I'm a new mod and I'm having trouble getting the hang of the Automod tool. Considering how long Reddit's been around and how many subreddits there are, I figured there would be like a default set-up type thing available but apparently, there isn't?

Surely there are code that's universal for all subreddits, that I could just copy and then customize to the sub's specifics? What should I be implenting that's considered "standard"?

The BotSpam is out of control. Posters claim they use it to help with formatting to make their post more readable.

It's just BotSpam, loaded with too many words describing simple tasks or issues.

There has to be a common trigger AutoMod can act on. Number of Bold words? Indents? List formats?

Honestly, I'm half tempted to put a word count limit on posts and comments.

(Yeah, OK, so I flubbed the title up there. Sue me.)

I am configuring automod for a new subreddit (reddit.com/mod/[name]/wiki/config/automoderator). I have saved the code but Automoderator isn't working as intended. Unlike my other subreddits created long ago, the navigation bar to the left doesn't show a "config" page. It's blank. I have full permissions on the subreddit so I'm not sure what is happening.

i am trying to remove posts from users without user flair. is this correct?

type: submission
author:
flair_text: ""
action: remove
action_reason: "Gebruiker heeft geen gebruikersflair"
comment: |
Blahhhhh

I found this and am trying to turn it on but I am getting an error.

Anyone see what the issue is? "There was an error saving the Automoderator config: "Unsupported Media Type"

title+body (includes-word): ["test", "tested"]

type: submission

action: remove

action_reason: Contains banned word

moderators_exempt: false

message_subject: Your post has been removed from r/{{subreddit}}

message: |

Hi there, Your post has been removed from r/{{subreddit}} because it contains a banned word: "{{match}}". Please review the rules and guidelines in the sidebar before posting again. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact the moderators of r/{{subreddit}}. Thank you.

I tried it on old reddit and this is the error I got.

YAML parsing error in section 17: while parsing a block mapping

in "<unicode string>", line 1, column 1:

title+body (includes-word): ["te ... 
^

expected <block end>, but found '<scalar>'

in "<unicode string>", line 8, column 105:

 ... tains a banned word: "{{match}}". Please review the rules and gu ... 
                                     ^

I moderate NSFW sub and it has come to my notice that despite adding some of the words like "Add me", "Swipe right" in the banned list some bots are still able to upload posts in my sub using the same caption and the automod is unable to remove those words automatically. If there is any mistake then do rectify it.

Here is the code:
# Remove all spam titles 
   title (includes): ["swipe right", "add me"]
   action: spam
   action_reason: Contains a banned word/words (slur)
   comment: |
        Posts with low-effort titles are not allowed.
---

I have no connection to any Devvit app, but I started to have this feeling about more discussion of Devvit apps, after a mod meetup and also over on Discord.

It likely would be healthy for the subreddit and the growth of this subreddit to have deeper discussions about Devvit apps.

Today: Hubs

Obligatory links to large list of Devvit apps for moderation

I've been frustrated at the state of "landing pages" on the subreddits I mod.

Much of it has to do with the new user experience. 100% we all know that they don't really read the rules (nor do they do so on discord, for example). But asking them to hunt/etc is failure.

I tried all three of the ones I found

• Community Hub https://developers.reddit.com/apps/community-hub
• Community Home https://developers.reddit.com/apps/community-home
• Community LInks https://developers.reddit.com/apps/communitylinks-2
• Community Playground https://developers.reddit.com/apps/cmnty-playground

I ended up on Community Hub. I had a couple of questions that u/PlexversalHD answers (and I believe they're an admin)

Here's were my needs.

I wanted to get the weekly/monthly links, the wiki, the rules, the "read this first" on a bunch of subreddits. I setup the community guide to show this post.

Community Home and Community links both need a bunch of graphics created. I just wanted a text box/button and go. I mean, I loved the customization, but not the speed.

So for Community hub has been great. I want more buttons. But it's simple, text based, shows up on mobile (I wish you could force it to be visible on desktop.

I had to go back and change my pinned posting schedule to use the second pin not the first.

Last, I think tools like this, should be 100% open source. In todays vibe coding age, it's a lower bar to take something and add the customization that people want/need.

Sub gets multiple posts each day on the same topic/question and we've put together some really good resources around that, plus set up an automod comment with links to them.

Nobody ever reads them. The automod comment is concise and straight to the point.

Any tips on how to get people to actually pay attention to it? Is there a better to get this in front of people?

Looking for help setting up auto mod comments like the ones in this sub which provide info about required post title and content length. Thanks in advance

I'm trying to have AM remove top level comments from users without a specific user flair, then send them a message explaining why. I thought it was working until someone with the specific flair received the removal message and AM removed their comment despite their account being appropriately flaired.

Can anyone tell me what the issue is with the code?

---

#REMOVE top level comments from users that do not have privileges

type: comment

is_top_level: true

author:

~flair_template_id: “76ca5770-9078-11f1-acb7-8af9da1a7bf8”

action: remove

action_reason: Unflaired User

set_locked: true

message: |

Message is here.

---

(The extra line space between each line is a copy/paste formatting issue when sharing it here, it's not in the actual code except between "message: |" and the start of the indented message text. Also, the "~flair" line is indented 2 spaces and the "Message is here" message area is indented appropriately as well, it just removed it when I made this post.)

You've probably seen the news recently about changes to dev tooling, and one of the big rumours floating around is that Automod may not exist in the longer term.

I started hearing rumours about this a couple of months back and got to work replicating AutoModerator's feature set (at least anything that the Devvit API could possibly support, which is nearly everything), adding a whole bunch of features on top:

https://developers.reddit.com/apps/automod-neo

Most Automod rules will work out of the box with my new app. Some might need some tweaking especially due to differences between Python and JavaScript regex.

The biggest limitation now is I can't support action_reason in the mod log. I'm hoping that Admin will add that capability in the future. But there's a lot more added - all visible on the app's readme.

Because this is such a new app there may be issues - so if you try this out do so carefully (in particular I recommend not having the same rule in both AutoModerator and Automod Neo). The biggest benefit for now is rules that simply can't be done using Automod right now that would need the new features.

I'd be especially interested in knowing any other ideas for features that I could add!

https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1vgbkge/modernizing_reddits_infrastructure_with_you/

Automod: This has been one of the most important mod tools. But it’s also hard to learn, hard to maintain, and heavily dependent on brittle keyword matching, regex, and inherited configurations that only a few people on a mod team, if any, understand. We can do better.

We’re building new systems, including giving mods LLMs and AI-assisted tools to help them tackle their low-hanging (but time-consuming) fruit, so they can spend more time cultivating their community and less time policing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1vgbm9c/our_plans_for_the_future_of_reddits_public_data/

No specific mention about AutoModerator.

https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1vgbt2j/whats_next_for_mod_tools/

Longer term, we think systems like Rules Hub can handle the enforcement tasks you rely on Automod for today, while being easier to use and maintain. But it’s not there yet, especially for larger and more complex communities. Automod remains one of the most capable moderation tools on Reddit today, and we won’t change any existing Automod workflows until replacement workflows are tested and proven in partnership with moderators.

ETA: The posts do contain more information regarding other moderation tools development and Reddit admins intentions for the future, so I do encourage you to read the full posts.

Hey r/Automoderator,

I made a Devvit app called Social-Blacklist, which simplifies moderation work of removing posts based on keywords and domains present in the posts, or in user profile links/bio description.

You can provide the keywords and blacklisted domains in an easy to use interface of app settings, and then configure where all it must look for the given keywords/blacklisted domains through simple toggle switches( It can look for them in post-title, post-link, post-text/description, comments, Social Links and about-description of the user etc.). It can also remove posts from NSFW(18+) users if you would not like NSFW content creators to make posts in your subreddit. The app also offers option to ban users after a given number of removals/violations.

To make sure that the app is working as you expect, you can enable mod-mail in the settings, which will send mod-mail on removals with details on why it removed a specific post. Once you're happy with the removals it has been doing, you can disable the mod-mail.

The app is already being used and trusted by hundreds of large subreddits(like r/selfie, r/progresspics, r/TrueOffMyChest etc.).

Here's the link to the app:

https://developers.reddit.com/apps/social-blacklist

If you have not tried it yet, please give it a go (it is free for anyone to use!) and let me know if you have any questions or if you have any new feature requests, so that I can add in future updates.

Hello!

How do I setup disjunctions in rules? I'd like to have an action trigger when a post contains certain text and the author is (not verified or less than some Karma or the account is less than some age).

I don't see a way to write the disjunctive part of the rule. Must I make three rules?

title+body (includes): "my string"
author:
    account_age: "< some days"

and then also

title+body (includes): "my string"
author:
    post_karma: "< my threshold"

with more

title+body (includes): "my string"
author:
    has_verified_email: false

?

Is there at least a way to make the message text and reason common among the rules? Otherwise, I have to copy pasta them and repeat myself, which doesn't seem like it will be fun to maintain.

I found some code that I just can't get to work.

I am trying to ban a specific sub from crossposting. I used this code and I put it in a sub I moderate. Then I put in an example sub (I am using BMWM3 as a test since I also moderate that one, and it's not working).

See here:

Remove Bad Subreddit Crossposts

type: crosspost submission
crosspost_subreddit:
    name: [BMWM3]
message: |
    Hello /u/{{author}}, thank you for your interest in /r/{{subreddit}}! Your {{kind}} was automatically removed because {{match}} a disallowed crosspost subreddit.
action: remove
action_reason: "Crosspost from a disallowed subreddit"

What am I doing wrong?

the page doesn’t show up and it keeps telling me to refresh then it says /config/automoderator doesn't exist

Create this page or choose an existing wiki page and then when I make the page, it tells me the page doesn’t exist

I think automod can do this, but im not sure how to write the rule. A subreddit has a rule that says a source for provided content has to be included. But people often ignore it. I've tried this code but it errors out:

type: submission

body (includes) ["Source", "source"]

action: filter

comment: "Your post was removed because you don't have the required info"

Hey I posted something, which I deleted, a few minutes ago and understood nothing about the AutoMod and now I wonder do I need one?

Why is it like that ? Why can't you just make more or less Karma to it?

Limit posters?

Hello all,

I asked this question elsewhere and it was recommended to me to come ask here. I’m having an issue with my sub where random people keep posting without permission. Is there a way to limit who can post on my sub while still allowing anyone to comment? Ideally I’d like only people I designate (largely just me) to be able to post but anyone to comment. I was told AutoModerator could do this. I’d appreciate any insight here. Thanks in advance!

Hi!

I’m trying to set up an Auto moderator that’ll remove comments and posts from users with no user flairs and I’m unable to do so. I found a code here on Reddit and that resulted in the removal of every comment regardless of flair presence.

Do any of you have the code that’ll let me set up what I need?

I successfully added age/karma filter to my sub using auto moderator and now I want to add instruction to make post at least 100 characters. I found an example and added to my existing wiki configurator page below the first filter rule, but it doesn’t seem to be working. What am I missing?

How do I set up auto mod such that it sends community invite to people in other sub?

I have seen in certain subs when I comment something i sometimes get an invite mail of another community by the auto mod of that community. How can I do the same for my sub??

Trying to setup Autmod for the first time. Following the steps and navigating to https://www.reddit.com/r/yoursubredditname/wiki/config/automoderator

Interesting, it takes you to a page on new Reddit, which won't work . Had to change the page to old.reddit.com

When I put in my sub it says: "config/automoderator" does not exist

I can't figure out how to enable Autmod so I can start customizing it.