Why does the forum say "You are not human?" when I try to post to my polybook.

I've been getting this error when trying to post and it seems to eat the posts then.

Was I doing an action too fast? I had started to make the post a moment earlier and realized I wasn't in my polybook but in a question thread, so I cancelled out and went to my polybook to post it. It rejected both attempts.
Weird. But understandable if there's a post speed limit preventing spam.

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  • Wayne Dixon replied

    Hi Casey,

    You have found one of the bugs in our system - which is part of the reason why we are moving to a newer platform in a few weeks (roughly).

    I'm sorry for the troubles but do take some solace in the fact you are not alone.
    Usually it just affects the admins for whatever strange reason....often I am left asking myself - "Hey wait, maybe I am not human.....how would I know?"
    Then I stub my toe or something and I realise I'm 100% human.

    The usual fix for this issue is just to wait and try again later.
    It sucks, I know......all that time waiting while being anxious that you might stub your toe at any second.


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  • Casey Wagner(CaseyWagner) replied
    Thanks for the answer :) It's not a big deal, I was curious more than anything. I figured something I was doing was triggering it so wanted to isolate it.
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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    It usually triggers for me, when I write a really long and deep answer🤣

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  • Martin Bergwerf replied

    I found something that seems to work (but maybe it doesn't always???).

    Changing the text and trying again won't work, once you've been flagged as possible bot.

    But I can post an Image (screenshot), without any text. When that get's accepted, I can go in and Edit the Post. Like I said, not sure if this always works, or if it works for everybody and you still lose the first response, but...

    Well soon we'll be transitioning to a new platform anyway and hopefully won't be bothered  with something like this again.

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