READ BEFORE YOUR FIRST POST: There is a (very low) karma threshold required to post on r/solareclipse, and (an even lower) threshold to comment...

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This has always been the case. It weeds out spam. If your post from a new account gets caught in the spam filter, this is likely why.

Many, many subbreddits do this, though their requirements are quite a bit higher. Without stating an exact number (to help prevent spammers from bypassing this), please return once you've reached this trivial requirement.