Meet your new robot moderator, InstaMod

##InstaMod is a moderator bot designed by u/shimmyjimmy97 in conjunction with the moderators of r/CryptoCurrency, r/CryptoTechnology, and r/CryptoMarkets. In this post I will detail some of it's features and how they will affect how you use the subreddit.

#User Flair

Some of you will recall the last time there was an announcement like this about user flair. That was also made by me (/u/shimmyjimmy97). Since then I've been hard at work developing InstaMod to be a more robust and comprehensive tool for moderators.

User flair consists of a few key types of "tags" that are based on the user's account activity. In the case of r/CryptoCurrency, that is activity in a large list of cryptocurrency subreddits. Here are the different types of tags you may receive:

• Subreddit Progression: As a user participates more and more in the community, their flair can change to represent their involvement. Certain tags, or levels of user participation, can grant the user access to special privileges. This includes the ability to assign them-self custom flair via PM.
• Subreddit Tags: These are tags that signify your most frequently used subreddits. There is also a tag for subreddits where the user has many more negative comments than positive.

#Thread Locking

Traditional thread locking is inherently all-or-nothing. With InstaMod, a post's comment section can be filtered through a requirement based on the user's account activity. If a user doesn't meet the requirements, then their comment can either be removed or marked spam. A user will be notified if their comment is removed for not meeting the requirements via a PM. Posts that are locked will have a special post flair to inform the user and the bot of the requirement.

The moderator team at r/CryptoCurrency promise to be open and transparent about the use of this filtering feature. There are absolutely no plans to have threads be consistently locked. It is a feature that I added because I feel it will be helpful if a thread is being brigaded, or to keep a conversation civil and on topic. I view this as a much better alternative to Reddit's thread locking, where all conversation is immediately ended.

#PM Commands

For users there is currently only one PM command that you can use to interact with InstaMod, and that is the custom flair command. Certain tiers of the Subreddit Progression reward users with the ability to replace their automatic flair with custom flair. Once a user achieves this status, they will receive a PM from u/InstaMod which contains instructions to assign your flair, as well as a preformatted link.

If you are curious, or lost the PM from InstaMod the PM must contain !CryptoCurrency as the subject, and the body must start with !flair. Any text after !flair will be assigned as the user's custom flair. Once it has been assigned, the user will receive a confirmation PM.

#Additional Information

If you would like to read more about the bot, check out it's source code, or read it's documentation, please check out InstaMod's Github page

If you have any questions about the bot, or if you are interested in running it on your subreddit, please contact u/shimmyjimmy97