Does Product Hunt's filter just not trust new engagement yet?

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Been noticing something odd lately. Some comments go live instantly, others just sit there, even when they're genuinely written, relevant to the thread, and not remotely spammy. No pattern I can pin down around length, timing, or wording.

Makes me wonder if it's less about the comment itself and more about the account behind it, like whether the system trusts a profile based on age, past activity, or engagement history before it lets new comments through instantly.

Curious if others have noticed a specific time of day, day of week, or type of thread where comments seem to go live faster. Also wondering if this is purely automated filtering, or if there's some manual review happening behind the scenes on certain threads.

Would genuinely like to hear if anyone's found a consistent pattern here, or if it's just inconsistent for everyone and we're all guessing at this point.

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I've also noticed that some of my comments never go live randomly without any specific reason. It feels more like some inconsistent AI automation checks rather than account age.

This matches what I experienced last week. My comment showed up instantly on one thread but took hours on another with more traffic. Could it be tied to thread activity level