Mod tools
Also called: moderation tools, reddit mod tools, mod tool hub, safety filters
Definition
Mod tools are the built-in features Reddit gives subreddit moderators to run a community: queues for reviewing content, user bans and mutes, rules, AutoModerator, safety filters such as Crowd Control and the reputation filter, the mod log, and community settings.
Mod tools are opened from the Mod Tools button on a community the user moderates. Knowing what is in there explains most of what happens to your posts and comments in any subreddit.
What's in the toolkit
Reddit's Moderation Tools overview groups them roughly like this:
Queues
- Needs review, Reported, Removed, Edited, Unmoderated. See mod queue.
- Modmail, for messages from users and between mods.
- Scheduled posts and events, including a tool for traffic spikes.
People
- Restricted users: ban and mute.
- Moderators and their permissions, approved users, and mod recruiting.
- Insights on community health and growth.
Moderation
- Rules, which also become report reasons.
- Saved responses for common replies.
- Mod log: every mod or admin action in the community from the last 90 days.
- AutoModerator.
- Safety filters: ban evasion, Crowd Control, reputation, adult content promoters, harassment, mature content, and Hidden reports.
- Automations, for rules and post guidance.
Content and settings
- Wiki, post and comment settings (separate controls for text, links, images and video), flair, appearance, community guide and achievements.
Newer, LLM-based tools
Reddit has been adding tools built on large language models:
- Rules auto-enforcement. In newly created public and restricted communities (and those in the beta), compatible rules can be enforced automatically with Report, Remove for review, Remove, or Only show guidance as the action.
- Post Check. When users create a post, an LLM can flag likely rule violations in the draft and suggest changes, without blocking the post.
- Harassment filter. Reddit says it is powered by an LLM trained on moderator actions and content removed by Reddit's internal tools and enforcement teams.
Reddit's help pages also say that newly created communities, or ones that never used AutoModerator, no longer get AutoMod's enforcement actions and use these Rules and Automation tools instead.
Why it matters for marketers
Every filter here can act on your content without a human reading it. The ones most likely to catch a brand:
- AutoModerator rules on links, domains, keywords, karma and account age.
- Crowd Control, which collapses or holds comments from new accounts, accounts with negative karma in the community, and non-members.
- The reputation filter, which holds content from accounts Reddit's Contributor Quality Score marks as likely spammers or unestablished.
- Post and comment settings that disallow links entirely.
None of these are visible to you as a poster, apart from the Poster Eligibility Guide, which tells you which karma, account age or email requirements you do not meet. The practical rule: assume any subreddit you care about has some of these switched on, and build history there before you need it.
Frequently asked questions
What tools do Reddit moderators have?
Queues for reviewing content, banning and muting, rules, AutoModerator, safety filters (Crowd Control, reputation, ban evasion, harassment and others), a 90-day mod log, modmail, and community settings.
Can moderators see who upvoted or downvoted a post?
Nothing in Reddit's list of moderation tools gives mods access to individual votes. The mod log records mod and admin actions, not member votes.