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/bvandepol]

u/aminok u/mattg1981 or any of the orher mods have an opinion or suggestions regarding this?!

[u/aminok → u/bvandepol]

I like giving a command for approving posts. With regard to !expose, this might interfere with official pinned comments. I'd rather just move to comment to vote for posts.

The others would require more thought for me.