# Does vB have a filtered moderation queue feature? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 17, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295 "2003-04-17T13:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/1 "2003-04-17T13:47:04Z")
I know that it is possible on most of these message board applications to have posts queued for approval by a moderator before they appear for real on the board (I think that is turned off here), but (if it is used)is the feature global or can it be made to apply only to posts with certain content? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/2 "2003-04-17T15:12:53Z")
I have no idea. Usually, Arnold, Tubadiva, or Gaudere are those in the know when it comes to vB stuff. I’m sure they’ll be in shortly. ---
**Author:** ![IrishTxLdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@IrishTxLdy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrishTxLdy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/3 "2003-04-18T14:59:44Z")
I’ve got vB software. It’s global. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/4 "2003-04-18T17:57:33Z")
Well, a hearty sort-of-hello to **IrishTxLdy** , who has been on the boards about as long as it is possible to have been on the boards, and who yet has only six posts (as of right now), all of them _This Morning_. Now _that’s_ lurking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/5 "2003-04-18T18:47:52Z")
All 6 in ATMB, as well, which is sort of like lurking. ---
**Author:** ![IrishTxLdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@IrishTxLdy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrishTxLdy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/6 "2003-04-18T19:20:40Z")
I resent that. I don’t “lurk”. That’s for punks waiting to steal cars that people leave with keys in them as they shop at 7-11. I post what I want, when I want. I’m sure I’ve posted a number of test threads when I signed up, but they seem to have been scrapped at some point. Usually I just read the Columns. And I don’t read for months at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/7 "2003-04-18T20:18:13Z")
Hey, sorry! That wasn’t meant to offend. ---
**Author:** ![outburst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@outburst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outburst)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/8 "2003-04-18T20:24:22Z")
What’s queing mean in this case? Don’t you see your posts right away? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/9 "2003-04-18T20:42:02Z")
On this board, yes, you see your posts straight away (subject of course to the server working properly). But the software also has a feature that can make them queue subject ot approval by a moderator (that would be a real headache to manage on a board of this size), what I was hoping existed was a content-based version of the moderation queue feature (it ought to make it a little easier to stall some spammers) ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vb-have-a-filtered-moderation-queue-feature/169295/10 "2003-04-18T20:59:24Z")
Like **Ringo** said, **IrishTxLdy** , no offence meant. In Straight Dope Message Board parlance, ‘Lurking’ has come to be used to describe the habit of reading the boards, but not posting, for whatever reason. New posters are, in fact, encouraged to read the boards to learn a few things and get a feel for the way the palce works, rather than jumping right into a career of posting. As they say, “Welcome to the boards. Lurk for a while, and see what’s up.” It’s not an insult, at all. Welcome, if not to the boards, to Poster Status: More Active Than Before. 🙂