Starting tournament on time
For Daily tournaments, they can be set to auto-start or to manual start. Some TDs want to validate joined accounts before starting.
Yes, this is very annoying. I play many daily tournaments - last winter and earlier they *used* to start on time. I have not had one start on time in over 6 months. I don't think this is limited to TD's not having auto-start. It would be really nice if somebody from chess.com would provide some explanation