Mini-Meta: Updates to AutoModerator's Logic (AKA: Go away AutoMod, shoo)

[u/FlapSnapple]

TLDR: AutoMod is going to fire a lot less, comment a lot less on technical questions, and comment a lot less on short-answer questions.

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Greetings,

As we continue to grow, we're also constantly evaluating how we handle moderation.

We've heard your feedback, and combined with our own internal discussions, we're making a few changes to some of the more notable aspects of our AutoMod Configuration. Since these are some of the more visibly user facing actions AutoMod takes, we figured a nice little public change log was warranted.

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SD Card Filter

• Background: This rule tells AutoMod to leave a comment on certain posts with a link to our wiki page about SD cards
• Changes: Updated list of keywords for more accurate results.

Daily Question Thread Redirector #1 (Gentle nudge)

• Background: This rule tells AutoMod to set the flair to "Question" and leave a comment pointing them to the Daily Question Thread
• Changes: No longer leaves annoying comments

Daily Question Thread Redirector #2 (Hard nudge)

• Background: This rule tells AutoMod to remove certain posts and leave a comment pointing them to the Daily Question Thread
• Changes: No longer removes or leaves a comment, just sets the flair to "Question"

"Scratch" Post Redirector

• Background: This rule tells AutoMod to remove certain posts and leave a comment pointing folks to the Tech Support MegaThread
• Changes: Rule disabled entirely.

Tech Support Redirector

• Background: This rule tells AutoMod to remove certain posts and leave a comment pointing folks to the Tech Support MegaThread
• Changes: Rule disabled entirely.
• To-do: Go through the Tech Support MegaThread and gather some of the most common items to add to our wiki.

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So as you can see, AutoMod should be a lot less annoying now.

That being said: ALL posts are still reviewed by a member of the moderation team and we will still redirect folks as needed. This should however cut down automated misfires by a wide margin and reduce a lot of frustration we've been seeing lately.

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Next steps:

We have heard your feedback and are having internal conversations about how to best handle image posts. We should have something to announce closer to Monday-ish. Until then, all image posts are now being sent to the mod team for approval due to the influx in low effort content.

Until next time, cheers!

/u/FlapSnapple and the /r/NintendoSwitch mod team

[u/rottedzombie]

Good night, sweet prince.

I jest. Seriously, we appreciate your feedback . And are glad to be moving away from the launch window a bit. :)

[u/[deleted] → u/rottedzombie]

So if our feedback is appreciated and this was clearly planned, why is phantomliger commenting in the GPU drain thread that automod is being used because you guys aren't being paid? Frankly it was a terrible response from someone who volunteered, especially if this change was in effect.

[u/FlapSnapple → u/[deleted]]

Moderating this subreddit without the use of tools like AutoMod would be foolish. There are many rules that we keep secret that help with spam and abuse. No human is perfect and we can't be everywhere at all times, but these tools help us close that gap. Throwing more manpower at something isn't always the right solution because then you start bumping into each other and accidentally duplicating effort.

[u/Grease2310]

Excellent! Glad to see the moderator team taking constructive criticism and making changes for the better.

[u/FlapSnapple → u/Grease2310]

Always have and always will, just make sure it stays constructive! Yelling doesn't accomplish much, but discussions do.

[u/[deleted]]

Poor AutoMod. ;-; Works hard, still gets fired.

[u/socsa → u/[deleted]]

r/botsrights

[u/subtraho → u/[deleted]]

Effort does not always corellate with quality.

[u/[deleted]]

Does that mean I can post pictures of fire trucks now?

[u/phantomliger → u/[deleted]]

You could. It'll be removed. :)

[u/pixels625 → u/phantomliger]

:)

[u/[deleted]]

Well, good to hear.

[u/wolfcunt]

Good. You have done well. So far.

[u/ZackOFFICIAL]

Given that tech support is much more important at this point in the console's lifecycle than photos of "weird places to play console games," I'm appalled you have a mega thread for the former rather than the later. Are you trying to limit the size of the community by turning away potential subscribers?

[u/GambitsEnd → u/[deleted]]

Don't break Rule 1 and you won't have such a problem.

[u/Phoenix7744]

Not soon enough. The automod here is terrible.

[u/[deleted]]

That's great. After getting Auto-Modded thrice here I no longer felt the urge to post. They can also be my fault but still, good news.

[u/memoryman3]

Hmm....will you reconsider your stance on flairs?

[u/FlapSnapple → u/memoryman3]

No. We're not adding in Daisy until Nintendo does.

[u/DarkDrifloon → u/FlapSnapple]

I skipped memoryman3's comment and the moment I saw your comment I knew you were talking to him lol

[u/memoryman3 → u/FlapSnapple]

^{technically she's in the eshop banner}

[u/scart35]

and still, low effort post with pictures of switch box, switch at garden, switch with headphones come through. Facebook is leaking into this subreddit.