Discord Releases New AutoMod Content Moderation Bot
Discord recently took to an official blog post to announce its newest AutoMod tool. This feature resides in the Server Settings menu, under Content Moderation, on desktops and allows server moderators with “Manage Server” permission to configure the tool to detect and block offensive or abusive words or phrases in their servers.
Along with the blog post, Discord shared a quirky, anime-style video, detailing the features and functions of the new AutoMod tool. You can check it out attached right below.
Now, coming to the technicalities, Discord says that AutoMod works by scanning a server’s written conversations, be it in a Thread, #text-channel, or in a server’s Text Chat in the Voice channel, to detect words or phrases that have been blocked by a moderator. However, for the tool to work, server moderators need to configure it and add the keywords or phrases they want AutoMod to detect and block.
After adding the keywords that they want to block in their servers, moderators can also choose one of three responses for users who use the blocked words. Currently, they can select to block the message before being posted to a chat, send an alert to a chosen channel, and apply a timeout for the guilty user account.
As for the availability, AutoMod is currently exclusive to Community servers that are essentially larger spaces like public chatrooms. It is not available for smaller servers such as those that include a group of friends using Discord as a communication tool while gaming. So, what do you think about Discord’s new AutoMod moderation tool? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
