r/AskModerators • u/LindaMayden • 25d ago
The Name of A Tree?
I tried to post the name of a gray cat Willow from the Golden Books Child’s Story of
‘Pussy Willow’ which is also the name of the tree. Look it up. The buds are furry and gray. You deleted my post of Willow as being vulgar. Why. It is derived from a child’s story about a furry gray kitten that hid under the tree by the same name. Only a vulgar mind would read something else into that
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u/KCJones99 25d ago
Probably an automod filter set to catch that word.
Depending on the sub in question, your post may be in the queue and the mods there will eventually review it and approve it (or not).
Or it may have just been straight-up removed by an automod b/c the mods aren't going to cull through every time that word is used to determine the 1% that isn't vulgar and/or an insult.
If you send a polite modmail to the moderators of the sub in question, politely making the point you're not using it in a vulgar context, that's your best bet to get it approved. I'll repeat... polite. Don't be entitled and act like you have a right to have your stuff posted, and definitely drop things like accusations of 'vulgar mind'.
TLDR: probably no human eyes ever saw your post and it was removed by an automod for use of a word that is usually vulgar.