A few months ago we implemented some changes to reduce the amount of scam and spam that we experience here at SoCalR44. So far, it has worked to great success and we continue to put in effort to reduce nefarious actors in the community.

The change we implemented was the use of Reddit's Contributor Quality Score. This is a user classification designed by Reddit that was established to identify potential spammers or Redditors less likely to contribute positively on Reddit. Every account is assigned a CQS based on a host of signals including past actions taken on a Redditor's account, network and location signals, and steps a Redditor has taken to secure their account.

Currently, our CQS threshold is set to: MODERATE

If you're not having issues posting, then you're in good standing, but if you can't seem to post, this is likely the issue and automod will tell you as such. The biggest takeaway of not meeting our requirement is that you need to be more active throughout Reddit to improve your score, meaning just using a throwaway won't necessarily suffice. While annoying, this, in theory, means the quality of users posting will go up.

Please know that scammers may find a way around this so always be cognizant of posts and do your due diligence when vetting a post and a user's profile. A new thing scammers are doing are posting fake verified pics on their account to pretend they're real when they're just trying to scam you. Reporting posts helps significantly while commenting on posts, and therefore promoting scam posts, does not and can have consequences of their own.

If you have questions regarding CQS, you can check Reddit's Wiki article:
https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/19023371170196-What-is-the-Contributor-Quality-Score

If you're curious what your account CQS is, log into that account and visit r/WhatIsMyCQS.