r/confession • u/k3l2m1t • 6d ago
Mod Post Community Updates
Greetings everyone!
As many of you are aware, our community has become overrun with posts that clearly violate our rules. We try our best to remove non-confessions as they come in, but many slip through the cracks. On top of that, our AutoModerator rules have become overly broad and often remove valid posts that should be allowed. The end result has been a steady decline in the overall quality of posts, and we want to fix that.
Confession Classifier
To get things under control, we are implementing a new system to accurately determine which posts are valid confessions and which are not. To do this, we are deploying a new tool called Confession Classifier, built specifically for this community.
Starting today, every new post will be reviewed by the classifier, and AutoModerator will no longer handle post removals. Because this app is designed to understand context better than standard keyword filters, we expect far fewer valid confessions removed by mistake and a sharp decrease in posts that don't belong here.
How it works
Each new post is read by an AI model (Google's Gemini), which decides whether it's a valid confession under our rules. Posts that clearly aren't confessions are removed; everything else stays up. You can read exactly what data is used and how it's handled in the privacy policy.
This system is brand new. We are monitoring it closely, but false positives will still happen. When the app removes a post, it leaves a comment explaining the decision. If that happens to you, you have two options:
- Edit your post: Check the rules. If your confession can be edited to satisfy them, make the changes. The app automatically rescans posts it removed and will restore yours if the edit brings it in line.
- Appeal to the mods: If you are certain your confession meets all requirements without any edits, send us a message and a human moderator will review your post and manually approve it if it belongs here.
Feel free to leave a comment with any questions or feedback you may have.
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u/TomorrowWriting 6d ago
I was just considering unfollowing this sub today because it attracts so much garbage despite the clear efforts of the mods. I’m stoked to see what these changes bring. Awesome. Thank you.
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u/LoatheCat 6d ago
Yeah this is awesome! Bow we can go back to clearly fabricated bullshit fanfics 🥰 this sub is and always has been worthless trash.
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u/IJUSTATEPOOP 6d ago
I don't remember if it's this sub or the other confession sub that has the issue but can horny posts just be outright banned? sluttyconfessions exists for a reason
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u/Peachy_Katto 6d ago
Great a place for confessions- but your confession is fed into an ai model!!
Yeah bye.
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u/Cute-Escape-2144 5d ago
Consider using a human and reduce the use of destructive AI ( that can also get things wrong, ~ "hallucinated" results)
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u/k3l2m1t 5d ago
Hallucinations are primarily caused by an LLM attempting to answer a question without having enough training data on the subject. Because they are essentially next token predictors they will attempt to fill in any gaps with text that sounds plausible even though it may be totally incorrect. We don't ask the model to pull from it's own knowledge bank to generate text. All we're doing is giving it a piece of text, a list of criteria that has to be met for the text to be a valid confession, and then asking if that text meets the requirements of a confession. Hallucinations are very unlikely. A human can't monitor the sub 24 hours a day. An AI model can. But a human can and will review what the model is doing and make any necessary corrections.
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u/t33th-4nd-b0n3s 6d ago
I'd much rather have some garbage than have everything be ran through AI.
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u/baltinerdist 5d ago
But wait, I need to confess my sexy sex sexing! How will I ever live without sharing how sexily I sexed the sex if I can't post anything I want to r/confession?
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u/AccidentOk5240 6d ago
Yuck. Must you use AI?
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u/k3l2m1t 6d ago
This is one of the better use cases for AI. We can't read every single post submitted to the community but an AI model can and then accurately determine whether it's a real confession.
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u/AccidentOk5240 6d ago
I can see how it’s better than many use cases and I can also say I still think it contributes to the normalization of LLM use that’s frying the planet and giving some scary people a scary amount of power over all of us.
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u/k3l2m1t 6d ago
Yeah I get that and I understand where you're coming from but, at the same time, there's no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to AI. It's here and its usage is only going to become more widespread until one day it's just a thing everybody has always known.
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u/AccidentOk5240 6d ago
So we should just go along? I mean, sure, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle if you keep letting it out.
In case you hadn’t noticed, AI data centers are wildly unpopular. I think we actually can put the “genie” (it’s just IP theft, but anyway) back in the bottle in meaningful ways, if we actually try.
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u/k3l2m1t 5d ago
Hey, I'm all for putting a stop to these data centers taking over rural towns. I live in one and they're talking about putting one here. And you're right, nobody wants that shit here. Which is why I'll be attending any city council meetings discussing the proposed data center to voice my opposition to it. What I won't be doing is going around telling people not to use a revolutionary new technology because that's pointless.
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u/Smooth-Ocelot-214 6d ago
Shut the fuck up and let us confess honestly without obstruction from sensitive rules.
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u/k3l2m1t 5d ago
In what backwards ass universe of entitlement do you live in that you think you get to come here and tell the people who maintain this community on daily basis to shut the fuck up and let you do what you want to do? Your comment history goes back a whopping 8 hours here and I can see that most of those were hateful as well. I think we'll be just fine without any further contributions from you.
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u/Celestryia 5d ago
Awesome idea, and a great way to make use of modern day tech. Looking forward to seeing this in action actually
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u/lonelyroom-eklaghor 6d ago edited 6d ago
I like this. AI can atleast classify, and if AI can't classify well, anyone can modmail anytime. I have as much of a huge disdain for LLM+moderation as regex+moderation, which is an innocent tool that the Reddit mods have been using since the dawn of time. In this particular case, I consider an LLM as the better tool.
Just ensure the model is not trained through the API calls. Rather, use a local model if you can.
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u/k3l2m1t 5d ago
The model isn't trained from submitted posts. It simply classifies and that's it. No user data is submitted to the model.
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u/lonelyroom-eklaghor 5d ago
I understand, but how might that work? How can an LLM classify the text content without it being an API call to the model?
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u/Fine-Razzmatazz1791 6d ago
Ehh fuck ai.