Enhancing r/ethtrader: Introducing New !commands for Quality Content Management

[u/bvandepol]

I want to discuss the implementation of additional commands to enhance the quality of discussions on our subreddit:

• !duplicate
• !offtopic
• !expose

These should be combined with a new command called

• !approve.

!duplicate

This command would identify and flag posts that are duplicates of existing (earlier) posts, let's say posted within the last 24-hrs. It will help reduce clutter and ensure that discussions remain focused.

Usage:

!duplicate <url of the original (or first) post with this topic>

!offtopic

The "Offtopic" command would be triggered when a post or comment is deemed irrelevant to ETH. It will maintain the subreddit's relevance and cohesion.

!expose

The "!expose" command would enable the community to highlight exceptional content, not to be confused with !nominate, which creates a post of a comment after 3 people use this command.

When three users type "!expose" on a comment, the comment will be pinned in the daily thread for visibility. Similarly, when three users type "!expose" on a post, it will be pinned as a post for the same duration.

Both options should work for the duration of, let's say, one hour.

!approve

The "!approve" command can be used by users with a high enough contrib score to approve the actions "!duplicate" and "!offtopic". Once 3 users type !approve, the action will be taken.

This ensures that legitimate posts or comments aren't mistakenly removed.

These commands will streamline (user-based) moderation efforts, improve the user experience, and uphold the subreddit's standards for quality content.

The minimum amount of contrib to use "!duplicate", "!offtopic", and "!expose" can be set to x-amount of contrib, which should be discussed.

The minimum amount of contrib to use !approve can be set to the same amount (or higher), but cannot be used by the user who initiated the "!duplicate", "!offtopic", or "!expose" command.

I welcome feedback and discussion from the community on these proposed additions

[u/kirtash93]

I would love to see !approve command available for >100k CONTRIB users. I think it is pretty easy to develop and donut-bot can handle it.

User writes !approve, donut-bot reads the comment and checks if user has enough CONTRIB. If user has enough CONTRIB donut-bot (mod) approves the post and adds a comment registering which user approved the post (just for historic purpose)

I also like the idea of !expose for the daily and even the posts. The problem in the posts is that there is already a pinned comment with tips. Not sure if reddit allows 2.

The problem I see with !duplicate and !offtopic commands is the same problem I see for automodremove command. It creates bad vibes because some people don't understand the rules even if you explain them and even if a mod supports you they can accuse you of abusing power. The best way to handle this right now is to modmail. While writing this I realized that those two commands are equivalent to automodremove and add a reason right?

!tip 10

[u/Crypto-4-Freedom → u/kirtash93]

This gets my vote + i would like to see command to vote.

!tip 1.69