What kind of error is this?

In short, a very aggressive anti-spam filter that Itch had to implement because, unfortunately, there was a wave of bots using fake links to steal accounts.

This forum is answered by the community; to have your account reviewed, you need to contact support.

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.

I've contacted support months ago. It did nothing. No reply, just crickets. Forget support, in fact, forget this whole website.