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Mod note on 'Why delay anon Asks?'

According to Brandon Blatcher, all anonymous AskMes are automatically delayed at least 48 hours.

There's an update to this, I was incorrect.

I wait for the queue button to turn green (as demonstrated here)before checking and approving anon AskMe's. That button turns green after 22 hours (created a test post to verify this).

So the Anon AskMe's are not automatically delayed for 48 hours. They do sit in a queue for 22 hours before the system "green lights" them for a mod to review and post. But the posts can be reviewed and published at any time once they're in the Anon queue.

The queue button turns red after 48 hours, I think, still testing this part (will know this evening around 8pm ET). I've only seen the red button once or twice, when we were checking with other mods about a problematic post, so it did sit for a while.

Apologies for confusion, hope this clarifies things
Mod Comment by Brandon Blatcher on Oct. 10 at 7:38 AM to MetaTalk post Why delay anon Asks?
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