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Comments awaiting moderator approval

A topic by SSM reloaded created Jan 04, 2026 Views: 1,292 Replies: 35
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Hello,

For the past month, all of my comments on itch.io have been stuck in the, “awaiting moderator approval” state.

This happens even when I write normal comments, I’m not sure what I’m missing when posting.

I would like to know if my account is being automatically flagged, or if there is a specific requirement for topic bodies when posting in the Questions & Support forum.

Any guidance on how to resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and support.

Moderator

Please see one of the many topics with a similar subject on the first page of this category. I last posted a full explanation three days ago.

Your request (334448) has been received and is being reviewed by our support staff. I Emailed The Support And I got this email in return.

Moderator

I've let our admins know about your ticket.

It's been 5 days today i tried to comment on a game again and what i see "awaiting moderator approval", u should actually do something ot rather say we are useless admins who can't do anything for user 

Moderator

...I'm a community moderator. As explained in the rules of this category, our admins don't watch the forum so aren't likely to see your post.

I'll Clarify one thing I'm not being disrespectful but i play games from here and i let the publisher of game know how i liked the game like any other player but if i can't let my thoughts known to the game publisher then what's the point

  

Your account restrictions will be lifted eventually. Your thoughts are not time critical, unless you were commenting on a jam game. 

Any review will still reach the developer as fast as the developer would read those. (At least I do not think they are restricted. You can post in public message board normally too.)

Waiting time is about 40 days in my estimate. Could be longer because of the recent holidays. And because so many people write tickets about it. Support is bound to ignore any and all such tickets, in my opinion. It is pointless to waste time on that. They better do the actual work.

Yes, I have the same problem, I write any comments (except for those in the game jam) and they go to moderation, it's very sad

I emailed support over a week ago, and got "Your request (332610) has been received and is being reviewed by our support staff." But still nothing. Kinda makes me wonder how many people work on this site if issues like that can go unaddressed for... I think it's been like a month and a half since the issues started.

Moderator (1 edit)

I've let our admins know about your ticket.

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Same issue here. Got a "ticket", and that was it, They did nothing to address the issue.

My blog posts have been stuck waiting for weeks.

Same issue here. I understand that it’s near the holiday, so please take your time, but I just wanna leave my ticket ID (335539) here in case it wasn’t seen. Seems like a lot of people have been waiting for a while too.

Moderator

I've let our admins know about your ticket. Next time please make your own topic like we ask everyone to do. I almost missed your post.

Got it, I didn’t know about that. And thanks for letting them know.

I don't use itch io much because I don't play indie games much but I love commenting the thing is I cant even comment something I've found in a game's folder while people can comment malicious link spams in the same game.
Like what I've said I'm new to itch.io but this feature is probably the most broken thing I've ever seen. I'll probably wait 3-5 days until it was posted if not I'll create a ticket.

I just logged in but i couldn't comment without moderation approval, is there some dumbfuckery behind this or just me?

hey have you guys fixed this situation yet, im suffering the same problem

nope nothing is fixed

I got it fixed after paying $5 for a game. They never replied to my email though.

Wait... you have to pay in order to comment??

Ain't no way ı'm paying 5 dollar just to comment.

still happening to me :///

Yeah... I think I emailed them over a month ago, and still nothing. It's kinda pissing me off at this point. I just wanna enjoy the games and interact within the community. :/

I GOT A TICKET! #(341757). 

Please alert any mods or service helpers... Ive been here nearly half a year.

Moderator

I've let our admins know.

Has anyone with a ticket been fixed yet?? I also have the same issue, but I dont really know how to do this ticket thing???

Moderator

Please contact support like the person above you mentioned and like the rules of this category say.

I finally got a ticket!!  (348917)

I was gonna ask, but then I realised that that was actually the email--
hope the comments thingy gets fixed :'))

Moderator

I've let our admins know.

thank you! 

Its still not fixed for me, but I hope I dont have to wait long T-T

Is it okay to leave a ticket (349131) here? because for some reasons, ever since i turned my activity off, i could no longer leave comments or post something. (Even though i only made one post and it's still waiting for approval)

And still doesn't work after turning it on, i thought that would fix it but guess not.

Moderator

That's the idea. I've let our admins know about your ticket.

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Thx.

Ngl, that got to be exhausting for you to go let the admins know about the amount of users asking for this if you get what i mean, honestly my respect for you. 🥀

Hopefully this gets fixed soon.

how do i get a ticket? Is it a way to finally get me to text again without these shitty moderator approvals?