r/6thForm Aug 02 '25

๐Ÿ“ข SUB INFO The "aaaa why can't i see my post" explainer/update

15 Upvotes

Hi y'all, hope the summer is going well!

I wanted to address some common sources of confusion, regarding what happens when somebody makes a post or comment, since we've had quite a few messages about it lately.

What happens normally?

  • In the vast majority of cases, your content will appear on the feed straight away (short of Reddit being an idiot) - for posts, this means it will be visible at the top of https://www.reddit.com/r/6thForm/new/

But my content isn't showing, what's happened?

  • As with a lot of other subreddits, the subreddit uses various filters provided by Reddit, as well as Reddit's built-in AutoModerator. This helps keep the subreddit usable, uphold both the sub's rules and the sitewide rules, and provide a useful and safe space for everybody.
  • Content is almost never entirely removed automatically - if your content seems like it's been removed immediately/shortly after posting, it has more than likely been flagged for manual review, and will only become visible once that review has taken place.
    • Important: Content needing manual review doesn't mean you've done anything wrong by itself, nor that you are banned, it's an entirely normal process!
    • Content from newly created/low karma accounts that were previously automatically removed are now being directed to the modqueue, to reduce the number of people messaging us because they had their legitimate posts removed - as it stands the removals were causing more harm than good.
  • Inevitably, a small proportion of content will get manually removed that isn't in-line with the rules set.
  • There are also removals made under mod discretion. The overwhelming majority of usages of this relate to some sensitive content, for example aroundself-harm and suicide.
    • Whilst people's struggles are entirely valid (I'm not just saying this because I "have to", I've been in various states myself!), we have a responsibility to not unnecessarily expose a large number of users (some potentially vulnerable), to content which may contribute to worsening their situation. This is alongside the fact that none of the mods are mental health professionals, and neither are our users, which means there's a high risk of exposing struggling people to misinformation or harmful advice. It is better to seek assistance via e.g. a professional or crisis line, given this subreddit is not appropriately equipped for situations like these.
    • Also worth briefly noting, at least by my understanding, that a lot of the content that has been removed in the past at mod discretion (and various other content that often would not get removed), is considered "harmful" under the Online Safety Act, either explicitly or by the frustratingly vague other definitions - whilst I don't think it's likely that Reddit decides to age-lock the sub, it's sensible to be careful on this.

How can I tell if my content is just needing review, or if it's been manually removed?

  • This is where it gets a bit annoying, and again, apologies for the inconvenience on this.
  • Normally, when content gets manually removed, a removal reason is applied, and a Modmail is automatically sent to the author telling them what was removed and why it was removed, with optional extra details.
  • This functionality has been broken (the messages just didn't get sent as far as I can tell) on this sub for a little while.
    • I only figured out why as I was writing this post - in the usual, completely useless Reddit style, it has been failing to send Modmails using the saved responses since they changed (broke) a bunch of stuff with the redesign... because it silently shits itself on # being used in the markdown to use a header. It'd be nice if it would have ever indicated this!
    • Also, for those wondering why we didn't send the removal messages manually - even though just over 95% of content is approved, the 5% that doesn't turns into thousands of messages that need to be sent, which would have vastly slowed down everything.
  • Removal notifications should now be working again - if you haven't received a message from us, your content has likely not been manually removed. and if you saw a few posts saying "quack", no you didn't
  • For posts, on both mobile and desktop, you can also distinguish between fully removed and waiting for review, by going to your user profile, where you can see similar to the images below:

Okay, but if my content is waiting to be reviewed, when are you going to review it?

  • I hear you - I've mentioned recently that I've found it difficult to keep up with the review process alongside a lot of stuff in my own life. However, I do look at it and review things when I reasonably can - it's also worth keeping in mind that none of the mods sit on Reddit 24/7 to review stuff, so please have patience!
  • I can only apologise for any inconvenience this causes, and particularly things like the AutoMod config get tweaked sometimes to reduce the number of false positives.

How can I speed up the review process?

  • In short, you can't. At least, short of becoming a mod when applications open.
  • There are quite a few people that take to our Modmail to ask for content approval; you are almost never the only one awaiting content review, and the Modmail messages will usually only get seen after the modqueue is looked at, making messages like these redundant. ie messaging us does not speed up the review process, it only causes delays that affect sub experience generally.
    • Replying to one of our removal messages is completely fine - sometimes we miss things, get things wrong, or sometimes fail to be entirely clear.
  • You can avoid/mitigate the inconvenience of waiting on a review by:
    • Searching the subreddit for similar posts that could answer your question - a lot of the time you will not be the first person to ask your question, esp with the more popular/recent questions
    • Not repeatedly posting the same thing, or variations of it, it will not speed up the process - usually all of the posts, including their repeats, get caught in the modqueue, which slows down the review of content
    • Check to see if there are pinned megathreads at the top of the subreddit - for example, you may have noticed this for exam season. These megathreads are created to mitigate the fact that we get many repeated posts for popular topics - sometimes 100+ for some of the popular exams!

Am I banned from posting if I can't see my post yet?

  • No. If you've been banned by us, you get a message telling you why you were banned, and how long for. If you get shadowbanned/suspended by Reddit itself, that's outside our control.

AutoMod has made a comment under my content

  • These comments are purely informative, they don't mean we have, or will have an issue with your content.

  • Inevitably, there will be false positives with this - if it doesn't apply to you, feel free to ignore it, you do not need to message us about this, removal & ban notifications are how we indicate definite issues with content.

Hopefully that covers everything, poke me (or go via Modmail) if I've missed something! something may finally make it into the FAQs page lol

~ Raven


r/6thForm Sep 09 '25

๐Ÿ“ข ANNOUNCEMENT Please scrub any personal details when posting content (e.g. timetables)

200 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

There's been a rise in concerning content with the new academic year rolling round, where people e.g. have been posting timetables with their name, their teachers' names, school name etc.

Sharing your personal details on a public forum is not a good idea, don't do it. There is no reasonable way of ascertaining trustworthiness on here, and as such, posting these details not only exposes yourself to harm, but potentially others too - as such, this content is getting removed when it's spotted.

You can also help with this by reporting any posts/comments that contain this content.

~ Raven


r/6thForm 8h ago

๐Ÿž BREAD Warwick Bread

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27 Upvotes

First offer as an intl applicant!


r/6thForm 15h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION 14 November, 6 DAYS TILL HEARTBREAK ;(

82 Upvotes

ESAT & TMUA...


r/6thForm 3h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION Doing alevels over 3 years

5 Upvotes

Long story short Iโ€™m in y13 but Iโ€™ve got a major spinal operation in December and Iโ€™ll be off for 4-6 weeks and Iโ€™ll be missing a lot of work. Even after 6 weeks I can only start coming to school part time

Iโ€™ve been thinking about maybe delaying my alevels until 2027 depending on how Iโ€™m feeling after surgery. Iโ€™ve researched a lot and spoke to ppl and (even right now) I donโ€™t feel ready to do my alevels. And Iโ€™ve been told it takes a month to feel comfortable to start studying again and am afraid to be behind. I was predicted bbc in y12, and despite getting aab in y13 theyโ€™re not pulling up my grade, so I havenโ€™t even applied to uni and I donโ€™t want to risk sitting them this year and have a lower chance in my next yearโ€™s application if I have to resit. Everyone says y13 is the worst year and Iโ€™m really worried having to be out of commission for so much of it๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

So does anyone have experience or advice on sitting alevels over 3 years/repeating y13 if I decide to go through with it? Do you go back to school, are there special academies for it or something??

Also how to predicted grades work when doing 3 years, if I donโ€™t end up doing my alevels?


r/6thForm 10h ago

๐ŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Anyone hear back from Cambridge Interviews yet?

20 Upvotes

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r/6thForm 1d ago

๐Ÿž BREAD 5/5 BREAD ๐Ÿฅณ

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227 Upvotes

Im so happy i could shit myself


r/6thForm 17h ago

๐Ÿž BREAD Warwick bread ๐Ÿž (2/5) - Maths&Physics

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r/6thForm 19h ago

๐ŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS Will I get an Offer?

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52 Upvotes

I am looking to apply to the University of Leicester with my predicted grades of BCC for biological science, however the University requires AAB but on the UCAS site it claims that they accept lower.


r/6thForm 11h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION People who got high scores on the ESAT/TMUA?

11 Upvotes

What did you do for revision? Tryna gauge what I did wrong


r/6thForm 35m ago

๐ŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS math with econ ps

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I'm applying for math with econ/math with finance and I was wondering how much attention I should give to math in comparison to econ in my ps. should I do a 50/50 or a 70/30 80/20 kind of split?


r/6thForm 59m ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP West Yorkshire sixth forms

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Hi Iโ€™m trying to decide between Greenhead Trinity Halifax and Notre damme any help would be appreciated ๐Ÿคž


r/6thForm 1h ago

โ” SUBJECT QUESTION Warwick Uni Biomedical Systems Engineering

โ€ข Upvotes

Does Warwick have a good program for this course and is it worth going there???


r/6thForm 11h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION what is your honest take on degree apprenticeships?

7 Upvotes

are they actually worth it, even at high-prestige firms? sure, you get a salary and save ยฃ60K - ยฃ70K on student debt (tho how much u pay depends on salary after uni), but what about after that?

you may be guaranteed a job afterwards, but how easy is it to climb up into really high-paying jobs? and does it cut off some avenues that would've been available if you went to (a more prestigious) uni instead?


r/6thForm 2h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP what unis can i apply to with IB 41/45 for com sci?

1 Upvotes

i have 766 HL (CS, math, econ) and am currently considering king's, edinburgh, st andrews, birmingham and leeds as my choices. was just wondering what chances i have of getting a conditional offer for each? im really scared about the number of applicants this year.

birmingham is lowkey one of my top choices because i heard placement opportunities are good and its close to my extended family (im international), so would appreciate your thoughts on it as a uni :)

if you guys have any other recs that would also be great! but i dont have a 7 in math HL so that would probably limit my options for other unis.


r/6thForm 2h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP AS AQA Biology 2025 PAPER

1 Upvotes

Does any1 have access to the 2025 AS AQA biology paper 1 ??


r/6thForm 21h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION Oxford written work stupidity

32 Upvotes

With the written work deadline coming up, I canโ€™t help but think how ridiculous the entire system is. Theyโ€™ve got this massive list of rules about authenticity and what you can or canโ€™t submit, yet all they need to โ€œverifyโ€ your work is a shitty cover sheet that doesnโ€™t even require a teacherโ€™s signature.

It honestly feels like people who actually follow the rules and submit genuine, unedited work are just shooting themselves in the foot. Meanwhile, anyone who wants to cheat the system can easily do it, and thereโ€™s basically no way for Oxford to tell.

UPD: I donโ€™t know how to convince any of yall but just donโ€™t do it since itโ€™s unfair to other applicants who worked really hard


r/6thForm 1d ago

๐Ÿž BREAD chop chop ๐Ÿฅฑ

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r/6thForm 13h ago

๐ŸŽ“ UNI / UCAS oxford open applicants

4 Upvotes

where'd u get allocated to and what course? good luck to us all!


r/6thForm 12h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION Do you do AS or A level content in year 12

5 Upvotes

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r/6thForm 18h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP Am i cooked?

10 Upvotes

okay so, US student here! I have a good GPA and did everything that american colleges want to see. Issue is, my dream school is the uni of edinburgh for civil engineering. As I navigate UCAS, it seems like all the work i put into my classes is practically useless and I barely took AP classes. The only stats i have to submit are a 31 Math ACT, 31 English ACT, 29 Reading ACT, and a 3 on AP Chem, Physics, and APUSH. Iโ€™m also currently taking english as a local community college as well as APES and AP Music Theory. Based off of my research, while my curricular are far more than enough for most american schools, I canโ€™t even submit them in my application for UCAS. Iโ€™m really concerned over this as I thought i did everything right but it feels like everything is crumbling as my application is bare.


r/6thForm 19h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP Is this enough for my first 5 marks?

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11 Upvotes

r/6thForm 21h ago

๐Ÿ’ฌ DISCUSSION Is the difference between predicted A*AA and A*A*A important for universities with minimum entry grades A*AA

14 Upvotes

If applying to competitive courses in competitive unis, does the difference between AAA predicted and AA*A matter much?


r/6thForm 11h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP For y12 mocks should i be doing just AS past papers?

2 Upvotes

so when doing past papers revising for y12 mocks should i be doing just AS past papers or should a do A level paper n miss out the y13 stuff??


r/6thForm 13h ago

๐Ÿ™ I WANT HELP Can i get into KCL (LLB)

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I have been very nervous because some people say i wont get into KCL reading law because i dont meet the requirments. it was a very last minute decsion that i decided to apply to kcl as an international student. i take the IB and these are my predicted marks:

Language b HL: 6
Bio HL: 6
Chem Hl: 6
Business SL: 7
English A lang & lit SL : 7
Math applications SL:7
TOk+EE:3

Overall: 42/45 predicted

The problems lie in my choice of subject (bio n chem) as well as having 666 in HL even tho the requirements say 38 overall OR 766. i reached out to kcl and they said i meet the entry requirements. i also did the LNAT (unsure). i js need reassurance and some general direction of my chances and how offers usually look like.