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View submission: Introducing Flair_Helper
So, is this just a way to get around having to use Toolbox? Maybe setup the bot to post removal reasons instead of having a mod post from their own account? That or I'm guessing just being able to flair the post from mobile and the bot is able to post the removal reason to the actual thread while removing it?
Or is there another reason for the bot that I'm missing?
Comment by Blank-Cheque at 20/07/2020 at 16:55 UTC
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There are a few reasons a subreddit might want to use a flairbot:
1. As you said, it makes it much easier to mod from mobile.
2. Sometimes people would prefer not to attach their usernames to a removal comment, for example if they're removing a controversial thread and the messenger will certainly be shot.
3. A few subs use flairbots to enforce a system like the reverse of /r/science, since you could give new mods only `flair` perms to restrict their modding to what's possible with the bot.