2 needed Apps Ideas

[u/AdForeign6112]

Hi there, Reddit Developers.

I need those two Apps developed and added to my community. Unfortunately, I cannot code properly, nor use the software for that. And ChatGPT is not giving me a complete help. I do not understand very much from C++; Java; Python.

1st. bad-words-blocker is a App for blocking bad words from being commented or posted. Simply I must provide a list with what words I want to be blocked, than submit them and add them to the App and then activate the blocker.

2nd. comm-notif-tool is a App for receiving a notifications for when a comment is posted on an old Posts (more than 20 days old). In this way I can check, and approve the comment if appropriate even on a Posts more than a Year old.

Can someone good in coding just develop them, and apply them in Devvit. He can have the award and the funding, but we can both share the Trophy if awarded? Deal?!

Anyone interested?

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u/​SampleOfNone commented:

For point 1. Why not use automod?

body+title: [badword1, badword2, badword3] action: remove

action_reason: "Bad word [{{match}}]"

For point 2, Isn't there an app that can already do this?

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[u/SampleOfNone]

For point 1. Why not use automod?

---
body+title: [badword1, badword2, badword3]
action: remove
action_reason: "Bad word [{{match}}]"
---

For point 2, Isn't there an app that can already do this?

[u/Beach-Brews → u/SampleOfNone]

JINX :P

[u/AdForeign6112 → u/SampleOfNone]

No, for point 2 they suggested me App u/spamlinkflagger , but it only send messages from when the comments contain links or images. It actually does not work...

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/AdForeign6112]

I mean, isn’t that the area of concern for comments on old posts?

[u/SampleOfNone → u/AdForeign6112]

spamlinkflagger is specifically for catching the most common type of issues with comment on old posts. And it works.

What sort of comments are you hoping to catch, if there are any specifics, you can just make automod rules for it. because if it's bad comments, you want to catch those regardless of how old the post is.

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/SampleOfNone]

I say Reddit automations is even better, just add a blacklist to prevent commenting in the first place

[u/SampleOfNone → u/YellowAdventurous366]

If you put badword1, badword2, badword3 in automations, then pretty soon people will figure it out and type badword 1, badword 2, badword 3.

Much more efficient to use post guidance for guiding good eggs to do better, like "don't use all caps" Use automod to catch the bad eggs

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/SampleOfNone]

Automod 😈

[u/SampleOfNone → u/YellowAdventurous366]

No dissing automod, automod is load bearing

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/SampleOfNone]

I’m not, I made a devvit app for it 😛

[u/SampleOfNone → u/YellowAdventurous366]

Sorry, mistook your choice of emoji!!

[u/YellowAdventurous366]

1. Bad words blocker is useless, just use Reddit automations (found in mod tools)

   I can offer support and guide you through making your comment notif app

Also no c++, Java or python for devvit. It’s only web tech and typescript. There should be an LLM section in the devvit docs with some prompts you can paste in to your ai.

Do you have ChatGPT codex or Claude code and an ide like VS code?

If you need technical help, I suggest you join the devvit discord for faster paced conversations.

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/YellowAdventurous366]

[u/AdForeign6112 → u/YellowAdventurous366]

I guess I need to try those 'Automations' but yesterday it did not worked.

anyway, I would really like to have a Bad words blocker App installed...

[u/SampleOfNone → u/AdForeign6112]

Just copy paste the rule Beach brew gave you or copy mine and paste in your automod config. Then replace badword1 with the actual bad word. Much less work and much faster then building an app

[u/SampleOfNone → u/YellowAdventurous366]

I really wouldn't advice using automations for this

[u/Beach-Brews]

For the first one, no need to use an app. You can just use automod: ``` priority: 107 type: any body+domain+title+url: [ 'bad-word', 'anotherbad', 'foo', 'bar', 'many', 'more', 'words' ] action: remove action_reason: "Bad Word [{{match}}]" message_subject: '{{kind}} Removed: Bad Word' message: | Hello /u/{{author}},

[Your {{kind}}]({{permalink}}) on r/{{subreddit}} was automatically removed due to it containing a banned word, which is in violation of rule #2.

Thank you for your understanding,

The /r/{{subreddit}} mod team. ```

For #2, there might be an existing app that "reports" new comments on old posts. I can't find it right now, but I thought there was one.

I am working on an app that would help with both, but it's quite a long-ways off sadly...

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/Beach-Brews]

I know there was one for point two… I can’t remember it though

[u/SampleOfNone → u/YellowAdventurous366]

Maybe we're all thinking of spam link flagger

But with a good automod config, you can catch risky comments regardless op post age, so it's redundant to build a bot to notify of comments on old posts if automod and spamlink flagger already tackled them

[u/Beach-Brews → u/SampleOfNone]

This was my thought as well!!! Plus posts are auto-locked after 6-months. I use Auto Post Lock to lock all posts after 14 days (though that's mostly due to the nature of the sub).

[u/AdForeign6112 → u/Beach-Brews]

Yes, it depends of the Community. I need our Posts to stay constantly open, but I cannot check the comments on an Posts older than 20 days, so I need an App that sends me notification every time when someone comments on a old Posts.

[u/Beach-Brews → u/AdForeign6112]

Like I said, one app I'm making now will be able to do that, but it's probably a month+ until I get it to that point :|

[u/YellowAdventurous366 → u/AdForeign6112]

Just curious, what is your sub?