https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/muzrv9/an_important_update_on_post_requirements/
created by lift_ticket83 on 20/04/2021 at 20:36 UTC*
296 upvotes, 44 top-level comments (showing 25)
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Over a year ago we announced[1] our future plans to enforce post requirements across all platforms including the API. Today we’re here to let everyone know that this update to POST /api/submit will officially take place on **April 27, 2021**.
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/ezz3td/upcoming_api_change_post_apisubmit/
After this update is made, third-party apps, scripts, or bots that have not been updated to work with this API change will start to fail.[2] In order to prevent this from happening, moderators and developers should double-check that their error handling/display code works well with the new errors by **following the instructions in this post.**[3]
2: http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/gnrl.gif
3: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/ezz3td/upcoming_api_change_post_apisubmit/
We know some mods can spend a lot of time trying to understand the technical intricacies[4] of setting up Automoderator to tackle the basic formatting errors of posts. To help alleviate some of this burden, we launched post requirements in 2018.[5] This feature allows moderators to set post formatting requirements to help guide users into creating posts that better follow subreddit guidelines.
4: https://giphy.com/gifs/pineapple-express-IGhBd5BD7QPXW/fullscreen
5: https://www.reddit.com/r/redesign/comments/8llgib/new_and_improved_post_requirements/
Since its launch, post requirements have proven to be beneficial to both moderators and users. Moderators have had to do less work curating content within their subreddit and users, now being better informed, are less likely to have their content removed. If you’re not using post requirements please consider doing so[6].
6: https://i.imgur.com/rS9ztms.gif
Anyone on your team with config permissions can do an incredible amount without even setting up automod.
On new reddit, go to ModTools > Rules and Regulation: Content Controls
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We have more plans this year to continue building features that will help reduce the time spent by moderators on removing content from their communities instead of fostering them. This includes adding more features to post requirements, bringing rules and removal reasons to the forefront of the user experience on mobile, and nativizing[7] more of the actions that Automoderator can be programmed to take. Our goal is to democratize moderation so that more communities can flourish and any mod -- no matter their tech savvy -- can effectively foster their community. We have a long way to go but we’re making progress.
7: https://media.giphy.com/media/21JMq0e5LSUJq/giphy.gif
To help us prioritize some of this work, we’d be interested to hear what some of your biggest pain points are when it comes to this area of your mod duties (ex: it’s super frustrating that users rarely read our subreddit rules and I end up removing a significant amount of content because of it). Drop those thoughts in the comments below where we’ll be hanging out[8].
8: https://i.gifer.com/CEc.mp4
Comment by [deleted] at 20/04/2021 at 22:42 UTC
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Comment by [deleted] at 20/04/2021 at 20:46 UTC
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Comment by Emmx2039 at 20/04/2021 at 20:49 UTC
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Our goal is to democratize moderation so that more communities can flourish and any mod -- no matter their tech savvy -- can effectively foster their community. We have a long way to go but we’re making progress.
This is good news for modding as a whole, but spells bad for the fate of Automoderator - are there any current plans to phase it out as an in-built serviceable subreddit bot?
bringing rules and removal reasons to the forefront of the user experience on mobile
On thing that I always like to rant about is how easy it *could* be to remove a post just by changing its flair, and then let Automoderator handle the rest. Now that the focus seems to be on this, would it be possible to get some form of feature that allows it to happen? I.e. either allowing this old 'hack' by Deimorz to work again (possibly by allowing Automoderator to detect a change in flair)[1], or by having designated 'removal flairs' that are set up via subreddit settings to allow for anonymous removals?
I say this as many communities' mods choose to use anonymous removal reasons when removing posts in order to reduce the amount of harassment they get, and the only way to currently do that is via a 3rd party bot that handles it - not ideal to set up/adjust for those moderators who aren't so tech-savvy/are on mobile. I know that there are some that you can just invite to your subreddit, but this would make it more accessible.
Not sure if this is already an internal idea, given how common of a bot it is, but I thought I'd give it a quick mention.
(Side-note on the 'hack' thing - I've tried literally every combination of getting that old rule to work. It just won't. I know that there is a way to trigger an AM removal via a flair change *and* report, but it's not nearly as useful/time efficient.)
Comment by SeasDiver at 20/04/2021 at 21:04 UTC
19 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Could you consider have custom text posts that allows us to specify up to X number of fields that we request a user to fill out?
For example, r/AskVet requests posters include the following items:
As an idea, have the post form automatically sub divide a number of named text entry boxes for each of those items. They can under the hood automatically be joined into a single text post. It might be nice to force them to at least have to tab through or deliberately ignore certain fields.
Comment by [deleted] at 21/04/2021 at 02:37 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I like it but why only 15 banned words? I feel like I could come up with a lot more unsatisfactory words than 15.
Comment by myweithisway at 20/04/2021 at 21:12 UTC
14 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Is it possible to add a mod log entry that shows which removal reason was used if one was used?
Like the mod log entry would state:
u/mod Snippet of text of removal reason used (*removal reason #5*)
That way it would be possible to see via mod log what kind of posts are getting removed for what reason. And makes searching for a specific removal based on type much easier.
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And somewhat unrelated to topic at hand, for the wiki window, can we go back to the long extended version instead of the current tiny block that requires so much scrolling if your subreddit has more than 4 wiki pages?
There's so much whitespace left anyways.
Comment by Watchful1 at 20/04/2021 at 20:45 UTC
18 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Only about a year later than planned :)
Any particular reason it took this long to roll out the API changes?
Comment by 001Guy001 at 20/04/2021 at 20:58 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Restrict how often the same link can be posted
Somewhat of an aside, but every once in a while a user will report to us that they can't re-submit a link even though we don't have that restriction in our sub (see my post in r/bugs[1])
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/bugs/comments/foxysg/some_users_report_that_they_get_the_message_that/
Comment by tuctrohs at 21/04/2021 at 01:28 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm not sure if this is in the scope of what you are asking about, but one of the limitations of automod is that it is only triggered to check rules upon a new post, new comment, or new mod action. Some of the things we do manually involve scanning for rapidly rising posts or controversial comments and posts, and take various actions as needed. It would be great to have something like automod that could be triggered based on rate of rise, total upvotes, or controversial score on comments and posts.
I could go into detail on how we might use those features, but I imagine lots of subs would have very different uses for those features if they were available.
Comment by Watchful1 at 20/04/2021 at 20:50 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
To actually answer the question about what could help, I would love to get tooltips describing flairs on the submit page. Despite my best efforts my sub still has too many flairs we can't get rid of and it would be nice if we could add some description to each one.
Comment by Fine_Molasses_1354 at 20/04/2021 at 20:47 UTC
8 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Can We Get All This Added Instead As Modtools
The Time It Takes To Set It Up Is Crazy And You Added Some Stuff That The Automod Can Do Already
Comment by fighterace00 at 20/04/2021 at 21:38 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Are bots that are mods (or human mods in general) whitelisted from post requirements?
Comment by PP-2 at 21/04/2021 at 00:37 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Pretty epic. Anyways how’re you guys doing?
Comment by epicmindwarp at 21/04/2021 at 08:05 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Would it be possible to add a user exception list, limited to moderators?
That way, moderators can continue to use scripts bots etc, without it breaking anything.
Sometimes, you need to post something on your own sub that doesn't quite meet the post requirements as a whole, but as a moderator, you want to be able to circumvent those rules for X or Y legitimate reason.
Comment by asantos3 at 20/04/2021 at 21:07 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This includes adding more features to post requirements, bringing rules and removal reasons to the forefront of the user experience on mobile, and nativizing more of the actions that Automoderator can be programmed to take.
Thank you! But...!
Please don't forget about old reddit at least for the removal reasons so we don't have to double set it up on toolbox too :(
Comment by NoyzMaker at 20/04/2021 at 21:19 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If I configure this in new reddit will the changes work with old reddit?
Comment by Savageschool13 at 20/04/2021 at 20:50 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you reddit, very cool.
Comment by alleybetwixt at 21/04/2021 at 08:27 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Positive developments!
Regarding posting requirements I think it would be helpful if we could do more with the 'Guideline text'. A little bit of formatting like bullet points might make that section more visible. Understandable if your trying to keep the size down, but seems like a lot of mods cram in as much as they can there, but it just turns into a block of too much information for users to pay much attention to it.
Would be especially nice to have a kind of cheat-sheet for common title formatting associated with certain post flairs according to a subreddit's rules. Perhaps only a fraction of subreddits have needs like that, but I'd find it very useful.
Comment by TheOnlyFallenCookie at 21/04/2021 at 10:28 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
... Häh?
Comment by InPlotITrust at 21/04/2021 at 11:23 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Use title text RegEx requirements
I've been using this on one of my subreddits and I have 2 questions / suggestions for this:
Comment by Xenc at 21/04/2021 at 11:51 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
removal reasons to the forefront of the user experience on mobile
Please let us submit removal reasons from the app. Right now you have to access new.reddit.com[1] in your phone browser to do this natively.
Comment by PHealthy at 20/04/2021 at 20:55 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Improving mod tools?!?
If I want to give money to Reddit how can that money be directed specifically to this team?
Comment by TheNewPoetLawyerette at 20/04/2021 at 20:50 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Very nice. Lots of useful stuff in here. I can see removing a lot of automod settings with all of these options and I know it will make it so much easier for users to make posts the right way without us having to explain what went wrong hours later.
Comment by mirandanielcz at 20/04/2021 at 21:16 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I want more useful features like this, not a new notification spam feature or Reddit Talk.
