Rules

Rules can be used to automate the moderation process. Go to Console → Settings → Rules to manage rules of your website.

How does it work?

Think of moderation rules as if conditions.

If something (Type) matches a given value (Value), an action (Action) will take place.

Type

The type of the rule. Basically, defined what is matched to the condition. Hyvor Talk has 7 rule types:

Type	Value	Description	Excuted on
Comment word matches	string	Checks if words in the comment matches	Create/edit
Comment link domain matches	number	Checks if the domain name of any of the links in the comment matches	Create/edit
User name matches	string	Checks if the user's display name or user name matches	Create/edit
Comment link count exceeds	number	Checks if the number of links in the comment is greater than	Create/edit
Flags exceeds	number	Checks if the number of flags of the comment is greater than	Flag
Downvotes exceeds	number	Checks if the number of downvotes of the comment is greater than	Vote
Upvotes exceeds	number	Checks if the number of upvotes of the comment is greater than	Vote

Value

A value is given by moderators to match with the data of that type. If the match is successful, the given action will be executed.

All the numerical values should be equal to or greater than 0.

String values allow you to define multiple comma-separated values. Each value can contain any valid PCRE regex. However, if you use regex, limit it to basic regex, such as *, ., and [0-9], to avoid conflicts. String matching is case-insensitive. Examples:

hello - matches if the value is hello
hel.* - matches if the comment contains a word that starts with hel
hello,hi - matches if the comment contains the word hello or hi

Note: Currently, it is only possible to match single words with the string type. For example, it is not possible to match "hello world" together.

Action

There are 4 actions for each type.

Keep pending
Mark as spam
Delete
Publish

See moderation docs to learn more about comment statuses.

Priority

Rules are executed on each comment based on the priority. High priority rules will be executed first. If a rule is matched and the action is called, the other rules are ignored.

Usage Examples

Here are some common use cases of moderation rules.

To keep a comment pending for moderation when it contains one or more links
- Type: Comment link count exceeds
- Value: 0
- Action: Keep pending for moderation
To automatically delete a comment when it gets more than 5 flags
- Type: Flags exceeds
- Value: 5
- Action: Delete

Monitoring

When a comment matches a rule, we keep a record of it. You can see these in Console → Comments along with other moderation actions.