Is forum moderation automated?

The simplest answer is, no. Forum Moderation is not automated.

Now we do have some automated things that can happen. First, we have a spam guard in place that works to detect accounts that attempt to spam the forums, usually with advertisements. If spam is detected it quarantines the post/thread until it can be reviewed by a moderator. If the post is approved, it is restored, if not the moderator deletes it as part of their process.

Now with player reports, if they receive enough of them the post will be temporarily hidden until it can be reviewed by a moderator. The post still exists and can be read by others.

The category that others use to report a post is almost irrelevant, a moderator will look at the report for any and all violations, not specifically for the one that the person used. Some people believe that if they use RLT that it will have a greater impact.

Edit: From what I can see your posts were removed because they were a bit… aggressive/trollish.

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