Deimos/AutoModerator — Issue #1: Possibly overrides human mod decisions
Author: Deimos
Created: 2012-01-30 18:41:41+00:00
State: open

Since the reddit API doesn't supply any data about whether a post is removed or approved (or by who), when the bot scans the spam page, it is unable to differentiate between a new post that was automatically removed by the spam-filter and a new one that was removed by a human mod between scans. If this post matches an approval condition, the bot will re-approve it, overriding the human removal.

The opposite case can also occur on the new page with a submission manually-approved between scans.