I've seen the posts and mod mails and I've responded to those who sent messages. Things got busy in the beginning of the year and there was lull in my moderation over the past week. The bots and spam are coming in waves and it got out of control in the past few days. I've been the only active mod on the subreddit for a while. I do my best, but I don't catch everything. I appreciate everyone who reports the abusive and spam posts. Please continue to do that, because it really does help.
I wanted to take a moment to give everyone an update on actions I've already taken to reduce the spam and abusive posts, and a couple of things I'll be doing going forward.
Steps I've already taken to reduce the bot/spam activity
- The spam and ban evasion filters have been enabled.
- Filters for certain words in the post title and body have been added
- I've added an age and karma restriction to Automod
- I've been removing spam posts and reporting the bot accounts to Reddit, and I'll continue to do that
I'm also going to be adding a couple new moderators. If you're interested in moderating the sub, please feel free to comment here or send a mod mail. I'll also continue to monitor the bot activity and update the Automod settings in an effort to stay on top of it. If you have any other suggestions for things you'd like to see implemented, feel free to share.
I really appreciate the communication, thank you!
One thing I think might be helpful is to be more clear and uniform about unicorn hunting and what is allowed/disallowed or where that line is.
If couples looking for a "third" and similiar UH-y language is not allowed, we really should change the welcome message since it seems like it's saying that is literally what this subreddit is for. Regardless I think this should be updated. Possibly the banner image too but that's less explicit about saying "Hey, this is your place to turn your dyad into a triad!"
If ANY triad seeking isn't allowed, XX4 tags probably should be removed. If it's just closed triads, clarify in the rules/automod messages. etc etc etc
But overall I guess some clarification about where the line for disallowed unicorn hunting is. Hopefully should lead to a bit less UH-y posts, make moderation and reporting a bit cleaner, and hopefully make things a bit smoother overall.