I’m not sure I understand the logic in making a distinction between moderation tools and bots or integrations since the latter could be called subsets of the former.
By definition, software packages are comprised of integrated capabilities and some of those capabilities are tools to assist in moderation activities. Bots may not be integrations (although automated functions that behave identically to a bot could certainly be), but to use an example, the ubiquitous automod(s) is/are bots which is/are also moderation tools.
I hope we can agree that moderation activities extend beyond banning trolls and miscreants, and go on to include content propagation. Software integrations and bots can easily qualify as moderation tools.
With that explanation, maybe it would help me if you could explain how one could distinguish bots and integrations from moderation tools. Maybe we’re not discussing the same thing.
I’m not sure I understand the logic in making a distinction between moderation tools and bots or integrations since the latter could be called subsets of the former.
By definition, software packages are comprised of integrated capabilities and some of those capabilities are tools to assist in moderation activities. Bots may not be integrations (although automated functions that behave identically to a bot could certainly be), but to use an example, the ubiquitous automod(s) is/are bots which is/are also moderation tools.
I hope we can agree that moderation activities extend beyond banning trolls and miscreants, and go on to include content propagation. Software integrations and bots can easily qualify as moderation tools.
With that explanation, maybe it would help me if you could explain how one could distinguish bots and integrations from moderation tools. Maybe we’re not discussing the same thing.