Server settings
Moderation & bots
Bot role assignments and the auto-moderator's timeout escalation.
Bot roles
Bot accounts (created in admin → Users) can hold server roles:
defaultBotIdThe server’s general-purpose bot identity.
welcomeBotIdPosts localized greetings in communities’ welcome channels.
autoModeratorBotIdIssues the automatic timeouts below.
Unassigned roles fall back to the default bot; with no bots configured the related features quietly do nothing.
Auto-timeouts
With an auto-moderator assigned, repeated moderation hits trigger automatic timeouts:
- Count hits
autoTimeoutHitsinfractions withinautoTimeoutWindowSecondstrigger a timeout. - Apply the timeout
First one lasts
autoTimeoutDurationSeconds. - Escalate
With
autoTimeoutProgressive, each subsequent timeout grows up toautoTimeoutMaxSeconds. - Reset
A quiet stretch of
autoTimeoutResetSecondsstarts the counter over.
See Moderation for the human side of the ladder.
Anti-spam registration check
This tab also carries an Anti-spam registration check section — an opt-in, off-by-default screen of new registrations against StopForumSpam. See Anti-spam for the full guide, including the six settings and the GDPR wording to add to your privacy policy.