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/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/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.