# Automod flagging innocent posts

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automod-flagging-innocent-posts/235658>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 9, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automod-flagging-innocent-posts/235658 "2022-08-09T21:45:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automod-flagging-innocent-posts/235658/5 "2022-08-10T04:26:14Z")

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The reason given is ‘watched words’ so it’s going to be tricky to untangle without knowing the watched words list. You could check for wildcards in the Approval list specifically, or if you have `watched words regular expressions` set and it’s too liberal somehow.

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