Extensible moderation framework

A database system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and storing:
• a user criteria list identifying one or more categories of users of a database community;
• a content criteria list including keywords to compare with content to be posted to the database community;
• a rule template to create or edit moderation rules, the rule template including a user criteria field to display the user criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed user criteria list to link to the moderation rules, a content criteria field to display the content criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed content criteria list to link to the moderation rules, and an action field to display an action to apply to the content to be posted to the database community and receive a selection of the action to associate with the moderation rules;
• and
• instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the database system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a user system via a network coupled to the database system, the content to be posted to the database community;
• determining that the content to be posted satisfies one or more criteria from the user criteria list or the content criteria list;
• and
• applying the selected action to the content based on the content satisfying the one or more criteria.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a database system to:

• receive, from a user system via a network coupled to the database system, content to be posted to a database community;
• determine that the content to be posted satisfies one or more criteria from a user criteria list identifying one or more categories of users of a database community, or a content criteria list that includes keywords to compare with the content to be posted to the database community;
• display, via a user interface coupled to the database system, a rule template to create or edit moderation rules, the rule template including a user criteria field to display the user criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed user criteria list to link to the moderation rules, a content criteria field to display the content criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed content criteria list to link to the moderation rules, and an action field to display an action to apply to the content to be posted and receive a selection of the action to associate with the moderation rules;
• and
• apply the selected action to the content based on the content satisfying the one or more criteria.

A method comprising:

• receiving by a database system, from a user system via a network coupled to the database system, content to be posted to a database community;
• determining, by the database system, that the content to be posted satisfies one or more criteria from a user criteria list identifying one or more categories of users of a database community, or a content criteria list that includes keywords to compare with the content to be posted to the database community;
• displaying, via a user interface coupled to the database system, a rule template to create or edit moderation rules, the rule template including a user criteria field to display the user criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed user criteria list to link to the moderation rules, a content criteria field to display the content criteria list and receive a selection of the displayed content criteria list to link to the moderation rules, and an action field to display an action to apply to the content to be posted and receive a selection of the action to associate with the moderation rules;
• and
• applying, by the database system, the selected action to the content based on the content satisfying the one or more criteria.