EricGT suggests implementing AI to automatically flag inappropriate posts or toxic language to reduce moderator workload, citing a recent thread where some users sought attention through inappropriate behavior. mattdm confirms that such AI-based toxicity detection is already a feature in Discourse. EricGT acknowledges this and references the official Discourse AI Toxicity plugin thread, noting its relevance for the OpenAI community forum where he serves as a moderator. He also expresses frustration that moderators cannot view site settings (including themes and plugins) in read-only mode, even though admins can — suggesting this visibility would improve moderation efficiency and context. While he doesn’t expect moderators to change settings, he believes read-only access would be beneficial for understanding site capabilities and constraints. The discussion falls under the Support category and is tagged with ai and ai-toxicity, highlighting the practical need for automated moderation tools and improved transparency for moderators.
Suggestion
Have AI check for inappropriate post or at least words and flag the post.
Just read an entire topic of frustrated users, while many were able to convey their frustration in an appropriate manner, some were going out of their way to get attention, albeit the wrong attention.
Having had to read all of the post was time consuming and even more time consuming to flag and take action. Yes I used the moderator perk that only takes two clicks per topic to flag and take action immediately.
This is, indeed, one of the features.
Yes, thanks.
Asked because I am a moderator on the OpenAI site and they do have the Discourse AI plugin running. Since I am not an admin on the site will need get their feedback and input as this would be of benefit for the site.
Side note: Being an admin on one site and being able to see all of the Discourse settings is nice. But then being a moderator on another site and knowing about such and not being able to see the setting is really frustrating. I don’t expect moderators to be given the right to change settings but being able to at least see them as read-only would make it easier at times. This would also include being able to see other options besides just the Discourse settings, settings such as themes and plugins would be desired. 