I'm definitely not a bot
Oh come on. That's what a bot would say.
But it makes me wonder if any of the spam comments used youtube. The patreon wave was very concerning.
There was talk in another thread like this, that the filter is being worked on to generate less false positives.
Your comments should also appear to the developer. The message might talk about a "moderator", but from what I understand, the moderator of the comments is the developer first. And only secondary Itch staff.