Matrix @mod 'Bot

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

So, in the code, and maybe in the spec' is the ability for, AFAIK PL50 Mod's (probably hardcoded atm), to send messages containing @room to ping/highlight/mention everyone.  ↵↵¶Also, IRC has sonething like, IIRC, /wallchops <message> to write to all room (channel) Moderators (Operators).  Matrix needs something like this for cases when abuses are occuring in a room and Mod' attention is needed.  But it is tedious to go through the userlist even on Riot-Web, and nearly impossible on i.e. Riot-Android, to pick out some Mod's, especially considering they are not ordered by, PL then AlphaNumeric.  ↵↵¶Ideally any such 'bot should "ACL Whisper" messages to Moderators, when such functionality comes to Matrix.  Or rather, such functionality for "@mod", even without but especially with "ACL Whisper", should be in the spec'.  ↵↵¶However, in the interim a user might send a message i.e. !mod <message>, and the 'bot would responds with an immediately following message containing all Mod's Display Names, indicating the triggering room member's DN & MXID.  There is the possibility of abuse, so the 'bot needs to accept an exclude comnand, i.e. !mod exclude <MXID>.  ↵↵¶At the end of the day, that would be a "good enough" interim solution to ensure room members help keep moderation proactive.

[Mikaela]

Also, IRC has sonething like, IIRC, /wallchops to write to all room (channel) Moderators (Operators). 

I think that would be /msg @#channel message to ops, but it would require being at least voiced (or did that only permit you to message voiced users, I am not entirely sure) and matrix-appservice-irc didn't handle it wheb I last checked.

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

What is done on IRC is just used as an example of the useful feature and nothing more.  Nothing even like m.notice even comes into play with this simple interim solution.  @room type functionality is only referenced for future forethought for spec' inclusion ala spec-omission m.room.power_levels//notifications is undocumented matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#1101 or https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qRdlg94cr9YXxPCwhW4HgI2oDrqQOUKX5HptZFBGf6o/mobilebasic •.  ↵↵¶There are absolutely no deleterious effects to IRC and the interim solution could even work in a Portal Room as all it would do is respond to an old school "trigger" and respond by "pinging"/"highlighting"/"mentioning" Mod's, indicating which MXID triggered the event.  ↵↵¶IRC is irrelevant, inconsequential, and superfluous to that functionality.

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

Perhaps use @mod <message_to_all_room_Moderators> so there is a smooth transition for End Users if such functionality gets rolled into Matrix, similar to ﹫room <Message>.  At such a time, there might be a slight bit of redundant "pinging" of Mod's, but they, or an Admin' should be able to deactivate the 'bot, maybe by raising the PL to trigger it, or just kicking it from the room.  ↵↵¶But it would have served it's purpose. And currently no such functionality is known to be in the pipeline.

[Mikaela]

In case backwards compatibility with ingrained habits of IRC users wanted to be involved, I would suggest watching for !ops and in case of Telegram, I am aware of multiple bots reacting on @admin even if that voculbary may be confusing.

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

It is up to a Matrix room Admin' and their Mod's to add their IRC nick' to their keywords, or the Dev'Op's of the appservice bridge 'bot to ensure pings translate, same with other platform.  ↵↵¶IT IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS 'BOT.  I suggest taking it up in the Matrix spec' repo', or New Vector "Product" repo'.  ↵↵¶Until `@mod <Message_to_Mod's> might be included in the spec' **preferably WITH "ACL Whisper", all this 'bot need do is send a room message with the DN & MXID that triggered it, mentioning the Mod's' current DNs, and, in case of a delay, a Permalink to the message where it was triggered.

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

It is up to IRCOp's to include whatever /WALLCHOPS in their "IRCd", or IRC chan' Op's to provide a 'bot which does that. This is for Matrix.

[MilkManzJourDaddy]

The "ACL Whisper" feature is being discussed on the Riot "Product" repo' in, Consider adding support for whispering in group rooms matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#3345, which defies logic if it is a Spec' thing.  However there is also an open Spec' issue of disputed relevance, depending how you apply and parse out: We need a way to hide given messages from specific room members (SPEC-84) matrix-org/matrix-spec#56.

[gi-yt]

i think i might be able to add this feature to merseklo. i will update here after i add the feature.

[gi-yt]

The feature has been added. I think you can close this issue now @turt2live @MilkManzJourDaddy