Zotero Groups Descriptions Mysteriously Disappeared

Most public Zotero Group shows its introduction on its main page. I believe displaying it is important, as it tells the readers the purpose of the group.

As two random examples,

1. "Neural Tissue Engineering WWU 2024/2025" (https://www.zotero.org/groups/5814261/neural_tissue_engineering_wwu_20242025), the introduction "Neural tissue engineering research group for Walla Walla University, school year of 2024/2025" shows up.

2. "Global Health Engineering" (https://www.zotero.org/groups/4445072/global_health_engineering), ZTH's profile image and introduction "This is the Group Library of the Global Health Engineering group at ETH Zurich" also shows up.

However, sometimes the description of some Zotero Groups mysteriously disappear. For example:

* "Engineering Studies" (https://www.zotero.org/groups/5036327/engineering_studies), nothing shows up.

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But if you actually go to Page 9 of the group search result of "Engineering" (https://www.zotero.org/search/?p=9&q= Engineering#), you can see that the group actually contains an introduction that is missing from the page, "Since the early 2000s, a set of networks have coalesced under the umbrella of “engineering studies” to investigate the roles of engineers in science, technology, and medicine. Engineering studies is a small but growing group of historians..."

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What's even more stranger is what happened to my group. I've created a group called "Coax Parasitics and VNA Calibration" (https://www.zotero.org/groups/6114930/coax_parasitics_and_vna_calibration). The introduction was displayed on the group page when I first created the group.

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But it mysteriously disappeared a few hours later.

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Since then, none of my group shows any introduction in their home pages, even a brand new one doesn't work. I'm not entirely sure, but it perhaps happened after I've created another group about MIT Rad Lab (https://www.zotero.org/groups/6116122/mit_rad_lab_series) that mentioned things such as "World War 2" or "political super power".

If it's a bug, please fix it ASAP.

Or, does Zotero use a secret spam or bad word filter that disables introduction for suspicious users? If so, please unblock my account as I believe it's a false positive.
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