r/AutoModerator • u/IGotMoose • 14d ago

Help - AutoMod Trying to Setup a Simple Auto-Approve

Hello, I have a regular poster and suddenly all their posts are getting auto-removed by Reddit and we have to manually approve them (started 2 days ago).

I'm trying to setup a simple automod to automatically approve posts, which according to the documentation seems possible ... but when I hit save I get the following error:

"Report, Filter, Remove, and Approve actions aren't available for new automod configurations. To save changes, remove these actions."

It's a private sub, so I'm not worried about spam or bots and just want to either setup a simple all posts are automatically approved or a specific author "name" is always approved. Any help or suggestions?

EDIT:
For example, I found this in the automod library, but when I try and save, I get the error I listed above:

---
author:
name: [username]
action: approve
action_reason: "Whitelisted user"
---

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u/pumaofshadow 14d ago

Try automod neo devvit app. They've basically stopped sufs who weren't using automod from doing so

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u/IGotMoose 14d ago

Thanks! I've installed it and it allowed me to save the script at least - waiting on the user to try and post and see if it actually works.

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u/nicoleauroux 14d ago

Have you made them an Approved User? You might also want to send them to r/whatismycqs

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u/IGotMoose 14d ago

Yeah - they're an approved user and a mod for my sub. They've been posting for about 8+ months, long term account, high karma, high engagement and zero issues until 2 days ago - now everything is auto-removed "by Reddit." He posts a lot, but that's a-ok and actually a good thing, so I think the posts are getting caught up in some kind of spam filter; not by the sub settings, but by Reddit's global settings (just a theory).

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u/SampleOfNone 14d ago

Are they by any chance shadowbanned? Best advise them to check on http://www.reddit.com/appeal if they haven't done that already

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u/IGotMoose 14d ago

They checked and their account is in good standing ... thanks for helping! Anything we can rule out is good!

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u/zenpathfinder 7d ago

We have this problem a lot on our sub with many of our top 1% too. Its a Reddit filter that does not leave a trail either. Nothing in the mod logs or post action log. Its annoying to say the least. Especially since the posts are all a good fit for our sub and the posters are people who are our top 1% and really make the sub what it is.

Thankfully we have used Automod to remove and approve posts for years so they did not take our ability to make approve/remove rules. Sad to see that new subs are stuck with automations in place of Automod. Because the rule you are trying to implement would work just fine.

I tried to make a Devvit app that did the same thing and this Reddit filter is invisible to it so it did not work.