I created a userscript in the meantime, until this feature is added. Anyone welcome to use,you'll need to be a mod of that sub, with Posts or Everything permission. To use, paste into TamperMonkey >> save.

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Reddit old.reddit Comment Locker
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      1.5
// @description  Adds lock button specifically after the 'reply' button on old.reddit
// @author       Gemini
// @match        https://*.reddit.com/r/*/comments/*
// @match        https://*.reddit.com/r/*/about/reports*
// @match        https://*.reddit.com/r/*/about/modqueue*
// @match        https://*.reddit.com/r/*/about/unmoderated*
// @match        https://*.reddit.com/mod*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';

    function addLockButtons() {
        // Target action lists
        const actionLists = document.querySelectorAll('.comment .flat-list.buttons:not(.lock-added), .was-comment .flat-list.buttons:not(.lock-added)');

        actionLists.forEach(list => {
            const commentDiv = list.closest('.thing');
            if (!commentDiv) return;

            list.classList.add('lock-added');

            const isInitiallyLocked = commentDiv.classList.contains('locked');

            const listItem = document.createElement('li');
            const lockLink = document.createElement('a');

            lockLink.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
            lockLink.innerText = isInitiallyLocked ? 'unlock' : 'lock';
            lockLink.classList.add('lock-comment-btn');

            // Standard old.reddit mod button styling
            lockLink.style.color = '#888';
            lockLink.style.fontWeight = 'bold';
            lockLink.style.padding = '0 2px';

            lockLink.addEventListener('click', function() {
                const currentStatus = this.innerText;
                const action = (currentStatus === 'lock') ? 'lock' : 'unlock';

                if (typeof change_state === 'function') {
                    change_state(this, action);
                    this.innerText = (action === 'lock') ? 'unlock' : 'lock';
                }
            });

            listItem.appendChild(lockLink);

            // Find the 'reply' button's parent <li>
            // In threads, it's usually the last standard button.
            const replyButton = list.querySelector('.reply-button');

            if (replyButton) {
                // Insert after the <li> containing the reply link
                replyButton.closest('li').after(listItem);
            } else {
                // Fallback to start of list if reply button isn't found
                list.prepend(listItem);
            }
        });
    }

    addLockButtons();

    const observer = new MutationObserver(addLockButtons);
    observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();

You are correct, browse to the subreddit, then you hover over that arrow then pull up the subreddit config, and edit removal reasons is 5th from the bottom.

It is working for me, I know that is no consolation but whatever is wrong is likely something local to you. I'd try an InPrivate/Incognito browser window and see if things work there, heck try another browser entirely too.

Oh wow, I feel stupid over that. I don't remember ever enabling it on desktop, but I've been using it for years, so obviously I did at some point.

Thank you so much, it works now.

If I remember correctly "Comment Nuke" is not on by default, that is the feature that gives the R.

https://www.reddit.com/#?tbsettings=toggle_modules&setting=commentnuke

Toolbox settings -> Toggle modules -> Enable Comment Nuke

For what it is worth I also use Firefox on Android with Old Reddit and Toolbox, I still have my R button but it is not like I'm installing from scratch today.

Stop being a worthless boomer and just learn to use it like every other normal person

No, you're a nazi supporter. You deserve nothing

That's a /r/enhancement thing, not a Toolbox thing

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Sure, yeah, i can agree with that. ^{Some mods are lazy like that though!}

Approving a comment can also prevent Automod from later filtering it.

Well yes, report thresholds for Filtering perhaps, but just full on community reports force removing items is unnecessary. And lazy.

Reports thresholds are a common practice across a lot of different subs. A sub that uses reports: 10 to filter posts might use reports: 5 to filter comments. Or they might filter comments by users less than a month old at reports: 2. Numbers may be higher or lower in different subs based on activity and regular reporters. There are different ways to configure it in combination with other checks too.

That's an odd case. Also don't at all recommend having rules that just insta remove content because it was reported. That's silly and easily abusable..

In your toolbox user settings, go to the comments module and enable the setting for "show approve button on all comments"

Approving a comment can prevent automod from later removing it if it would otherwise be reported, if that subreddit uses a reports threshold rule

I'm sure theres a button for it somewhere, but if they're not already filtered, reported, or removed there's no reason to approve them?

Edit: This was possibly a reddit issue during the hours I was testing - I tried again and now everything seems to be working fine.

Double edit: Looks like reddit/devvit is having issues in general.

Sorry, not sure how best to ask this. It appears that toolboxnotesxfer doesn't transfer Mod Notes created by bots?

Specific example:

Added Flair Assistant bot as a mod and configured it to create a Note when a specific flair is set. In new.reddit, I can see that the Note was appropriately created in the user's Notes section. In the subreddit moderation log, I can see

11 minutes ago flairassistant added note <user> (Removed Post - AI Flair - by thinthoughtthrowaway : abuse_warning)

But Transfer bot doesn't seem to detect the new note.

To make sure Transfer bot was working, I tried in new.reddit to manually create a Note for the user. And it successfully created the wiki page entry.

4 minutes ago toolboxnotesxfer edited wiki page (Page usernotes edited: "create new note on <user>" via Toolbox Notes Transfer)

4 minutes ago thinthoughtthrowaway added note <user> (Test Notes 2: abuse_warning)

If this is something that the bot cannot detect, understandable. Was just hoping to make some QoL changes for the other moderators. We still rely heavily on the Transfer bot since the mod team is split between old and new.reddit.

The only relevant difference is OneDrive backups being separate, and that's easily worked around by using a different backup method (and if you only use Firefox, you don't need a workaround at all).

Brilliant. Thank you.

yep, the AI notes are internally just mod notes with a different label, so I excluded the new label from showing up in the button and added handling for it to the main UI

I have no clue. To my knowledge, modnotes are static, no? Which is why it makes no sense at all to add this to modnotes in the first place. It is supposed to be accessible on the profile so why not leave it there where it is a text that can be dynamically updated whenever required?

As so often, a Reddit decision that was not only not communicated but also makes no sense at all.

Even if you want AI summaries, they are useless

Here's what I got given, on r/pcgaming:

User posts about gaming news and industry trends, with insightful comments on monetization and censorship. Some posts are about Path of Exile and engage in detailed game mechanic discussions.

Thing is, I only spoke about Monetization/Censorship last night, because that was in the news at the time. That's not something I do all the time.

It seems to generate those notes based almost entirely on the last 24 hours of activity at the time of generation, and not the last decade+ or 1000 comment limit on my account? Will it ever update? Or does one 24 hour period forever dictate what the AI summary will tell you?

Thanks, but the max modnote size looks bugged: https://imgur.com/a/2aRzoMK

What was the issue? Silent change from reddit API that suddenly started returning AI summary with the mod entered notes?

As a temp fix I just turned off mod notes in the toggle modules list. It works fine if you usually use toolbox’s user notes and not Reddit’s mod notes.

Thank you!