
Updated Automod for Increased Repost and AI Karma Farm Bots | How moderation works?
Recently, there has been a surge in karma-farming bots—whether they are reposting old, popular content or flooding posts with comments—and unfortunately, I have started seeing them frequently in the subreddit. Although I try to delete the ones I spot or that are reported as quickly as possible, I inevitably miss some. Therefore, I would like to explain the changes I’ve made to AutoMod and how the moderation system operates.
First, the combined karma threshold (the sum of post and comment karma) has been raised to 10. If this doesn't resolve the bot issue, it may be increased to 20 in the future. So, what does this mean? If your karma is below 10, your post or comment will be sent to the "mod queue" for approval, and all moderators will receive a notification. Then, whichever moderators are active will approve your post or comment as soon as possible. There is no need to send a modmail regarding posts and comments removed due to karma thresholds, and doing so will not help you get approved any faster. Feel free to use modmail for any other questions or issues.
I’ve also made some minor improvements to the modmail code, though you might still encounter occasional, minor AutoMod errors. I hope we can succeed in keeping bots and AI out of the subreddit. Please don't forget to report any posts or comments you suspect are from bots to both Reddit and us!
(Karma bots generally fall into two categories: the first type spams comments under posts that are clearly AI-generated. The second type consists of accounts—often just 1–10 days old—that post in completely unrelated subreddits and have disproportionately high karma for their age, usually by reposting popular posts from those subreddits.)