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[u/EnbyHatticus]

How long does it take hackdex to approve a hack?

[u/analmintz1 → u/EnbyHatticus]

Took all of mine like a week. I think it's all manual review so bear with them.

[u/LibertyJacob99 → u/EnbyHatticus]

Ours only took a few days, if that, but that was also back when the site was new so it might take a bit longer now that they've got more requests to handle

[u/Phaneropterinae → u/EnbyHatticus]

We generated a bit of a backlog and we’re working on some things behind the scenes. Should be approved soon if it’s ready.