Look, I see all of the threads asking for help. I see that this has been an issue for months. I see that the moderators are saying go to support. But let's get down to the real issue:
This is an issue. Genuine users are being held on commenting. Devs are not getting feedback. Moderator approval for the likely flood of comments is going to take who knows how long to address.
This is an extreme solution to bot accounts.
I've commented nothing on the site that has ever gotten me banned. I've only ever commented on games I have played. I've given feedback and ideas.
If this is the route itch needs to go to protect users and prevent botting, at the least, explain it and create a sticky or a site notice to let users know what is happening and how they can fix it.
My goal isn't to be a pain to anyone, but I think a bit of communication regarding this ongoing issue would help a lot. Guidance on how to address it being readily available (instead of digging through community comments) would also prevent the comments and posts.
Whether or not the issue has already been stated, you're still going to get people who TL;DR things and make a post. It's just how people are. So, at least some of that can be stemmed with a sticky or global notice.
Otherwise? I have to send out a support ticket because I got hit by this new filter as well. I am not currently expecting much, given the other posts on the forum. It is clearly a widespread issue going unresolved for even months at a time.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
Cheers
Chaotic out 0/