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bosonline wrote:
It has been slow lately

Same here. Some sounds are 10 days pending.

HELLO THERE USER it takes a time.

It takes anywhere between 5-48 hours. But I have uploaded a sound and it's been 33 hours and I still haven't heard back from the moderators so just be patient.

really nice

It is pretty frustrating that moderation takes awhile. Recently I've decided to play word association game on the forum, but while the post was approved a couple of pages with responses appeared

Anyways, glad to be a part of the community

wkalmar wrote:
It is pretty frustrating that moderation takes awhile. Recently I've decided to play word association game on the forum, but while the post was approved a couple of pages with responses appeared

Anyways, glad to be a part of the community

I know that's frustrating, but FYI we get a lot of spam coming through the forums that you don't see because all first posts are moderated by a human. We couldn't rely on a spam filter because the spammers were outsmarting it, so switched to a moderating system. It's working well to eliminate forum spam, but the caveat is that there's a small delay. Thanks for being patient.

It has been slow lately

For me, it took 3.5 days or so.

What I would do would be to make a big sample library and have my "best" sounds on Youtube, with the individual sounds I like on Freesound.

So far, I've only used FreeSound because I like the ability to donate sounds to the world.

lol

i really dont like trhis app i coudlnt find no fr;jiukj d;hbcs

In my mind moderation is not how long but in how frequently you post. Hope this helps.

hello

Hey mods. Do you need help?

Would be more than happy to help.

Headphaze wrote:
Hey there

The moderation process doesn't have an exact amount of time, but statistically it's somewhere between 24-48 hours. We do try our best to get sounds through the system as quick as possible and for the wait time to be minimal.

You may not know, but moderators are doing it on a voluntary basis, which means that the amount of sounds that get moderated per day is dependant on how many active mods there are. Since mods have lives and their own personal agenda just as much as you, it is unlikely for all mods to be working at the same time, therefore it varies when your upload(s) will be approved.

The speed in which your uploads will be passed will depend on the following:

- How many sounds are in the moderation queue.
- Amount of mods active and their current workload (some users have hundreds of sounds in a pack).
- Problems or failures encountered in the processing stage. (corrupt/unsupported file type)
- The state of your sound: perhaps a mod dealing with your uploads may have contacted you, and is awaiting a reply about description, legality etc.

As we are only human, of course there may be other slight factors which could delay your sound being moderated. But just so you are aware, we all care about making moderation as swift as we can, yet it can sometimes be a meticulous process, making sure each and every sound that passes through the system follows the rules and guidelines, sometimes it's a lot of sounds.

I hope this shed some light on the uncertainty.

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NOTE:
It is now possible to check the ticket of your sounds awaiting moderation. This is useful to see if a moderator has tried to make communication about your upload and is waiting a reply, that is if you have missed the e-mail.

To check tickets for sounds awaiting moderation go here: http://freesound.org/home/pending

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Appendix: A tip for everyone.

If you want your sounds to get through moderation as quick as possible without problems, describe well with enough detail about how the sound was made, where it came from, what it could be used for, etc. Note that we may ask you if it's possible to describe the sound in English, so for safe measure, enter the text in the English language.

Make sure it is tagged appropriately, if you are stuck for ideas on tagging, check the tags page to see if your sound fits the description of a few, or rely on automatic tag suggestions. Alternatively, you could use a few significant words from your detailed description to use as tags.

For the FAQ on describing and tagging, go here: http://www.freesound.org/help/faq/#sounds-2

Last but definitely not least, if you use other people's Freesounds either remixed or as part of a composition, even if they are modified, you MUST credit the respective user in your description if those sounds fall under any license other than CC-Zero; it is good practise to credit public domain sounds too, but not obligatory. It should also be noted that the license must be as restrictive as the source, for example: if you make a composition from 3 sounds and one of them is "CCBY Non commercial", your upload must follow suit. If you want to find out which exact sound you used and for links go to your Freesound 'home' tab and click on the attribution link underneath 'describe sounds'. We do strongly recommend the 'remix' function for other users' sounds that have been modified and re-uploaded.

Thanks for your patience in reading this far...

Happy hunting!

I post erotic sounds and they usually take around 24 hours to clear moderation.

I'm assuming a ticket assigned to "no one" means it's on the moderation queue. Am I correct?

smill.and.welson wrote:
I'm assuming a ticket assigned to "no one" means it's on the moderation queue. Am I correct?

That's correct. It doesn't get automatically assigned.

My sounds have been taking Weeks, even Months to be checked. What is going on? You guys use to be super quick. Im uploading some goodies, but cant share them, sucks. I understand if freesound is getting so popular you cant keep up with the work... is that the case?

Maybe since I have never uplaoded anything you would consider harmfull or illigal, can you give me a green-light until otherwise? Im a sound designer, so its original.

Hi Wavtailer

I checked out your pending sounds and it appears you had one sound that was 4weeks old and assigned to me.
The sound was deferred because of some information about the sound in the description was lacking and I asked you to update it but you never responded.
However I decided to approve your sounds as they all seem good.

When uploading, be sure to regularly check your email in case we need something updated on your sound or go to the moderation page of your sound for inquiries from us.

J.P

wavtailer wrote:
My sounds have been taking Weeks, even Months to be checked. What is going on? You guys use to be super quick. Im uploading some goodies, but cant share them, sucks. I understand if freesound is getting so popular you cant keep up with the work... is that the case?

Maybe since I have never uplaoded anything you would consider harmfull or illigal, can you give me a green-light until otherwise? Im a sound designer, so its original.

Congratulations to those involved in moderating the uploaded sound files! Turnaround has been very timely the past few weeks (from minutes to <24 hours).

Well done!