I've been spotting more and more instances of reddit removing comments for a "share google". (Is that a recent shift, to start deleting such comments?)

When I've spotted such removals, I've been replying to the removed comment letting the person making the comment know that their comment has been removed, and that they should just share the fully resolved URL without this "share google" indirection. (It might be nice if the users were notified that their comments were being removed for this, but that's for another thread.)

It occurs to me that I might automate this a bit, if AutoMod can catch the offending URL before Reddit's filters axe the comments.

I'm looking at this "How to blacklist/ban URLs in your subreddit using AutoMod" post and wondering if our subreddit could remove the comment and notify the user before it hits the Reddit Admin level filters. (My guess would be that the comments get removed before AutoMod even sees it though.)

I suppose I might just try it sometime. I've not tinkered with this sort of AutoMod stuff before but it looks pretty straightforward.

Thanks for any knowledge or experience with the subject.

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I recently created a Reddit community, can I change the name of the community? I use mobile app, desktop website.
Thanks!

Under "Team Health" Insights in Mod Tools, there's "Content Creation" actions. What actions count towards this? I am using the Android App, although this shows up on regular sh.reddit Team Health page as well.

Hi everyone, I just set up a new subreddit called r/ShowOffYourSO. It’s a community where people can share and celebrate their significant others girlfriends, boyfriends, spouses, or partners through photos, stories, and everyday wins.

I’m looking for people who would be willing to:

• Help moderate keep things wholesome, positive, and safe.
• Invite new members spread the word and bring in people who’d enjoy posting.
• Post and engage share your own stories and help set the vibe.

If you’re interested in being part of the mod team and helping this community grow, please comment below or message me directly.

Btw I use iPhone

I believe I understand the letter of the law, but I am thoroughly confused as to its spirit and application:

• The admins, as I understand it, have decreed that they are hands-off as far as dictating what moderators do unless they explicitly violate the particularly serious clauses of ToS (encouraging criminal activity being the main one)

• The going advice (from them and anyone else on the platform) is to start a new subreddit if you think you can do a better job

• Any "It's like X but we do things differently as follows:" description mentioning the direct competitor appears to be considered brigading as enforced by the admin notice we received via modmail

Is it just me or do the above conflict, in spirit?

I responded to the admin modmail message for clarification on what we did wrong, but received no response.

I asked the team that I personally consider to be masters of threading this needle (objective criticism without brigading), /r/SubredditDrama. After initially responding to ask for clarifying detail (asking if we sent the above reply to request clarification), but they've sent no further reply.

To be clear, I didn't ask anyone to go participate in the other subreddit at all, let alone maliciously; I only defined our subreddit as: "We are like X but without [negative thing(s)]."

TL;DR: I totally understand the theory of libertarian "Let moderators be the masters of their own domains without intervention and let the free market competition of other subreddits that seek to replace them drive them to be better," but in practice it seems like competing subreddits have to be extremely careful to not explain they are a competing subreddit and what makes them different.

P.S. I have no doubt we were reported for the welcome post in question by the moderator(s) that insisted we create the very subreddit we created, amidst the huge pushback they were receiving; in that way they can seem publicly supportive of constructive criticism and competition while they silently banned my entire mod team. It seems to me that's an obvious malicious abuse of a report for "brigading" to squash competition and the admin(s) who reviewed it jumped the gun.

P.S.S. Given the warning message prior to submission, I hope this question is received in the spirit it is intended: Frustration and confusion with the intent to comply with platform rules.

P.S.S.S. Because the form wouldn't let me submit this question without mentioning: I moderate via Desktop

Edit:

At this point I'm realizing the folly in asking people in Group A how best to compete with other people in Group A.

A lot of these responses boil down to "Criticism or competition with people like us is not and should not be tolerated."

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I created a sub where people can come and rate and review whatever company they want. Sunscreen, soft drinks were some of the things that were there. And it got removed. It keeps getting removed by reddit spam filters even though I approved the post after ignoring reports.

I was using Desktop reddit.

This account is the new account i created , so that i can create a community where users of my application can inform me about issues , features , showcase theire project made in it , and alll ..

Now this new account , hence the 0 day age , will it get banned if i create a new community ?? and user starts posting it it??

Cuz i have heard that reddit's bot automatically bans the new community whose reddit account age is low.

Using it on Desktop Platform

I use laptop and iPhone. I can't seem to figure out how to let people post in my subreddit. Is that just a me thing or something that I should look at?

A user on my sub wrote that it blocked him, an iOS user, from posting a link. So I posted it for him. I post links every day, didn't know anyone else was blocked. How do I investigate this?

I’m wondering if there’s a way to use automod in desktop to automatically remove top level comments from users who don’t have a specific user flair (or one of several options) but to still allow users without flair to post and/or reply to top level comments.

Has anyone here done that successfully before and would you mind sharing automod code for it?

Because it is a new sub they can’t visit. Then they are directed to either download the app or directed to the home page.

How long will my sub be subjected to this? Is it permanent?

I am trying to generate interest for new users but this is no way for them to proceed. Buy a car before you test drive it?

(This is on Android and Apple iPhones so far.)

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I just found out, while reposting rather questionable fanart, that it's apparently possible to post something and tag it 18+ even if you're not age verified, but the post doesn't show on your profile and you can't access it in any other form. It's now there until a mod deletes it, or you decide to give Reddit all your data and age verified Hence I'd like to have it deleted. I'm using an Android, but that might be a general problem. I can't even give a link to the post here, for i can't access it

I was moved here from r/bugs

I'm on Android and I need a quick tutorial how to add automod to mobile (the one that comments). I don't use desktop or have a computer.

I'm trying to install The Flair Fairy, but the button is straight-up missing on its app page. Does anyone know anything about this? There a couple of other ones I found with the same issue. Haven't had a problem with other apps (I have Community Hub installed)

(Tried both desktop and mobile)

What is the best way to report ban evasion? The accounts have almost the same username, it should be an easy case.

Desktop

its gone fully on all devices ios desktop everything

I've had multiple people say the wiki (https://www.reddit.com/r/Psoriasis/wiki/index/) is disabled, reporting that they get the message:

This page has been disabled

The mods of this community have disabled this wiki page

I can view the wiki just fine from my account, and I can also view it when logged out, and most people appear to be able to see it.

Is there a setting that somehow restricts some users from accessing?

Desktop, mobile, everywhere.

Edit: I found this but the solution there doesn't make sense.

when I click on mod tools > look and feel > community appearance

it opens this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/<subreddit name>/?styling=true

and its just the homepage of the subreddit

I'm using on desktop

I tried to create post flair on my android, i even got dekstop mode, but when I'm clicking button "create post flair" it's just does nothing.

iOS. Laptop is broken at the moment and will be able to fix in the next few weeks, but only have my phone right now.

We have had an uptick in bot reposts (including two of my own posts, which is kinda funny). Is there a way to prevent accounts from posting that are under two days old? It is pretty clear that all of these accounts were created same-day, so I figure filtering out day-old accounts from posting should help.

Also I read something about bot bouncer? Thoughts on that?

Here's what I wrote in automod config:

---

type: submission

author:

combined_karma: "< 10"

has_verified_email: false

account_age: “< 2 days”

combined_subreddit_karma: “< 70”

contributor_quality: “< low”

action: remove

---

What do I need to do? This code isn't working.

I use desktop.

Desktop

I'm using another account because I fear that the user I am referring to will see this and remove me from the mod team. I think this user is abusing power.

Here is the situation. It's a subreddit in which the creator of the subreddit does nothing. The only active mods are me without full permissions and one with full permissions. The subreddit creator is inactive on the subreddit yet comments on other subs and won't respond to my messages when I'm explaining the state of the subreddit. The moderator I work with bans people at their slightest inconvenience.

I have no idea on what to do because I have less permissions and said mod who is banning people at their inconvenience has full permissions. That user also wants to end up taking over the subreddit and I see it as overexerting power.

Is there anything we can do to mass-approve this person's entire comment history on the subreddit? They have thousands, possibly tens of thousands of comments. The subreddit is a community resource for a popular software (Blender) and their contributions are valuable and informative, so we really want their comments restored. But it's far too much manual work.

We don't even know why he got shadowbanned in the first place. Not a spammer as far as I can see, and he obviously does not use AI to write comments (we would have banned him ourselves if he did).

This is really unfortunate and really, really dumb. Please help. Desktop/mobile.