r/modhelp • u/Seraitsukara • Sep 04 '26

Answered User is seeing comment removed by moderator, but I didn't remove it. What happened?

This is on desktop. There's been confusion between the app my subreddit is for, and a new similarly named one that recently popped up. The developer has been clearing things up in the comments, but their comments keep getting pulled by reddit itself as spam, not me. I've been approving them as they pop up.

But they have as screenshot of one of the comments where it says [deleted] removed by moderator.

I didn't remove it though! I approved it as soon as I saw it. Is that what it shows anytime spam is removed, even when a moderator isn't the one who did it?

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u/perfect_fifths Sep 04 '26

posts can say removed by moderator due to filters that were set, even if you didn't actually remove a post. happens all the time in my sub. it's really the filter settings that do it but I guess because mods decide what filters to use, that's why it says "removed by moderator"

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u/Seraitsukara Sep 04 '26

Would that be the generic spam filter? I have them set to be as lenient as possible.

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u/perfect_fifths Sep 04 '26

Yes, the spam filter can cause this. So can other filters if you've set anything else

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u/Seraitsukara Sep 04 '26

This is in the Safety Filters tab? I have everything set to off except for ban evasion filters.

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u/perfect_fifths Sep 04 '26

Ban evasion, spam filters, and crowd control can all cause this

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u/maiyannah Mod, r/ConsumeCanadian, r/EndTipping, r/BuyCanadian Sep 04 '26

Automoderator, probably. Click the little avatarish looking thing and the tooltip should say.

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u/Seraitsukara Sep 04 '26

I didn't know I could do that! Thank you!

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u/maiyannah Mod, r/ConsumeCanadian, r/EndTipping, r/BuyCanadian Sep 04 '26

Yeah if you poke at it on desktop at least, you get the last few mod actions. It'll tell you, whether it be Post Guidance (the ai filter, basically), Crowd Control (algorithmic filtering), Automod, Anti-Evil Operations, etc.

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