Moderating content on Slack

Dots allows your members to easily report content. As an admin, you have the ability to track violations and take actions accordingly!

Reporting a message (member view)

Members can hover over a message, and click the three dots on the far right, and click Report Spam.

If you don't see this option, you can search for it by clicking More Message Shortcuts (this is because Slack limits 3 options to show

This works everywhere - in DM, Group DM, Private or Public channel.

They will see a modal to fill in info on type of violation + additional message

Reach out to us if you want to customize these options!

Reviewing messages

Goto Messages and click moderation queue on the top tab

You will see a list of messages that are pending to be reviewed reported by members. You can see the type and any additional info that the reported member have typed.

Click on Mark reviewed to review a message. This will now show up under Reviewed. You can also open a message if its public channel message.

You can view history of past violations by clicking Member History

You will see a modal with past violations of that member, and status.

Review Past violations

Once a message is reviewed, they are under Reviewed section for a historical log.

Tracking violations

Click on Violations count to view the counts of violation for a list of members. You can click a member to look at the history of violations.

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