Just gathering ideas.
Automod was one of the worst things to happen to Reddit from a user experience standpoint. So what I want from an automod is to never see one.
Unfortunately there is also a need for automatic moderation.
Humans can’t catch everything.
By the way, mind telling me what was the most infuriating thing about Reddit’s automod to you?
Automatically removing comments without human oversight and for mundane things.
Randomly triggered a hidden keyword? Goodbye post.
Only wrote 49 words instead of 50? Goodbye post.
Account didn’t get enough updoots from strangers prior to posting? Goodbye post.
Call me old fashioned, but I would rather a human at the helm of such decisions not an algorithm.
Automods are bad tools that result in more abuse than the problems they solve.
Duplication post removal.
Sometimes two or more users post independently on a short time not knowing that a thread already exist.
For context, this is what reddit’s limited automod is like
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/automoderator/full-documentation/
I’m sure we can do better. For example, being able to use variables
Of course. Reddit’s automod is very simple.
My current design plan is leaving the implementation to community mods by embedding sandboxed Lua (might change).
Automatic comment replies based on keywords or key phrases.
Basically, if a comment contains a specific string, the automod would reply with a corresponding string, configurable by the community moderators.
Would this be doable?
I would like to be notified when users who are on a warning post or comment.
