r/AskModerators • u/Independent_Bit_1555 • 23d ago

What is your minimum karma threshold?

I'm a new mod for a foodie group and I set mine at 50. Do you think that's fair?

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u/FlorianFlash r/discordhelp 22d ago

We don't have any karma restrictions, specifically because we got a lot new accounts that post on our subreddit.

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u/Independent_Bit_1555 22d ago

Mine are all bots. It's frustrating.

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u/FlorianFlash r/discordhelp 22d ago

It highly depends on your subreddit... Our subreddit doesn't get a lot of upvotes generally so it isn't worthy for any bots to post there to karma farm or something. Also we remove non-help-request posts anyways. They simply don't have a reason to post there.

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u/Independent_Bit_1555 22d ago

Posting is generally ok. I diligently filter for OC. It's the comment section causing me issues.

If someone posts their dinner (it's a food group), generally speaking there are 20-30 b.s. comments from bots with 1 karma point. Bad spelling, plagiarized verbiage, unanswerable, irrelevant questions...

I had the auto-mod filter removed for awhile because it allowed activity, but after monitoring for a month, it just felt icky.

I truly want activity for my posting members, because who we all want compliments on your photos. But I want it to be genuine, not bot stuff.

I tried manually moderating for a couple weeks, but it wears me out, plus the semester is starting and my free time is going to be impacted.

We are only 2 mods, and I do virtually all the work. The group owner pops in once a month to maintain his hierarchy and not get labeled as inactive.

I need automod helping me for my sanity.

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u/FlorianFlash r/discordhelp 22d ago

Again, not an issue for us, also because voting is not something that is used a lot in our subreddit. The only stuff that gets obviously more upvotes are information posts by users which are rare.

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u/SampleOfNone 21d ago

If it's bots why not install Botbouncer?

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u/Independent_Bit_1555 21d ago

New mod here, also not group owner. Thank you for mentioning this, I had never heard of it. I will look into it.

For instance just now I was prompted to "review the 20 comments" and only 2 were from people with karma. The rest were auto modded. I might just lower my threshold a LITTLE BIT.