# Why was my post deleted as off topic? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588 "2024-12-11T16:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fkir91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@fkir91](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fkir91)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/1 "2024-12-11T16:50:50Z")
I’m only trying to understand this: why was the post below flagged by a user and deleted by mods? The deletion message only said it was “off topic” without any details. But that seems to me like a similar problem as in this thread where it was posted: [Different subnets - #3 by kesawi](https://forums.plex.tv/t/different-subnets/898497/3) Was I supposed to start a new topic and therefore duplicate posts? * * * I have run into a very related problem. My server IP is 192.168.100.223 and my TV IP is 192.168.68.10. Through my server (not TV but computer), I went to Plex Web interface \>settings\>Network \>IP allowed with no auth (or something similar) and put “192.168.100.1/255.255.255.0,192.168.68.1/255.255.255.0” (with no quotes and no spaces). But Plex fails because it still tries to authenticate when there’s no Internet. ---
**Author:** ![CapMarkoRamius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5e9695/32.png) [@CapMarkoRamius](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CapMarkoRamius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/2 "2024-12-11T16:55:22Z")
> [@Info About Automated Moderation of Text](https://forums.plex.tv/t/info-about-automated-moderation-of-text/898534): > > When we added Reviews in October we also introduced a new set of [Community Guidelines](https://www.plex.tv/about/community-guidelines/). As we noted in those guidelines, we want our community to be able to share their thoughts, opinions, and reactions in a safe and civil environment. Starting today we are enabling an automated moderation designed to help do just that. When you write a review, comment, or include a message when sharing an item with a friend, we send the text to a third party service provider that analyzes it and returns scores… Did you maybe get a false-positive hit from this? haha ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/3 "2024-12-11T17:05:38Z")
because that atopic was about and how streaming traffic is routed and the the setting `LAN Networks` setting then you proceeded to say you have the “Very related” same problem but your question is about auth and the `networks allowed without auth` setting which is a completely separate thing, which is off topic and zero to do with how streaming traffic is routed/managed ---
**Author:** ![fkir91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@fkir91](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fkir91)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/4 "2024-12-11T17:35:05Z")
@CapMarkoRamius that was my suspicion because the mod messages were almost instant. @BigWheel but the solution suggested is exactly what I did? ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/5 "2024-12-11T17:56:09Z")
I suggest you read it again ---
**Author:** ![fkir91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@fkir91](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fkir91)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-was-my-post-deleted-as-off-topic/898588/6 "2024-12-14T11:59:20Z")
@BigWheel it seems to me the solution suggested is exactly what I tried without success. I have just read it again and come to the same conclusion. Am I missing something? Thank you for taking out time to explain the thought process. Much as I disagree, it is reassuring to know that such a decision is not arbitrary. Back to my issue, I’m using DLNA playback to go around the issue. DLNA is not great but it’s fine as backup.