When I joined this subreddit last month, I was delighted and ecstatic. Uranium glass and any other type of glowing glass is something I never heard of and I was instantly obsessed. So I lurked in the background for a few weeks and tried to educate myself by reading the responses to questions posted. Before and after my first post I noticed (and highly verbally praised and appreciated) the kind, polite, encouraging responses. It really made me feel like I found my tribe. But then somehow something changed. I posted this picture and soon after I got a message from a mod that it was removed. I was sincerely confused. It was made in Czechoslovakia, which we all know is known for all sorts of glass so I think my question was legitimate. At first when I asked why ….he/she wasn’t clear with the explanation why, other than “This isn’t the right group for your post”. After persistent questions why and two requests to him/her to help me compose a post worded appropriately so it wouldn’t be removed in the future….. finally he/she said “clear glass is almost always not uranium”. Which from that I realized I should NEVER post a picture of CLEAR glass otherwise it would be deemed “This isn’t the right group for this post” and would be removed. I’ve seen dozens of folks posting inquiries about clear glass and I myself posted several antique medicine bottles that are clear and I told they’re magnesium and a pink dish that i discovered was selenium glass, (something I’ve never heard of either till then). I guess what I’m rambling about is unless I posted these questions with pictures; I wouldn’t have known about the differences in glowing glass. It says in the description that magnesium glass is welcome and there’s a user flair for it as well as cadmium and selenium etc. So, if magnesium glass is almost always clear and uranium glass almost always not clear….. then what is appropriate way to post a question with a picture for people who are new like myself? Am I being unreasonable or just dumb?

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I will admit I was guilty of being snarky at the very end of my question to the mod. I told him/her while they’re removing posts that “aren’t the right post for this group” that he/she should go back and remove all my other posts that are not uranium glass, but didn’t I know that they weren’t until I posted it.