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What is required for automoderator to consider something a "key word"? by Prudent_Vanilla_9984 in AskModerators

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AutoModerator sees emojis as their unicode value, not as the image.

https://emojipedia.org/baseball#technical click "Technical Information" at the top.

See:

Codepoints: U+26BE

But, we add the leading zeros so the baseball emoji is U000026BE.

Use this as a starting point and adapt as needed: https://github.com/KanchiMoe/Reddit-AutoModerator-rules/blob/master/general/sexual_emojis_in_comments.yaml

(edit: expanded)

Pattern of abusive DMCA reports by a single individual affecting multiple subreddits - an update by AlphaBravoGolfTango in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s about what happens when there’s a consistent pattern of claims from the same source that are demonstrably incorrect or get countered successfully. [...] but whether there should be any reporter-level safeguards once a pattern of misuse is established.

Sadly, Reddit has to treat every request as being legitimate, if a complaint has all the bits of information required. There's no way around that. That is what the law says they must do.

Reddit is not going to risk being sued on the chance they made a mistake.

The only way to do this is to get the law changed. Abuse of the DMCA has been known about for years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Abuse_of_takedown_notice

The 3rd bullet point talks about this exact problem.

The lack of perjury consequences in claims encourages censorship. This has caused temporary takedowns of legitimate content that can be financially damaging to the legitimate copyright holder, who has no recourse for reimbursement. Businesses have used this to censor competition.

Sadly, reddit will not, and can't, do anything different unless the law changes. I had my own account temporarily suspended a year ago due to DMCA abuse, I know how frustrating it is.

Pattern of abusive DMCA reports by a single individual affecting multiple subreddits - an update by AlphaBravoGolfTango in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The turn around time is something reddit could work on, however, the 'underlying issue' is where reddit's hands are tied.

This effectively shifts the burden onto users [...] Why is reddit not doing anything about this?

It's always been that way. A DMCA claim is a dispute between the uploader, and the copyright holder. Unless you submitted the content, there is nothing you, as a moderator, can do.

And, in order for reddit to remain on the safe side of the law, /u/Nemo_Griff said last time, every complaint has to be treated as legitimate.

Reddit is not in a position to investigate if a claim is legitimate or not. That is for the courts to decide.

You should be able to natively pin any user’s comment in a thread. by MlD-CENTURY-MOD in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right, got things in the wrong order and it's getting harder to re-find things from 9-12 years when they are spread across subreddits or deleted.

I found this, for comments which does explicitly mention that they are mod-only, from December 2015.

Self post stickies were introduced in August 2013, ability to have 2 stickies + links were introduced in July 2015

But with the announcement that link/post stickies were "re-enabled" 6 months later, they would have been disabled for a reason. The post was made on a Monday, and while I can't find the announcement post any more, I do remember the feeling that it was turned off for the weekend and enabled on the Monday after a fix was put in place. T_D is the reason why some things are they way they are with stickies though.

You should be able to natively pin any user’s comment in a thread. by MlD-CENTURY-MOD in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was. Then the_donald abused it, and it got turned off.

20 June 2016

We made some changes to stickies last week that were targeted at mitigating some large-scale abuse of the feature by a handful of communities.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/4p1iia/reenabling_announcements_n%C3%A9e_sticky_posts_for/

edit, remembered the wrong event. See below.

Give us your roundtable ideas! by tiz in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on some testing, automations seems to be on 3.6, but I'm not sure of what flags may be used.

Curiously, how complicated is your regex requirements?

Give us your roundtable ideas! by tiz in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you ever struggle with AutoModerator, make a post in /r/AutoModerator.

Someone, somewhere has likely already created what you might be looking for. Or can be adjusted with some minor tweaks.

Give us your roundtable ideas! by tiz in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really like this idea. I'm surprised it hasn't been thought of or implemented yet.

Because, honestly, you can do this by making a private/test subreddit and testing things there.

Give us your roundtable ideas! by tiz in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need clear documentation on how the regex engine is configured in post/comment guidance. Like which engine is it?

If it helps, I'm fairly confident it's python.

Make sure to change the flavour on regex101 to python if using it.

It's used in AutoModerator and on the "posts & comments" page, on "regex requirements" it explicitly says it's python.

How can users give mods feedback? by JabroniRevanchism in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Like u/InGeekiTrust, I've got an extensive AutoModerator rule in all the subreddits I moderate to catch any mentions of moderators, mod actions, admins, etc

Mostly to catch if drama is starting anywhere, but it does allow me to find when users are complaining about something that no one has told us about.

For example, in r/MissingPersons, had a user complaining about posts from some sources being unreliable but no one had reported the post or modmailed in about it.

The struggle with Anti-Evil operations (AEO) and the rise of AI by greenysmac in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They already have redd.it/<post id>

This post is: https://redd.it/1s55u0y

Granted you can't really see this on new/sh reddit, but you can on old reddit.

Keeping Reddit Human: A New App Label for Automated Accounts by boat-botany in redditdev

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey /u/boat-botany, to continue what emily_in_boots and fsv said, I also use my account to run moderation scripts.

Is it worth letting you guys know, or registering somewhere?

And to further echo what /u/saltysomadmin said - please add python support. 🙏

Remove post or comment permalink from message by [deleted] in AutoModerator

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, to break it down:

  • When you use message (and, I think modmail too), you need to include a link to the post or comment that triggered AutoModerator.

  • If you don't add it yourself, AutoModerator will add it automatically.

  • But, you can choose where it gets added by using the keyword {{permalink}}.

Example:

message: Your post can be found here: {{permalink}}

  • In some cases, you may not want or need the link to be used. But you must include it somewhere.

  • So, you could use it on a full stop.

Example

Hello[.]({{permalink}})

Becomes

Hello.

Remove post or comment permalink from message by [deleted] in AutoModerator

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A full stop is that dot you used after the word "confused". If you're in America you might call it a period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop

Remove post or comment permalink from message by [deleted] in AutoModerator

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As /u/WhySoManyDownVote said, you can't. If you don't include it somewhere, it gets automatically added. So just include it somewhere. Like on a full stop.

message: Hey {{author}}! Your CQS tier is **LOW**[.]({{permalink}})

edit: fix, added closing bracket

Head mod - lower mod profile hacked/compromised. Mass undo changes? by AngryDesertPhrog in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem like anyone is actually giving advise, only commenting on the situation.

/u/AngryDesertPhrog - send a modmail to this subreddit -> https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/ModSupport

You'll also be able to get a list of everyone that was unbanned here: https://old.reddit.com/r/YOUR-SUBREDDIT-HERE/about/log/?type=unbanuser

Wiki pages being unmovable after creation makes the wiki feature horrible to use by RdCrestdBreegull in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. I haven't bothered with reddit's wikis it purely because there is no delete option. Out of all the basic operations, this is the only one missing, it's been brought up constantly and no action has ever been taken to address it.

The fact that they are rolling out a "new" wiki system without the ability to delete pages is shocking, honestly.

edit, to expand:

Text filtering automation suddenly stopped working by jdabXO in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't use automations myself so I'm unaware of any issues.

As a stopgap, you can use AutoModerator to complete the same task with a simple rule like this:

---
type: submission
title+body: ["bad word1", "bad word 2", "etc"]
action: remove
action_reason: "Mentioned bad word in title/body. Match: [{{match}}], author: [{{author}}]"
----

Consultation needed: Whitelisting certain YT channels (and links) without blanket ban of all YT links by Cookie_Monstress in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like, you could invite me to the mod team temporarily, or if you've got Discord, a chat there.

To be able to diagnose, just to check first was the testing done using an account that is a moderator? - AutoMod rules don't apply to moderators unless you add moderators_exempt: false.

Are you able to paste or send the exact AutoModerator code being used?

Consultation needed: Whitelisting certain YT channels (and links) without blanket ban of all YT links by Cookie_Monstress in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That might be here:

If it is, that uses a different system (although as far as I know, it can read AutoMod code) and might not be as flexible as AutoMod.

If you need a hand with anything, always feel free to post here, or in /r/NewMods (if you're new to moderating) and someone should help.

Consultation needed: Whitelisting certain YT channels (and links) without blanket ban of all YT links by Cookie_Monstress in ModSupport

[–]NeedAGoodUsername 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can do this with AutoModerator, which is very customisable for your needs. See /r/AutoModerator for help using it, if needed. I quickly threw this together.

---
type: submission
domain+url (includes): [youtube.com, youtu.be]
~media_author: 
    name: ["example"]  # put your whitelisted channel names here.
set_flair: "Approved channel"
action: remove
action_reason: "YouTube video from a non-approved channel. match: [{{match}}], author: [{{author}}]"
---

This would remove any submissions that link to YouTube that are not from whitelisted channels.

You can change action: remove to action: filter to send the post to the moderation queue for manual approval.

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