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What is "Private" in posts?

I posted a reply to this thread I opened: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/wrong-release-date-added-to-delete-credit/63f549007968802ac64d9c72

It has "Private" label next to it, I think it can be seen only by me.

Same happened on my reply here as well: https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/i-need-to-know/how-can-i-view-an-episode-of-the-hollywood-squares-daytime/63ebdf417b6e8854fbd48b57?commentId=63f5353de77df6101e38c346

I assume this is some kind of anti-spam measure. How can I avoid it? Is it because of links?

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Yes, the filtering is due to the presence of hyperlinks to some (but not all) websites in a post. However, it may not be necessary to try to avoid the filtering, since a false positive in regards to spam will be manually approved for publication by the forum administrator, meaning that the flagging as "private" will be dropped, two or three days after the post was made.

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@jeorj_euler​ OK, if it will be gone eventually then fine. I think a user whitelist would reduce the "manual review" workload.

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I agree about whitelisting particular forum participants, but that would probably have be done manually, otherwise botnet shepherds might sometimes succeed at manipulating an automated process if it doesn't account for enough of the most important variables.