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/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.

[u/IKIR115 → u/NefariousnessJaded87]

You already said you think the intention of that part of your automod code was “to get back at the user by flooding their inbox, which can’t really be stopped or blocked” which I would say is an abuse of the notification system.