Aurora: Set up content filters

In addition to the default content filters provided in Aurora, you can create community-level content filters and configure them to perform the appropriate actions in the respective areas across the community. Also, you can add terms to the existing filters or edit filter information, as required.

View content filters

Admins and members with permission can access the Content Filters in the Moderation settings area (from the Settings > Features > Moderation). The Content Filters tab includes the default filters as shown below:

The Content Filters tab lists:

• Filter Name: Name of the content filter.
• Action: The action the filter performs when the system finds it in the community. Actions can be Do not allow, Replace term, Check inline HTML and do not allow, and Take no action.
• Term Count: The number of terms defined for the filter. 

You can edit and add terms to the default filters or add a new filter.

When the number of filters in the Content Filters tab exceeds 25, you can use the Filter by name field to quickly find the filter you want.

Add filter

To create a new content filter:

1. Sign in to the community as an Admin.
2. Open the Account menu and go to Settings > Features.
3. Select Moderation.
   
4. In the left column, select Content Filters.
5. Select Add Filter.
   
6. Enter the Filter name.
7. Select a Filter action:
   
   

   Do not allow	Prevents members from posting content or replies, registering to the community, adding tags, updating profile information, and sending private messages till the filter term is removed. This more heavy-handed approach runs the risk of either challenging members to find a way to defeat it or alienating them.
   Replace term	Replaces the offensive term with another term. This is the most common way of handling smut filter infractions. You can configure what term to replace words that match this filter in the Replacement term field.
   Check inline HTML and do not allow	Prevents the members from posting anything that contains a filtered term after ignoring inline HTML.
   Take no action	Does not take any action on filtered terms that appear across the community other than sending to the Manage Content > Abuse tab for moderator’s review

8. If the Filter action is set as Replace term, in the Replace with field, specify the replacement term. The content filter replaces the filtered term with this replacement term. If you want to set term-level replacements, you can edit the terms after creating the filter.
9. In Apply filter to field, select the areas where you want the filter to be applied. You can apply the filter to content, private messages and invitations, username, profile information, and tags.
10. (Optional) If you want the filter to treat terms with diacritic marks the same as those without (for example, “chëēse” would be interpreted the same as “cheese”), turn on Ignore diacritics.
11. In Terms to filter field, enter the terms you want to filter. Note that you can enter only one term per line.
12. Select Add.
    The new filter is added to the list of content filters. You can edit the filter information and can add more terms to the filter.
13. (Optional) For the Replace term filter action, if you want to add optional replacement terms for a certain term, open the Options menu for that term, select Edit, and enter an Optional replacement term.

If you do not specify the Optional Replacement Term, the term is replaced with the default replacement term specified in the Replace with field.