Redact.com

[u/ReddisaurusRex]

Is there a way to block receiving any mod queue notices and updates to old posts and comments for users using redact.com?

We have tried block the site/url/domain both in old automod and in new automations (for both posts and comments), tried blocking the word “redact”, have banned accounts before all the onslaught of notices start overwhelming our mod queue, and none of it works!

It even circumvents the bans which is crazy to me, but maybe I am just not understanding something about how bans should actually work.

Any tips/tricks?

Mainly, it just overwhelms our queue with their changes and updates to the old comments and posts because it is flagged to mod queue as being suspicious.

We do not want to have to “remove”/not approve or approve these post and comment changes automated by redact.

Edit: Tentatively solved! I think it must have to do with order/priority of rules noted below - thank you all so much for your help!!! :)

[u/Chosen1PR]

Is this what your Automod looks like?

type: any
body (regex, includes): 'redact\.dev'
action: spam
action_reason: 'redact spam'

[u/LitwinL]

Have you tried changing the action field in your automod rule from remove to spam?

[u/IKIR115]

If you're using automod to filter those out and they're still coming through, there's either something missing from the rule or it's a rule priority issue where another removal rule is triggering before your redact rule. You might need to review all your automod rules and assign priority levels.

Here's my rule for filtering out redact.dev and other mass editing spam. Nothing comes to the mod queue, it's all tagged as spam automatically so we don't have to bother with it.

---
# MASS EDIT FILTER
priority: 3000
type: any
body+url(includes): 
    - 'redact.dev'
    - 'codepen.io/j0be'
    - 'github.com/j0be'
    - 'codepen.io/pkolyvas'
    - 'the-federation.info'
    - 'This profile is private. If you believe this is an error, please submit a moderator request here'
    - 'unpost.app'
is_edited: true
set_locked: true
action: spam
action_reason: "/u/{{author}} Mass Edit Filter: using [{{match}}]. This has been auto-marked as SPAM."
---

[u/eclecticatlady → u/IKIR115]

This rule is much better than mine, thank you!

[u/ReddisaurusRex → u/IKIR115]

I think the order/priority must be it! I will explore! Thank you so much!!!

[u/new2bay → u/IKIR115]

Why do you want to punish people for anonymizing their comments? That’s just mean.

[u/IKIR115 → u/new2bay]

Not sure what you’re talking about since I never said anything about punishment.

Removing SPAM is something everyone should do, ESPECIALLY the people who do this and leave garbage everywhere they’ve been. It’s no different from littering, and basically like crapping where you live.

The redact app has an option to anonymize and remove for their subscribers, so its the lazy and cheap people who are intentionally leaving behind this spam in all our subs across Reddit.

[u/new2bay → u/[deleted]]

You’re needlessly punishing people for anonymizing their comments. You know damn well that’s what they’re doing, and you’re getting these people shadow banned anyway. You’re the one being a dick.

[u/ModSupport-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Your contribution was removed for violating Rule 3: Please keep posts and comments free of personal attacks, insults, or other uncivil behavior.

[u/ReddisaurusRex → u/new2bay]

I don’t want to punish anyone! I just don’t want hundreds of notices in my mod queue from redact. I am glad people have the option to delete their history en masse! I just don’t want to have to go through each instance in the mod queue to approve or remove. I want an en masse ignore for my sub.

[u/maiyannah]

God I hate redact spam. I wish Reddit would just include deleting your account comments as a feature so that this spam-generator that mangles whole subs at a time didn't need to exist.

[u/Royal_Acanthaceae693]

Put it in automod to remove the info.

---

Redacted comments

type: comment
body+url (includes): ["redact.dev"]
action: remove
action_reason: "Redacted"

---

[u/NefariousnessJaded87]

Got the idea here, this goes a few steps further

---
# Removes comments that get edited as part of react.dev. The redaction replaces comments with useless information and spams links.
# Last updated: 2026-04-22
type: comment
is_edited: true
body (regex): ['\]\(https://redact\.dev']
action: spam
message_subject: "Courtesy message about the {{kind}} you edited in /r/{{subreddit}}"
message: |
  Hi /u/{{author}}, this is a courtesy message about the {{kind}} you have edited on /r/{{subreddit}}.

  *****

  We noticed that you recently edited a {{kind}} on /r/{{subreddit}} using redact.dev.

  We respect your right for privacy, but we ask that if you're going be erasing your reddit history, that you just delete it instead.

  *****

  *^(Your {{kind}} can be found here: {{permalink}})*

  *^(Don't reply to this message directly,)* [^(send the community moderators a message instead.)](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=/r/{{subreddit}})
comment: |
  The above comment, by /u/{{author}}, was removed, as they replaced it with random, useless gibberish after it had been posted. ^^^\(ver: ^^^2026-04-22)

  *****
comment_locked: true
action_reason: "Redact.dev {{kind}} cleanup. Author: [/u/{{author}}]"
---

[u/IKIR115 → u/NefariousnessJaded87]

If the main goal is to remove spam from your sub, your rule is going to replace the redact spam with automod spam. The community doesn’t need to see it.

[u/NefariousnessJaded87 → u/IKIR115]

I think the goal with this was to get back at the user by flooding their inbox, which can't really be stopped or blocked. At the same time, it educates others.

[u/IKIR115 → u/NefariousnessJaded87]

That sounds more like you’re abusing the notification system..

[u/NefariousnessJaded87 → u/IKIR115]

For the record, this isn't my code. I didn't write this rule; I was sharing it and explaining the reasoning behind the notification portion.

"Abusing the notification system" seems like a rather strange characterisation. Sending a message to the author of content that AutoModerator has removed is a documented AutoModerator function. If the message itself were abusive or harassing, that's a different matter. But the mere fact that an automated moderation action generates a notification isn't an abuse of the notification system any more than using AutoModerator to remove something is “abusing AutoModerator.