Moderation Settings

From Flux Developer Portal

flux uses a combination of technological and human moderation practices to classify user-uploaded content by age appropriateness (all users or mature only) and other community decency standards, and to help filter out content that infringes third-party legal rights.

If improper content slips through these barriers onto flux, concerned users can "flag" or report it to us for prompt review. In addition, our Copyright Compliance Policy instructs copyright owners how and where to send us notices of alleged copyright infringement, and explains the procedures that we undertake to respond to such notices and terminate the flux accounts of repeat infringers.

To access and edit the Moderation Settings for your site, click "Community Manager" from your "More" dropdown, and then click "Edit Moderation Settings" under the "Moderate" section of Community Manager. Here is where you can choose whether or not to allow mature content, anonymous comments, HTML in comment content, and choose your replacement and automatic flagging word lists.

Contents 1 Disabling User Uploads 2 User Comment Moderation Settings 3 Comment Security Level 4 flux Moderation Approval 5 Mature Content Visibility 6 Blocking Widgets from Certain Domains 7 Automatic Word Replacement and Flagging

Disabling User Uploads

Here you can choose whether to allow user-generated video and/or photo uploads on your site. To disable video uploads, check the box next to "Disable video uploads". If you only want to disable video uploads from hosted pages, but want to allow them from widgets and API, leave the "Disable for flux-hosted pages only" radio button selected. If you want to disable all user-generated video uploads to your site, select the "Disable for hosted pages, upload widget, and API" radio button.

To disable photo uploads, follow the instructions above, but use the "Disable photo upload" checkbox.

User Comment Moderation Settings

All flux communities are set to allow only logged in members to leave comments at community creation, and we recommend this setting for most sites, as it guarantees the highest level of moderation control and quality of comments, while also allowing the most number of users to comment. If you need to change it, you can do so by selecting a different option from the "Set comment moderation rules" dropdown.

• All site visitors – Anyone can leave comments on your site: community members, logged-in flux users, and guests.
• Logged-in flux users – A user must be a member of a flux community and currently logged in before they can leave a comment on your site. They do not need to be a member of your community. Anyone who is not logged in to a flux community will be redirected to your signup/login page when trying to leave a comment.
• Community members only – A user must be a member of your community and currently logged in to leave comments. Logged in members of other flux communities will be prompted to Join your community. Users who are not currently logged in will be redirected to your signup/login page.

Comment Security Level

When you allow your members to put HTML code in the comments they leave on content pages or member guestbooks, you might find that the HTML they include in their comments affects the HTML driving the layout of the modules and pages. At community creation, all flux sites are set at the highest comment security level. If you need to change it, you can do so by selecting a different option from the "Comment security level" dropdown.

• High security (allow plain text only) – Users will only be allowed to enter plain text in comment fields. Any Rich Text or HTML will be automatically stripped out.
• Medium security (allow rich text) – Users will be allowed to enter a minimal amount of Rich Text. Advanced Rich Text or HTML will be automatically stripped out.
• Low security (allow HTML) – Users will be allowed to enter any Rich Text or HTML.

flux Moderation Approval

All directly uploaded user content is reviewed by a central flux moderation team. By default, user content will appear live within your community as soon as either the flux moderation team or Community moderation team approves it. To hide content from your community until your moderators have approved it, check the "Hide content from Community until approved by Community (ignore flux moderation status)" checkbox. When this box is unselected, user content will appear live within your community as soon as it approved by the central flux moderation team

Mature Content Visibility

All flux communities are 13 and over and certain types of mature content, such as pornography, full nudity, violent subject matter, etc., are never allowed. At community creation, all flux communities are set to allow only content that is safe for all ages. Some communities may have a more mature topical nature, however, and will want to allow certain types of mature content to be visible only to members of an appropriate age.

You can change these settings from the "Mature Content Visibility" section on the "Content Settings" page in Moderation Settings.

• All Ages only – Only content that is appropriate for users 13 years of age is allowed to surface on the site.
• All Ages, 16+ – Content that is suitable for users 16 and over is allowed on the site. Content that is approved for "16+" will only be visible to users who are 16+, whereas content marked as "Safe for all ages" will be visible to everyone.
• All Ages, 16+, 18+ – Content that is suitable only for users 18 and over is allowed on the site, as well as content from the previous two settings. Content that is approved as "18+", will only be visible to users who are 18+, content marked as "Parental Guidance" will only be visible to users who are 16+, and content marked as "Safe for all ages" will be visible to everyone.

Note that if you allow mature content, it will only be dispayed to logged-in flux users (which may include non-community members) of the appropriate age. Note, mature content will always be visible to content owner (regardless of age) and community admins

Blocking Widgets from Certain Domains

flux enables Community Admins to block embedded content from 3rd party domains. Selecting this feature will strip any embedded widgets from domains submitted in the input form.

To block 3rd party widgets from appearing anywhere on your site, click on the "3rd Party Widgets" link in the Moderation Settings section, and select the "Enable automatic 3rd party removal" checkbox. If you wish to block widgets from all external sources, choose the "Block widgets from all domains" radio button. If you want to block widgets only from specific domains, enter these domains in the text entry box, separated by commas. Be sure to list only one domain per line, and remove the 'www'.

If you want to allow third party widgets on your Special User's profiles only, follow the instructions above, and select the "Allow 3rd part widgets on Special User Type profiles only" checkbox.

Automatic Word Replacement and Flagging

flux.com lets you customize all levels of your community – including what kind of language you feel is appropriate for your visitors. Text on flux is not pre-moderated, however text is affected by Hot Word flagging and replacement. "Hot Word Moderation Rules" allow you to input as many taboo words as you need to make sure your community standards are maintained.

Word Replacement

All flux communities come with this setting automatically selected and a default standard list of words to replace. You can choose to add to this list or replace it entirely, or disable the feature. To modify these settings, click on "Edit Moderation Settings" under the "Moderate" section of your Community Manager. Selecting the "Custom" option will open a new field allowing you to edit the default list.

• Data Access API outputs are excluded from word replacement
• Word replacement applies to all community pages and widgets and user profile pages, including module headers and display names
• Each site moderator may specify words and word segments to auto replace. These words will be replaced by the "replacement character" selected by the Admin, e.g., "*")
• The moderator may also specify words to ignore (e.g., "-shitzu")
• Enter the character you want to replace words with in the "Replacement Character" box. By default, an asterisk (*) is selected, but you can replace this with any character you like.
• If you've "Custom" for your word replacement list, enter words to want to replace in the "Replacement List" box. Individual words should be separated by commas.

Automatic Flagging

Check the "Enable Automatic Flagging" box to enable automatic flagging of certain words whenever your visitors enter them in their comments. When a word set for automatic flagging is entered on your site, the comment it was included in is automatically sent to your Flagged Content page. At community creation, all flux communities come with this setting automatically selected.

• The site moderator may specify a list of words to auto flag a comment.
• Comments with auto-flag words appear within the Community Manager: "Flagged Content" queue for review and rejection.
• Comments with auto-flag words will remain visible until explicitly banned.
• Enter words you want to be automatically flagged in the "Flagging List" box. Individual words should be separated by commas. All flux communities come with a standard list by default, and you can choose to add to this list or replace it entirely.

Word List Matching Rules

Exact Match

This is the default hot word matching scenario if no special characters are used. If a hot word is entered without any wildcards or other special characters, it must be an exact match to be flagged. For example, if hot word pluck is entered, it will not match plucked or 1pluck.

Wildcards

Wilcards determine whether a given character string matches a specified pattern. A pattern can include regular characters and wildcard characters. During pattern matching, regular characters must match exactly the characters specified in the character string. Wildcard characters, however, can be matched with arbitrary fragments of the character string.

The following 3 wildcard characters are supported:

• * This matches any string of 0 or more characters. For example, *pluck* matches all words with the word “pluck” anywhere in the word. I.e. pluck, plucker, 1pluck would all be matched.
• $ This matches any string of 0 or more non-literal characters (i.e. non alphabetical characters). For example, p$uck matches p!uck, p*uck or p.uck, but NOT pluck. A good example of where this is useful would be to add the hot words pu$y and pussy which will block “pussy” or “pu$$y”, but not “putty” or “purity” etc.
• _ This matches a single character in a word. For example, _luck finds all 5 letter words that end with “luck”, such as pluck, cluck, 1luck. But, it will not match luck, plucker, repluck.

Special Characters

• Non-alphanumeric characters. When words being matched contain non-alphanumeric characters (i.e. pl*ck or pl&ck), then the non-alphanumeric character will just be treated the same as any other character. So, entering p*k or pl_ck in the hot word list would both cause the words “pl*ck” or “pl&ck” to be matched.
• Non-alphabetical characters. When words being matched are surrounded by non-alphabetical characters (i.e. not a letter), hot word matching behaves exactly the same as for alphabetical characters. So, the hot word pluck WILL NOT automatically block “pluck9” or “pluck!”. The hot word pluck* or pluck_ would need adding to match these words, same as to match the word “plucky”
• You can use the special characters above as literal characters. To use a special character as a literal character, enclose the special character in square brackets. For example, [*] will cause the special character “*” to be matched as any other regular character in the in the hot word pattern. So, pl[*]ck would match “pl*ck”, but not “pluck”
• Single characters. When a hot word contains just a single character, it behaves the same as for multi-character hot words. So, adding the hot word p WILL NOT cause “p1” or “pp” to be matched. You would have to enter p* pr p_ to match these words.

Safe Words

This allows specific words to be added to a separate “safe word list” which will always be allowed, regardless of other rules matched from the hot word list. This is denoted by a “-“ at the start of the word. For example, add –cluck to the safe word list to prevent “cluck” from being matched even though *luck is in the hot word list.