Notice what needs a look
One list for what's worth knowing: some rule and name-pattern matches, comments from viewers on probation, pauses, how actions went, and problems.
Feature
Notifications
Only the alerts worth a look, each linked to what it's about.
You're told when a viewer on probation comments, a name pattern matches, a hold goes through, the tray pauses, or something needs a look. An alert about a comment or a viewer opens straight onto it.
NotificationsExample
Notifications
DashboardNotifications
Someone on probation commented on Two Ways To Cut A Tenon
unread
the tray held it for you to review.
A name pattern matched a new commenter
unread
A match alerts you. It never holds a comment.
Paused
Dismiss
The tray still reads comments, and asks you instead of holding anything.
2 unread in total.
Outcomes
What you can do with it
Go straight to it
A notification with a link takes you to the page it's about.
Get them by email
You can have new notifications sent as one daily email. It's optional.
The path
How it works
Watch the bell
When you're signed in, the bell at the top of the page shows when your tray has unread notifications.
Open Notifications
Each notice says what happened and when.
Open it
Opening a notification with a link marks it read and takes you to what it's about.
Tidy the list
Dismiss a notification or use Mark all as read. Older ones are on later pages.
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