https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/index.php?cat=15845

I'm thinking he was frustrated with the 'Comment Approval' "feature"... not the first, nor the last time this will be a source of contention...

Personally, I think after one makes a reasonably high-quality post with high engagement, these "verification" methods should be turned off unless the person becomes a nuisance down the line.

Yeah I just saw that, I should've saved that very cool picture.

Excuse my Idiocy but what is a Comment Approval and does it effect everyone?

 AFAIK it only affects new members .

Correct, for most members their first five comments require moderator approval.  We occasionally require comment approval beyond that, but except in those rare instances it automatically shuts off after that point.  Photo approval is required for new members until we manually switch it off, which reminds me that we ought to do another review of all members to see who has been on approval for an extended period unnecessarily.  I apologize if either feature has resulted in frustration.  The tradeoff for additional screening to help us filter out poor quality content is a longer delay for new member content to go live.

@Patrick — All good, thank you for addressing this. I think this was, in fact, the source of his frustration, because there were something like 5-6 "Awaiting approval" comment boxes under the post.