved** by a moderator". This doesn't 
> make sense.

Your post was flagged by the spam filter. It was a false 
positive, which sometimes occurs with very short posts, as was 
yours. It was approved a few minutes after it was submitted.

> 1. what criteria decides if my comment deserves approval or not?

Your post is not spam, an attack on other forum members, or 
egregiously inflammatory / off-topic.

> 2. Is there a full-time moderator available to ensure there no 
> bureaucracy/delay?

There are several persons who receive moderation notices and can 
act on them.

I generally receive email throughout the day, so you could at 
least count me as a full-time moderator.

> 3. Is it not a much more better approach to delete when its 
> reported as inappropriate by the public?

No. We did this until this year. This resulted in:

- Lots of spam (despite the spam filter and CAPTCHA). Web forums 
attract a LOT of spambots (and humans paid to post spam).

- Spam in mailing list users' inboxes, even after a moderator 
deleted it off the forum, since you can't unsend an email.

The new method catches a lot of spam that would otherwise get 
through. You don't see it, but the moderators do.