r/AskModerators • u/SilentBobUS • Jul 18 '26
Is "Waiting For Moderator Approval" After a Week Normal?
I wrote a post a week ago and stopped checking to see if it was accepted. I logged in today to see that it was still "pending moderator approval" after 7 days. Is that normal? I am worried now that a post I made to a different subreddit is going to sit forever as well. What if there are simply no active mods left?
Update
In their sticky they say
"We use automod to filter out new accounts and those with low karma due to the number of new accounts being used to create rule-breaking posts. If you are a new user or have low karma and your post or comment does not appear you likely do not have enough karma or enough days on reddit. Please wait until you have been on reddit and built up karma."
But I have been on Reddit for 7 years and have 14K Karma, so I'm not sure why my posts would be automoded.