This is for the moderate people that deleted my stuff all the time Suck My Dick!!

While still useful, how do I trigger a ban?

Snippet from my settings:

ban_duration_days: 3
ban_threshold_count: 1
ignore_AutoModerator_removed: false
ignore_moderator_removed: false
max_count_per_interval: 1
min_post_interval_hrs: 4

Edit: Just added access permissions, let's see if that changes anything.

Edit2: Another user had post removed by AM, and then posted again 10 mins later, and MHB didn't do anything.

grace_period_mins: 0

It looks like reddit is removing Direct Messages in June. https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1jlnu3q/reddit_is_removing_the_dm_feature/

I don't see a path forward to be able to send commands to the bot. It doesn't look like the PRAW API supports in the meantime either.

Please do let me know if you ahve some other ideas Feel free to post alternative solutions.

I don't think I will have the time/resources to reprogram it in a way that will still work on reddit.

Yikes, what is going on? We are getting repeated replies from MHB in modmail threads. It's happening when we remove a post and then generate a removal reason, which generates a copy for our modmail. If a mod than does a Mod Note, we get "Hey sorry to bug you, but was this last message not meant to be moderator-only? Just checking!" . This shows up every time a mod adds another mod note. Some weird kind of loop. Plus it's saying the opposite of what we did - yes, we did create a mod note, whereas the MHB is saying "hey, didn't you mean to create a mod note?"

Type any of these in a modmail thread!

$summary username -> gives the summary table about the username's last posts

$update -> update MHB settings from the wiki

$hallpass username -> gives the user one "freebie" post that won't get autoremoved

$ban username -> ban user user from subreddit

$unban username -> unban user from subreddit

$citerule # -> Answer with the rule # description

$approve postid -> Will approve/restore post with the id# given in the table.

Do you want posts from like a year ago to count towards the ban threshold?

I may make this a specifiable option, but I will have to have a default setting for everyone already using the bot.

FYI. Hopefully won't last THAT long - maybe a few hours max.

thank you antidense for making this bot, just one bug I'm trying to figure out

I set the limit to: max_count_per_interval: 2 min_post_interval_hrs: 24

It removes some posts after that limit, but then some posts from the same person slip through the cracks. All in a 1 hour period.

---

modmail:

modmail_all_reply: ~

modmail_auto_approve_messages_with_links: false

modmail_no_posts_reply: "Hello, and thank you for your message. I could not find any prior posts from you. If you have a particular question about a post, please reply with a link to the post!\n"

modmail_no_posts_reply_internal: true

modmail_posts_reply: ~

post_restriction:

action: remove

approve: false

author_exempt_flair_keyword: ~

ban_duration_days: 0

ban_threshold_count: 5

comment: "Hello and thank you for posting to {subreddit}! It seems you have previously posted 2 submissions within the past 24 hours, so your post has been removed as per the post frequency rule. Please wait 24 hours before submitting a new post. If you believe your post has been removed by mistake please [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F{subreddit}).\n"

distinguish: true

exempt_link_posts: false

exempt_self_posts: false

grace_period_mins: 0

ignore_AutoModerator_removed: false

ignore_moderator_removed: false

lock_thread: true

max_count_per_interval: 2

min_post_interval_hrs: 24

modmail: ~

notify_about_spammers: false

report_reason: ~

title_exempt_keyword: Modpost

Hi all,

I'm trying to start a subreddit that only allows 1 post per user per year (r/OnePostAYear). I've configured MHB per the instructions, I've messaged the bot after editing the wiki and gotten a success message, but it doesn't appear to be working.

Here's the code. What am I missing?

---
###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=subredditname&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index
modmail: 
  modmail_all_reply: ~
  modmail_auto_approve_messages_with_links: false
  modmail_no_posts_reply: "Hello, and thank you for your message. I could not find any prior posts from you. If you have a particular question about a post, please reply with a link to the post!\n"
  modmail_no_posts_reply_internal: true
  modmail_posts_reply: ~
post_restriction: 
  action: remove
  approve: false
  author_exempt_flair_keyword: ~
  ban_duration_days: 0
  ban_threshold_count: 5
  comment: "Hello and thank you for posting to OnePostAYear! It seems you have previously posted a submission  within the past year, so your post has been removed as per the post frequency rule. Please wait the rest of the year before submitting a new post. You can look at your original post to know when your year is up. If you believe your post has been removed by mistake please [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F{subreddit}).\n"
  distinguish: true
  exempt_link_posts: false
  exempt_self_posts: false
  grace_period_mins: 0
  ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true
  ignore_moderator_removed: true
  lock_thread: true
  max_count_per_interval: 1
  min_post_interval_hrs: 8760
  modmail: ~
  notify_about_spammers: false
  report_reason: ~
  title_exempt_keyword: Modpost

For example, say the limit is three posts within 24 hours. If a user makes two posts, but the mods remove one of them, would they still only be able to make one more post?

In a subreddit I moderate (/r/HeyArnold/), whenever a user sends mod mail, ModeratelyHelpfulBot auto-replies with this:

Hello, and thank you for your message. I could not find any prior posts from you. If you have a particular question about a post, please reply with a link to the post!

How do I stop ModeratelyHelpfulBot from auto-replying with that in mod-mail? Shouldn't the bot only reply when privately messaged and not in mod mail?

The configuration file:

--- 
###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=HeyArnold&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index
modmail: 
  modmail_all_reply: ~
  modmail_auto_approve_messages_with_links: false
  modmail_no_posts_reply: "Hello, and thank you for your message. I could not find any prior posts from you. If you have a particular question about a post, please reply with a link to the post!\n"
  modmail_no_posts_reply_internal: true
  modmail_posts_reply: ~
post_restriction: 
  action: remove
  approve: false
  author_exempt_flair_keyword: ~
  ban_duration_days: 1
  ban_threshold_count: 99
  comment: "Hello and thank you for posting to /r/{subreddit}! It seems that you have previously posted a submission within the past 6 hours, so your post has been removed to avoid flooding the subreddit's front page. Please wait 6 hours before submitting a new post.\n"
  distinguish: true
  exempt_link_posts: false
  exempt_self_posts: false
  grace_period_mins: 15
  ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true
  ignore_moderator_removed: false
  lock_thread: true
  max_count_per_interval: 1
  min_post_interval_hrs: 6
  modmail: ~
  notify_about_spammers: false
  report_reason: "Too frequent poster - post removed by moderatelyhelpfulbot"
  title_exempt_keyword: Modpost
  blacklist_enabled: false

for some reason bot has stopped removing posts sent too often. we haven't changed config in a year or so.
other functionality seem to be working.

any help or ideas on how to fix?

edit: r/bdsmpersonals

Still seeing posts getting through :/

Working on increasing capacity at the moment.

New requests will be held until capacity can be increased

Good afternoon,

We noticed the bot hadn't removed any posts in the last 5 days. I tried pushing an update, and received a response that it wasn't active do to the bot no longer accepting 0 day bans and to use a ~ modifier instead. I made the change and tried pushing the update, but am not getting a response back from the bot after about a half an hour. Is it possible to confirm whether the change has been pushed to the bot, and whether it's active in our sub at this time?

Edit: Included it in the title, but just in case it's missed this is for /r/HomeImprovement

Edit 2 : Disregard, right after posting this I received a response taht the bot is active again. Sorry for the confusion.

Hi, guys. Remember me?

I just wanted to drop you guys a line saying that I managed to get MHB up and working!

Through brute trial and error, I found that the problem was the "title_not_exempt_keyword" line. Instead of "title_not_exempt_keyword", I changed that to "title_exempt_keyword" and followed it with a parentheses containing all flairs in my sub EXCEPT for "selfies".

So now my config looks like this:

---
###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=40something&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index
post_restriction: 
    action: remove
    approve: false
    title_exempt_keyword: (discussion, announcement, "tuesday talkback", humor, "I made this", nostalgia, "Other. These flair options suck", "Crap. I'm old", "40  ain't that bad", news)
    ban_duration_days: ~
    ban_threshold_count: ~
    comment: |
     Hi, thanks for being part of 40something! Unfortunately your submission was removed because we only allow one selfie post every seven days. If you believe this was done in error, please [message the moderators of 40something](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F40something&subject=I think my post was erroneously removed).\n\n[rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/40something/about/rules)
    distinguish: true
    exempt_link_posts: false
    exempt_self_posts: false
    grace_period_mins: 5
    ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true
    ignore_moderator_removed: true
    lock_thread: true
    max_count_per_interval: 1
    min_post_interval_hrs: 168
    modmail: ~

Let me know if any of that seems wonky to you, but that removed a 2nd selfie post from my throwaway account. So I think I got it working!

Thanks for your help! I really appreciate the time you guys put in, especially over the holidays.

/r/nerf is the subreddit

I believe it is working now. When you send the command to "update" it will now tell you what the status of your subreddit is.

If it is 10 (active) it means it is actively monitoring the subreddit. If you get "20", it means it hasn't checked yet, but after a few hours should change to "10". If not, please let us know and we can check on it.

One

Two

(I'm the guy trying to get MHB to remove posts flaired "selfie" if the submitter has posted another "selfie" thread within 7 days.)

Right now, the config looks like this:

---
###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=40something&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index

post_restriction: 
    author_not_exempt_flair_keyword: selfies
    action: remove
    approve: false
    comment: "Hello and thank you for posting to r/40something! It seems you have previously posted a selfie within the past 7 days, so your post has been removed per the selfie rule. Please wait the full 7 days before submitting a new selfie. If you believe your post has been removed by mistake please [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F40something)."
    distinguish: true
    exempt_link_posts: false
    exempt_self_posts: false
    ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true
    ignore_moderator_removed: true
    lock_thread: true
    max_count_per_interval: 1
    min_post_interval_hrs: 168
    ban_duration_days: ~
    modmail: ~
    notify_about_spammers: false
    report_reason: ~
    title_exempt_keyword: Modpost

It's definitely not working. Beyond my throwaway being able to post multiple "selfie" posts in a row, someone else just posted a "selfie" post, even though they had just made a "selfie" post 5 days ago. (All of these have been removed.)

Both u/antidense and u/nath_ have looked at this and I'm still at a loss as to why this isn't working. This should be right up MHB's alley, no?

Edit: Clarity

I removed the bot a couple of days back and then remodded it now. The config I used before is already there and ready, so I sent an 'update' PM to the bot but got this in reply:

Received message to update config for whatshername. See the output below. I do not currently have mod privileges yet. If you just added me, please wait for approvalPlease message /r/moderatelyhelpfulbot if you have any questions

Update report:

Current Status: 0: SubStatus.NOT_MOD

I sent one again after 30 minutes but got the same answer https://i.imgur.com/zbtsfK7.png

I don't know what 'approvalPlease' is. The previous time I added the bot (for the first time), the update command worked straight away.

Here's the mod permissions https://i.imgur.com/rYdZQuH.png

Have I done something wrong here?

---

###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=r/RingoStarr&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index

modmail:

modmail_all_reply: ~

modmail_auto_approve_messages_with_links: false

modmail_no_posts_reply: "Hello, and thank you for your message. I could not find any prior posts from you. If you have a particular question about a post, please reply with a link to the post!\n"

modmail_no_posts_reply_internal: true

modmail_posts_reply: ~

modmail_removal_reason_helper: true

post_restriction:

action: remove

approve: false

author_exempt_flair_keyword: ~

ban_duration_days: 30

ban_threshold_count: 5

comment: "Hello and thank you for posting to {r/RingoStarr}! It seems you have previously posted a submission within the past 12 hours, so your post has been removed as per the post frequency rule. Please wait 12 hours before submitting a new post. If you believe your post has been removed by mistake please [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F{r/RingoStarr}).\n"

distinguish: true

exempt_link_posts: false

exempt_self_posts: false

grace_period_mins: 0

ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true

ignore_moderator_removed: true

lock_thread: true

max_count_per_interval: 3

min_post_interval_hrs: 12

modmail: ~

notify_about_spammers: true

report_reason: ~

title_exempt_keyword: Modpost

I gave MHB these mod permissions: "Manage Mod Mail," "Manage Posts and Comments," and "Manage Wiki Pages"

I created the wiki page: https://i.imgur.com/Qs6Yflb.jpg (in edit mode: https://i.imgur.com/paoEILi.jpg). I want to limit users to 5 posts per day (24 hrs).

I send an "update" message and get this response: "Current Status: 10: SubStatus.ACTIVE".

But there is zero mod activity. What am I doing wrong?

I've currently got the bot up on the sub, with permissions on for: "Manage Wiki Pages, Manage Posts & Comments, Manage Mod Mail," and the bot has been able to update. What I'd like it to do is if a person posts more than 1 new thread in a 3 day period, it removes the post and adds the comment there.

However, it isn't seeming to do anything even if people post continuously. Might anyone be able to tell if I'm doing something incorrectly?

###### If you edit this page, you must [click this link, then click "send"](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=moderatelyhelpfulbot&subject=subredditname&message=update) to have the bot update

######https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatelyhelpfulbot/wiki/index
modmail: 
    modmail_all_reply: ~
    modmail_auto_approve_messages_with_links: false
    modmail_no_posts_reply: ~
    modmail_no_posts_reply_internal: true
    modmail_posts_reply: ~
    modmail_removal_reason_helper: true
post_restriction: 
    action: remove
    approve: false
    author_exempt_flair_keyword: ~
    ban_duration_days: ~
    ban_threshold_count: 5
    comment: "Thanks for posting to {subreddit}! It seems you have previously posted a submission within the past 3 days, so your post has been removed as per the post frequency rule. Please wait 3 days before submitting a new post. If you believe your post has been removed by mistake please [message the moderators](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2F{subreddit}).\n"
    distinguish: true
    exempt_link_posts: false
    exempt_self_posts: false
    grace_period_mins: 15
    ignore_AutoModerator_removed: true
    ignore_moderator_removed: true
    lock_thread: true
    max_count_per_interval: 1
    min_post_interval_hrs: 72
    modmail: ~
    notify_about_spammers: false
    report_reason: ~
    title_exempt_keyword: ~