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IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

tymeModerator04 July 2025, 4:23 pm AEST

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

Hi forum community,

We want to let you know about a short-term change to how we moderate posts overnight. We are short staffed for our night shifts at the moment, and will be training new team members to help, so posts made between 12am and 6am will not be posted live straight away.

What this means for you:

Posts made between 12am–6am will be held for review and released shortly after 6am.
From 7am onwards, posts will be moderated as usual and posts will be live.

This will start from Monday July 7th and last for about 2 weeks; We’ll keep you updated here.

We made this plan with consideration around what has the least impact to the community while maintaining the safe and supportive environment we all value so much here. We are really grateful for your understanding as this will allow for us to properly bring in the new staff for night shifts.

While you wait for a post to appear overnight, it might be a good chance to check out some helpful threads such as:

If you are needing extra support in those time frames these resources are available to you:

Lifeline: 13 11 14 or Crisis Chat
Suicide call back service: 1300 659 467 or online counselling
If in immediate danger: 000

Thanks for working with us through this adjustment time everyone!

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor04 July 2025, 5:16 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

@tyme - is this correct?

So for all the different timezones

NSW / VIC / ACT / TAS / QLD - 12am - 6am

SA/NT - 11:30pm - 5:30am

WA - 10pm - 4am

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NightFurySenior Contributor04 July 2025, 5:34 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

@tyme I tend to use these hours a little...so thank you for the heads up!

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tymeModerator04 July 2025, 7:49 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

Thanks @avant-garde ! That's helpful 🙂

Sorry all those from WA and SA! I need to be more mindful!

And yes, this is only temporary. We've ensured the times are when the least posts come through to make this transition.

@NightFury

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor06 July 2025, 8:32 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

Ok, does this mean it starts tonight? Because technically it would be Monday for most states...

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tymeModerator06 July 2025, 8:57 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

No @avant-garde . tomorrow night.

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ENKELISenior Contributor19 July 2025, 9:00 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

@avant-garde thanks for the clarification honey, I was about to ask (way behind the 8 ball lately) but you did it you awesome thing 🫂

@tyme thanks for letting us know gorgeous, no apology necessary xoxo

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor21 July 2025, 11:58 am AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

@tyme

So tonight is 2 weeks... how is it going?

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rav3nSenior Contributor21 July 2025, 12:33 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

hey @avant-garde the overnight changes will be extended for another week, i'm not sure if it'll be longer than that (we've got new mods on board that's being trained up so it's in the works).

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avant-gardeSenior Contributor28 July 2025, 7:48 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

@avant-garde wrote:
@tyme
So tonight is 2 weeks... how is it going?

Any change?

@rav3n

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rav3nSenior Contributor29 July 2025, 2:47 pm AEST

Re: IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! Temporary Overnight Moderation Changes

hey @avant-garde the new mods are still undergoing training (there's quite a few new mods so it is taking some time getting them all up to speed). from what i know, it might still be another 2-3 weeks.

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