What specifically does it mean when my comments are “awaiting moderation”?

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What does it actually mean when my comments are awaiting moderation? I’ve been seeing that on almost all my comments for the past two days, and the story author hasn’t replied to any of the comments that displayed that.
I created my account on this site last week after my favorite author on another site announced he was going from 5 chapters/week to 4 chapters/week to spend more time on a new story he was only publishing here. This site has a significantly better ui, and because of that(and because I’d been meaning to anyway) I decided to reread his 2100 chapter, 5.7 mil word, main project. Because I really enjoy the story I’ve been leaving comments as I go, mostly unimportant, but a few pointing out really bad typos/poor wordings(the author isn’t a native English speaker, and some of the early chapters suffer a bit from that).
Yesterday around 2pm I noticed that my comments weren’t being displayed on the chapter, but were still showing up on my profile, under activity. I decided to ignore it, assuming it was a bug, until I left a reply to someone else’s comment, which displayed as normal, but with a banner saying “your comment is currently awaiting moderation”.
All of the comments from yesterday got approved last night around this time, and my first few comments from today didn’t need moderation. The author basically immediately got back to those first comments today, but still hasn’t responded to any of the ones from yesterday(including ones pointing out typos/poor wording, which he generally fixes quickly and replies with “fix’d”). Because of this, I’m wondering if those comments aren’t sending out notifications for some reason.
Generally I understand that I’ve tripped some sort of anti-bot measure by reading ~2.5m words over the past 6 days and leaving ~100 comments. I just want clarification on specifically what, and if there’s actually a problem with notifications.(and also if this can be resolved)
(sorry this is a bit rambly, I’ve reworded it way too many times at this point…)

 

[Kay_Ship]

I am going to assume that its because your account is new and commenting a lot. This site tends to get a lot of spam/scam bots that make an account then comment bomb everything on the front page. There might be something about your account that threw up a flag and Tony needs to review it.

 

[JordanIda]

Or maybe your favorite author has hit it big, with fame and fortune, and he doesn't have time for this crap. No... that isn't it. More likely the dishes have piled up in the sink, his dog is dead at the back door, and his landlord is tossing all his trash onto the sidewalk.

 

[-ThE-]

Or maybe your favorite author has hit it big, with fame and fortune, and he doesn't have time for this crap. No... that isn't it. More likely the dishes have piled up in the sink, his dog is dead at the back door, and his landlord is tossing all his trash onto the sidewalk.

I did consider him just being busy(he’s stated he has a 5-8 week chapter backlog so I couldn’t notice from the upload schedule), but the one reply he did respond to(which he responded to within two minutes) was a very minor mechanics/consistency issue. I feel like fun would go through and fix typos first if he had spare time. (This comment chain https://www.scribblehub.com/read/747093-collide-gamer/chapter/1352878/?cid=4277057#comments )
Still possible, but I wanted to check if the other explaination I thought of was also possible

 

[JordanIda]

I was being funny, or so I thought.

Seriously:

Authors have the option to block comments from public view until they're approved. That's what you're seeing: a notification that the author hasn't moderated/approved the comment(s).

Typically one would set the approval requirement if one expected large numbers of flame-style complaints. But this site and others like it are so slow these days that there's not much point. This guy has probably set it without realizing the implications. He's fixing the typos and posting "fixed," which effectively "approves" those comments. As to all the rest, he's neither responding nor approving them, so they sit in limbo.

Seriously, this favorite author of yours sounds like a bit of a goofball.

 

[-ThE-]

I was being funny, or so I thought.

Seriously:

Authors have the option to block comments from public view until they're approved. That's what you're seeing: a notification that the author hasn't moderated/approved the comment(s).

Typically one would set the approval requirement if one expected large numbers of flame-style complaints. But this site and others like it are so slow these days that there's not much point. This guy has probably set it without realizing the implications. He's fixing the typos and posting "fixed," which effectively "approves" those comments. As to all the rest, he's neither responding nor approving them, so they sit in limbo.

Seriously, this favorite author of yours sounds like a bit of a goofball.

Not the case, there’s plenty of comments displayed he hasn’t replied to, and the waiting for approval message wasn’t there for my first couple of days reading the story. In addition, the comment he did respond to didn’t display any sort of waiting for approval message after I posted it, and all the rest of my comments were approved already. (Though yes, I did get that you were being funny. I’m autistic, and sometimes I just can’t work out how to adequately respond to humor so I just respond as if it were serious)

 

[JordanIda]

I don't mean to be argumentative, but I don't think you understand what I'm saying. One can explicitly approve a comment without responding to it. Or, one can reply to a comment that is held for review, and doing so also implicitly approves it.

Lastly, the "moderation required" checkbox is a toggle in setup. It's not a one-time setting. The author could have checked it fifty or a hundred chapters in, for whatever reason. Maybe this author's been fiddling with it. Who's to say.

All I'm saying is, the message your seeing is due to the comment moderation feature. It's not due to anything you're personally doing. Although, if you're sending dozens or hundreds of comments... maybe that's why the author's fooling around with the settings? Just a thought.