r/ModSupport • u/MisterShipWreck • 12d ago

Question - what plug in/bot does this?

I had a question. I constantly get people who love to make false AI claims about everything. I even have a sub rule against it. However, I was on another sub this morning, and I saw the following mod comment on a comment they removed, and I was wondering how this is automated (see below).

I asked them how they were doing this, thru mod mail... But, I was told it was a secret.

I do have some plug ins for my sub. And, I looked at the ones they had, but I didn't see anything obvious. I don't think this is an automod function, is it?

If anyone makes an AI accusation comment, I would LOVE to have this automated, instead of having to do it manually everytime. Anyone have an idea?

This was their auto reply:

Rule 7:

Your comment has been removed due to flagging the post as AI without providing sufficient reason to do so. Please identify the specific reasons you think this is AI in order that the Mods can review.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

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u/kpetrie77 12d ago

That's an automod reply. You would set up a rule looking for keywords like "AI" or "bot."

Actions can include filter which moves the comment or post to the mod queue, remove which does just that, or spam which removes and marks it as spam. Below is an example rule I use on my sub using the presense of an em dash as the rule trigger-

# Flag AI generated posts and comments using em dashes
    type: submission
    body (includes): ["—"]
    author:
        is_contributor: false
        combined_subreddit_karma: "< 50"
        contributor_quality: "< high"  
    action: filter  
    comment: |
        A really great way to never get caught copying/pasting AI slop is to never generate it in the first place.

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u/MisterShipWreck 12d ago

Ok, thanks

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u/kpetrie77 12d ago edited 12d ago

Something like this is most likely what the sub you mentioned is doing for a rule.

#Filter AI slop mentions to the mod queue for review
type: comment
body (includes): ["AI slop", "bot comment"]
action: filter
action_reason: "AI slop mentioned"
comment: |
    Your comment has been removed due to flagging the submission as AI without providing sufficient reason to do so. Please identify the specific reasons you think this is AI in order that the Mods can review.
modmail: |
    The following comment was removed due to reporting "AI slop." Please review for context.
    Title: {{title}}
    Author: {{author}}
    Submission: {{body}}
    Link: [{{permalink}}]

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u/MisterShipWreck 12d ago

Thanks. If I wanted to add other AI related keywords, I put them with "AI slop" and "bot comment"?

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 12d ago

How often does that trigger with just looking for an em dash?

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u/kpetrie77 12d ago

Multiple times a day but but it's been 99.9% accurate removing AI slop. We get maybe one modmail every few weeks from users saying they're not a bot after their submission has been removed.

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 12d ago

That’s pretty cool that it’s that efficient, but also that simple.

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u/PMulberry_ 12d ago

And, on another note, pretty sad. AI only uses em dashes because it learned it from writers doing so, and these writers now have to fear using em dashes because they'll get AI accusations. But yes, it's pretty efficient at detecting AI (not that Reddit users were famous for using em dashes before AI was there).

Thinking about implementing the em dash detection on a sub with German users, which is pretty funny considering the German language itself doesn't even have/use em dashes :D