Ask first
On Test, a hold the tray wants waits for your answer.
Feature
Test or Auto
Test asks you first. Auto runs by itself.
Test means the tray asks you before it holds a comment. A category on Test works like a simulation: you see what the tray would hold, and it doesn't touch your channel until you say yes. On Auto, a built-in category runs by itself. Rules you write can be Off, Notify me or Test, never Auto. Probation holds a viewer's new comments automatically. Removing a comment always needs your confirmation. You can switch any category back to Test at any time.
RulesExample
Rules
23
held this week
3
waiting for you
312
left alone
Your moderation policy
Insults or mocks you
14 this week
Threatens you
3 this week
Spam or a scam
9 this week
People
Viewers on probation
2 this week
Your rules
Ring the bell for anything about sponsorship
18 this week
No insults aimed at me; criticism of the work is fine
2 this week
Outcomes
What you can do with it
Automate narrowly
Switch to Auto only the categories you trust to run by themselves.
Change your mind any time
Switch a category back to Test whenever you like.
The path
How it works
Watch it work. Then answer every question. Then let it run.
Start on Test
The tray shows the hold it wants and waits. Nothing changes on YouTube without your answer.
Answer yes or no
Your answers become the record.
Consider the offer
Once you've said yes to 9 of its last 10 questions, the tray offers to switch its categories to Auto.
Switch only what you trust
The offer is only advice. Switch a category to Auto when you trust it, and back to Test whenever you like.
Built by a creator, for his own channel first
I built the moderator my own channel needed.
Hey friends, I'm Mike. My channel grew to 50,000 subscribers, and the comments grew well past 50,000 with it. No one creator can read every comment at that size. I valued the community that built up around my channel, but the volume and intensity of the comments were overwhelming.
When trolls started taking the time I wanted to spend with that community, I dusted off the toolkit and built The Litter Tray around the rules and restraint I wanted for my own audience. I want other creators to get set up in minutes, set the rules that matter to them, and make persistent trolls much harder to miss, so they can get back to making videos.
Mike