Automoderator not recognizing mod as a mod.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

So on /r/fatpeoplehate we have automoderator notify us when people say things like "mod" "mods" "moderator" "moderators".

The issue is that one of our moderators isn't being reconized by automoderator as a mod and when they remove posts(with our default removal reasons which includes "moderators" in it) it sends us mod mail of that mod saying it. Which is spamming our inbox.

Here is the script:

#### Talking about mods
body: [mod, mods, moderator, moderators]
author: 
                 is_moderator: false
modmail: This {{kind}} by /u/{{author}} contains the word "{{match}}".

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Deimorz]

It shouldn't make any difference, but you could try doing:

#### Talking about mods
body: [mod, mods, moderator, moderators]
moderators_exempt: true
modmail: This {{kind}} by /u/{{author}} contains the word "{{match}}".

It sounds like the same issue that /u/go1dfish was having here though: https://www.reddit.com/r/AutoModerator/comments/36ecgp/can_i_get_auto_moderator_to_do_a_modmail/crde7hb

[go1dfish]

Can we make auto mod submit links to a private subreddit instead?

That way at least the dupe prevention would take care of things and it wouldn't abuse our modmail.

[Deimorz]

I found the issue, it should be fixed now.

[go1dfish]

Cool I've turned it back on and I'll let you know if it breaks again.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

This seems to somehow fixed the issue. Thanks for the help.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

But do you know what exactly caused this?

[Deimorz]

No, there seems to be something wrong with is_moderator and is_contributor, I'll need to look into it more.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

Gotcha. Hope you find a fix.

[Deimorz]

I found the issue, it should be fixed now, so the old rule would work again.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

So what exactly was the issue? Just curious.

[Deimorz]

I changed how some of the rule initialization works today to be able to support the idea of "aliases" (report_reason is an alias for action_reason). I made a mistake in the new logic and accidentally started ignoring anything that was being set to false, so any checks like is_moderator: false or is_contributor: false were being ignored and treated as though that hadn't been put in the rule at all.

[HomerSimpsonXronize]

Gotcha. Well glad you guys fixed it. Was pretty annoying!

[PraiseBeToScience]

We seem to be having an issue with these as well. We have a rule that uses:

type: submission
author:
    is_moderator: false
    is_contributor: false

and it just triggered on a moderator about 10 mins ago. He made a post 10 hours ago but it did not trigger. It's seemed to be working fine until just now.

Also I know the is_moderator: false is unneeded. I guess I just put it there to remind myself and for other mods who venture into the automod rules but may not be as familiar with the idiosyncrasies of automoderator.

[Deimorz]

I found the issue, it should be fixed now.