# Soften "Account temporarily blocked" message?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [4월 30, 2016, 10:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512 "2016-04-30T22:30:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2016, 10:30오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/1 "2016-04-30T22:30:57Z")
I use auto block first post regex with a value of `https?://` in order to prevent paid spammers from posting links - the idea is that moderators would approve or reject the message from the queue, per the description of that setting:
> Case insensitive regex that if passed will cause first post by user to be blocked and sent to approval queue.
What happens is that legit users receive a scary message that they have been blocked:
> This is an automated message from Quantified Self Forum to inform you that your account has been temporarily blocked as a precautionary measure.
and **there’s no follow-up email once their first post has been approved**.
1. Would a follow-up message after approval help?
2. Would it make sense to soften the language in that warning message, e.g. “We’re reviewing your post” (instead of “You’ve been blocked”, bad dog)?
3. Is there a better way of achieving what I want, namely moderating any first messages that contain links?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 30, 2016, 10:40오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/2 "2016-04-30T22:40:12Z")
There is a followup PM when the account is unblocked. Are you never unblocking their account?
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [5월 5, 2016, 7:54오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/3 "2016-05-05T07:54:41Z")
Never saw a prompt or other mechanism to explicitly unblock the user - as far as I can remember. They don’t appear at `/admin/users/list/blocked`, and `Blocked` is false in the admin page for that user.
However, I do see at `/admin/logs/staff_action_logs` that I have apparently unblocked the user a day ago. I don’t recall doing that though - can unblocking be a side effect of some other admin operation?
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [5월 11, 2016, 8:01오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/4 "2016-05-11T20:01:02Z")
After a few more new users complaining, I think the problem is the timing between the user posting a new message with a link, and an admin approving their message. Since we only have one admin, during that time window, the new user gets a message from Discourse that their account has been blocked, which creates a very negative first impression.
I would like to suggest softening the message from “Account temporarily blocked” to something along the lines of
> “Thank you for joining our community! To keep spammers out, we’re reviewing the first message posted by new users. If you’re not a spammer, we’ll approve your account shortly.”
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [5월 13, 2016, 2:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/5 "2016-05-13T14:35:34Z")
I do like the softer message, but “automatic” needs to be in there somewhere. Your message sounds like someone is actively reviewing the first message, not that the system has flagged the message, and alerted someone to review it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [5월 13, 2016, 10:08오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/6 "2016-05-13T22:08:34Z")
Given how often it comes up, I can definitely support softening it a bit further – but remember this message is also sent when staff manually blocks an account, so the welcome new user bit isn’t necessarily correct.
Here’s what I have now:
> ### Account temporarily on hold
>
> This is an automated message from %{site\_name} to let you know that your account has been temporarily placed on hold as a precautionary measure.
>
> Please continue to browse, but you won’t be able to reply or create topics until a staff member reviews your most recent posts. We apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> For additional guidance, refer to our community guidelines.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [5월 15, 2016, 1:01오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/7 "2016-05-15T13:01:55Z")
Low priority, long term, I would like the whole flow reworked
- if I post something and it is on hold, I should still be able to find it, see it, and edit it
- trusted users should be able to see the content, if n tl2 users say it is good, it is probably good
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1월 14, 2022, 6:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/10 "2022-01-14T18:35:43Z")
> [@sam](#):
>
> 내가 무언가를 게시했는데 보류 상태라면, 여전히 그 게시물을 찾고, 확인하고, 수정할 수 있어야 합니다.
이게 현재 릴리스에 추가한 것 아닌가요? 🤔
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [4월 29, 2023, 12:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/11 "2023-04-29T12:26:52Z")
게시물 2개가 새로운 주제로 분리되었습니다: [자동 메시지의 발신자 변경 방법](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-sender-of-automated-message/263245)
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [4월 29, 2023, 12:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/12 "2023-04-29T12:27:11Z")