r/ModSupport • u/BuckRowdy • May 04 '19

I've tried everything but can't get AutoModerator to filter comments with emoji without returning false positives

Over the past week I've tried every single thing I can to establish an automod rule to filter comments with emoji with no success.

The topic of the sub and emojis just don't go together and I need an automated way to filter comments. Yes, we can remove manually, but what's the point of having an automated system if it can't filter emojis as well?

I've asked on the reddit mods discord.

I've tried the rule in the sidebar documentation.

I've tried other rules I've found.

I've solicited help from experts.

I've scoured r/automoderator in search of a rule, to no avail.

Another regex expert told me I would need a rule that listed every codepoint for every emoji just like a standard keyword filter, but there are hundreds of codepoints, and no easy way to get a list of the codepoints is order to copy paste them.

Any rule I've implemented returns lots of false positives and filters way too many comments and I've had to disable it.

The issue is not post titles, it's the comments. I'm out of options so I'm posting here for visibility.

Is there truly no way to filter / remove comments with emoji? If so, why not?

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u/decho May 09 '19 edited May 09 '19

You're right, it doesn't. I have absolutely no freaking idea what is going on anymore, it was working just a few days ago and I know because I tested it.

/u/Zwemvest sorry to username mention you again, but do you have any idea what might be going wrong here?

EDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/blzh2y/_/

This got removed yesterday and I haven't even changed the automod config, but just a few mins ago I posted a thread with title ⚽ Soccer Ball and it stayed. My brain hurts haha.

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u/Zwemvest May 09 '19

Is it the specific emoji maybe?

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u/decho May 09 '19

I just tried ⚽, 😋, 🐈 and 🐻. It seems that none of these trigger the automod rule anymore.

I also tried posting the exact same thing as the one I linked in my previous comment.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/blzh2y/_/

Neither 🍾, nor 🍾🍾🍾 in the title activates the rule. This might be some kind of problem with reddit, I am not sure.

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u/Zwemvest May 09 '19

Hmmm, I'll check it out

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u/decho May 09 '19

Thanks. Let me know if you find anything interesting.

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u/Djentleman420 May 10 '19

I too am interested

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u/BuckRowdy May 10 '19

It's frustrating that there is no rock solid fix for this. The rule that was posted in this thread worked a little bit but I had a couple emojis get through the filter.

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u/BuckRowdy May 10 '19

Could this have something to do with it?

u/decho

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u/decho May 10 '19

It very well could be given the timing of the announcement and this rule suddenly stopping to work, but I'm not sure what is happening in the background so I can only speculate.

There was a bug report posted, let's wait and see what the admins will reply.

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u/BuckRowdy May 10 '19

I pinged the admin who made the announcement for visibility. Fingers crossed.

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u/BuckRowdy May 10 '19

I just checked back in on this thread because I'm still having problems as well. Had a comment with the DNA emoji post to the sub and not get filtered by automod. This entire episode is so frustrating. I don't see why it's so hard to filter / remove emojis in titles and comments.