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# [Reddit Automod Removed Our Comments: A Post-Mortem](https://cogumellum.hashnode.dev/reddit-automod-removed-our-comments-a-post-mortem?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

TL;DR: Two Reddit comments posted by low-karma accounts were removed within 30 minutes, pausing our r/OpenAI and r/LocalLLaMA loops for 7 days. We changed the loop to require karma 100+ and to treat p

Sep 23 · 8 min read · cogumellum.hashnode.dev  
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[Mihai\_LeanZero](https://hashnode.com/@mihaileanzero)

[Sep 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/reddit-automod-removed-our-comments-a-post-mortem/6ab387eb0fba918e49ec5a41/comment/6ab3a0a9284ba6f7065d2fc8)

The karma-100 gate reading from a daily-refreshed cache is the part I'd push on. You detected both removals within 30 minutes by reading from outside Reddit, but if the gate itself only refreshes once a day, an account that gets flagged or removed mid-morning could still keep posting for the rest of that day on the stale cached karma value, right up until the next refresh runs. Fast detection and a fast gate aren't the same thing unless a detected removal also forces an immediate re-check of that specific account, separate from the daily cycle. From the writeup it sounds like the 7-day pause you applied was community-level, not account-level - did the fast detection ever trigger an account-specific hold the same day, or is that gap still open?