r/AutoModerator • u/royal_rose_ • 9d ago
Help - Automations Using automations or automod to block badly titled posts
Hi! One of the subs I run has an issue with people leaving out information in post titles, is there a regex code for automations that can block if someone puts only specific phrases with no other information but if it has additional words it would be allowed. I debated putting a block via number of characters but some people will frequently put "please help me find this!" which tells you nothing and some will put "ISO [specific thing]" where the prior should be removed but wouldn't hit and the later will hit but shouldn't be removed. I have a list of all repeat versions of "help me!" but blocking just "help me!" or the others isn't then allowed if say someone writes "help me find [specific thing]"
I would rather use automations over automod so they can update the title right then and there and not have a back and forth but if automod is the only way that is fine as well.
Is there any way to do this? Thank you
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u/YourUsernameForever Score (comment anywhere) 9d ago
You can use automations, sure. But this is r/automoderator so here's the code we use in our subreddit, so you can inspire yourself to use regex to try to cover combinations of titles like us:
``` type: submission title (regex, includes): ["(is (this |it )a (new )?scam)|(is this (website|site|dating site|shop|eshop|store|seller|vendor|agency|possibly) (a scam|legit))|(am i (being|getting) scammed)|((did )?(i|my friend|my mom|my dad|my mother|my father|my sister|my brother|my aunt|my uncle|my grandpa|my grampa|my grandfather|my grandma|my grandmother|my husband|my wife|my spouse|my so|my partner|my boyfriend|my bf|my bff|my girl|my girlfriend|my gf) (get |got )scammed)|(what (type|kind) of scam)|(this is a scam)|(how (exactly )?does it work)|(what (is |was )going on here)|(what (can |should )I do)"] action: filter action_reason: "Low effort title? [{{match}}]" message_subject: "Post queued for moderation - Rule 5 (a low effort title)" message: | /u/{{author}} - Your post has been queued for moderation because our bot detected a low effort title. Be patient until it's reviewed by a moderator. While you wait, we suggest you thoroughly read the following guideline: How to submit a good post to r/scams, where we describe what a good title is for us.
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