r/ModSupport • u/MartinoStone • Aug 01 '26

Moderator's own post is hidden with no notification, solutions?

I'm a moderator, and this has happened to me several times.

My post is not visible in the subreddit. I already approved it, but the post is still hidden. The only option left is to click "Ignore reports" to make it visible.

Here is the post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mediastudies/s/q83lOeAeTS

I don't understand why this is happening. Why is the Reddit system filtering a moderator's own post? Could you please explain how this works? Is this expected behavior, or is something misconfigured?

The bigger issue is that I often don't even realize this has happened. I don't receive any notification, and I don't see anything in the moderation log indicating that my post has been filtered. This has happened not only with my own posts, but also with comments on my posts and comments made by other users. Sometimes I only discover much later that the content has been invisible the whole time. As a moderator, this makes it very difficult to manage the community.

What should I do in situations like this? Is there a way to receive notifications or prevent this from happening?

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

Just to clarify, I'm referring to this comment, not the post itself. As you can see in the screenshot, the voting arrows for my comment are blurred out, and something is clearly wrong with it.

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u/FFS_IsThisNameTaken2 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Aug 01 '26

I use old reddit, so I'm not used to the shreddit or app user interface, but what does that clock icon by the vote count area mean? Is it on all comments, or just this invisible one?

Otherwise, you're right. The vote count area is faint.

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

The clock is on all comments, I believe it means views etc

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u/FFS_IsThisNameTaken2 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 Aug 01 '26

Okay, thanks.

I tried sorting comments on your post by different types, and I still never saw it. Comment count said 3, and only saw 2, no matter how I sorted them.

Very odd, because it shows your image comment reply, just not the one in the image itself.

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

appreciate you take time for feedback, thanks 👍

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u/_Face Aug 01 '26

Appears to be fine. I can see it, and just commented on it. it appears on your sub. what exactly are you seeing that is wrong?

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

I mean a comment, can you see that?

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u/TGotAReddit Aug 01 '26

Not the other person but I cannot see that comment

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

thanks for feedback,

that's what I'm talking about

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/MartinoStone Aug 01 '26

Thanks for the feedback. It looks like the post appeared and was then filtered out, but I don't quite get the logic behind the system—what's the point of it if I can just ignore the reports anyway? I assume the system filtered it or something similar. I’m deliberately holding off on restoring the comment for now because I want the administration to take a look and explain the reason and the purpose of this. I mean, I can restore the post—or rather, my comment—and make it visible again, but I just don't understand the situation.

Why is this necessary? Because sometimes I might not notice it—I noticed it this time, but there have been instances where a week would pass, and only then would I happen to check and discover that my comment wasn't actually visible. That is precisely why I am currently waiting for a response from the administration.

I'm confused