Approving comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1j6ycry/approving_comments/

created by late_to_redd1t on 09/03/2025 at 03:13 UTC

4 upvotes, 3 top-level comments (showing 3)

Hey, myself and a bunch of other mods have recently taken over a fairly large and previously unmoderated sub r/askouija , currently we go through each post in the unmoderated queue and approve ALL the comments in each post. Given the unique nature of the sub (where users enter the answer one letter at a time) we do need to review all the posts to make sure there is no nasty stuff spelled out and there are also numerous rules in the sub that if broken we remove the offending comment. Approving all the comments seems like "fools" work. Is there any benefit to doing it this way or would we be better to review the posts comments, take whatever action necessary, then approve the post? It's currently taking us hours every week to approve all the comments and I would like to give that time back to the mods if it is just busy work/unnecessary. Truly appreciate any assistance offered here. Thank you.

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Comment by Rostingu2 at 09/03/2025 at 03:32 UTC

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As in said in your r/askmoderators post.

You can just scroll the comments and approve the post that way if you want to do modding how you are now.

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Comment by YHJ_JYG_Kryptlock at 09/03/2025 at 12:03 UTC*

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[Pre-send Note:] I really hope I didn't misinterpret the post.  
I'm not going to lie it's been quite a lot of time drafting this up on mobile by hand 😅  

• ^(so sorry if there's any grammar or formatting issues)* Provided I'm understanding your current Mod routine, that seems extraordinary. I mean quite literally, that is a lot of tedious moderation actions!

Not only do you need to look at the context of the individual comment itself but for the vast majority of the comments you are reviewing, it's essential to also review the context of the entire thread the comment is left in, which can be quite long, and requires so many extra button clicks, time, a greater degree of mental effort and just so much more compared to the average moderation requirements of AFAIK 99.99999 Other subs.

• because when going through the mod queue in just about every other sub, you don't* ***nearly always*** *need the* **ENTIRE** context of every other comment in the queued items actual comment thread.

 

I would evaluate the impact of simply **not** going through the unmoderated queue for a predetermined *and noted* period of time (perhaps a day or so).

 

Then after that period of time has lapsed *without any moderators going through the unmoderated queue;*

I would reevaluate every submitted piece of content post/comment or otherwise, and note *how much of the content that was posted in that prior time period *would have ***absolutely required*** *moderation interaction* **directly from you or your team**

• ^(excluding any auto moderation actions that automatically action any submissions/comments)*.

 

Then I would retroactively go in moderate all the items you would have in the period of time that you spent away from the unmoderated queue, and note various statistics of each retroactive taken, as if they were taken at the usual time by the team.

• For example:*

• How many prior untouched items would have been actioned had you & the team ***not*** stayed away?

 

• How many of those items would have only had a minor negative impact on the subreddit community had they not been actioned like usual? *^(along with how many would have been moderately, or severely negatively impactful as well)*

 

It's a bit of work to document and gather all this data, but first I'd consider how much work you're already doing, and how much this work here could potentially reduce the work you're doing by things like:

 

1.Firstly to figure out *whether or not there is an* ***actual necessity*** *to* ***manually review*** *essentially* ***every item that is being submitted*** *in the community,*

 

Because like I'm sure you and the team are feeling;

• I can just imagine how* ***painfully intensive*** *the current routine is*; ***especially*** *compared to even other far more active / larger side but it's simply because of the extra mental effort and physical effort required to action each item..*

 

2. Secondly, After you have a good idea of this data, Then if there is an actual necessity to heavily moderate the community *even remotely of a level that you already are,* then I would look into the many ways to automate moderation actions across reddit, and see if you can find a good combination of tools /automod rules / automations / custom Devvit apps etc that slept you to automate as much of the rule braking as required.

 

3. Finally! After making some new implementations that you think would be helpful, ^(such as ways to automatically send items to the regular mod queue)

Test out the new features *not just after immediate implementation* but also by making note of which actions it automates versus which actions would have ended up in the unmoderated queue had the new implementation(s) **not** been implemented at all.

Oh, & if needed, it's okay to add more apps/make adjustments, after testing.

• if so, just simply keep reviewing and documenting everything until you get to a level* that you feel going to the unmoderated queue is leading to less required actions then what is essentially equivalent to what is being sent to your **regular** "in **need** of moderation review" Mod Queue.

 

 

• *Good luck!**

And if you decide to try any of this, please keep me in the loop I'd love to hear how things turn out, and if/when you get any data, I wouldn't mind trying to help you find automated ways to potentially improve your workload as discussed! 👍 🫡