Snorrrlax
commented
6 years ago The bot should automatically remove a post that's 3 hours old if there's 3+ top level comments and OP hasn't replied to any of them.
The reason why we've added the condition of 3+ comments is for cases where the post received one or two low-effort, irrelevant responses, which the OP shouldn't be punished for ignoring. Setting the level at 3+ means the chances are at least one comment is worthy of a reply, and if OP hasn't done so in 3 hours, the post should be removed. These 3+ comments must be "top level" (i.e. direct responses to the post) to avoid situations where someone makes a low-effort comment, another user replies to that, and so on, which is still irrelevant to the OP despite being 3+.
Sometimes a post needs approval before it goes live (new accounts/accounts with low karma/fresh topic friday) - the timer for 3 hours should start upon approval in these cases, not time of posting.
A SnooNote for Rule E should be added if possible, but if not, then a modmail should be sent to notify mods that a note is needed.
When removing a post for Rule E, the bot should also make, distinguish & sticky this comment:
Sorry, username – your submission has been removed for breaking Rule E:
Only post if you are willing to have a conversation with those who reply to you, and are available to start doing so within 3 hours of posting. If you haven't replied within this time, your post will be removed. See the wiki for more information.
If you would like to appeal, please respond substantially to some of the arguments people have made, and then message the moderators by clicking this link.
perezdev
Rule E requires that OPs respond to some comments within the first 3 hours of posting.
We'd like CMVModBot to automatically remove posts that are 3 hours old if OP made no comments, and send a modmail to remind a mod to make a note of it (unless you can figure out a way to have CMVModBot add a SnooNote itself).