reddit_hack / moderation /detector.py
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import json
import re
import logging
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
from sqlmodel import select
from sqlmodel.ext.asyncio.session import AsyncSession
from config import settings
from models import ModerationLog, ContentSubmission
from services.gemini_service import GeminiService
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Heuristic spam keywords/regexes
SPAM_KEYWORDS = [
r"buy cheap", r"make money quick", r"telegram group", r"whatsapp link",
r"click here to get", r"join my channel", r"sign up bonus", r"get rich",
r"crypto investment", r"whatsapp \+\d+", r"free giveaway", r"make \$[0-9]+ daily",
r"cash app transfer", r"onlyfans discount", r"dm me for", r"passive income"
]
class ModerationDetector:
@staticmethod
def calculate_cosine_similarity(v1: List[float], v2: List[float]) -> float:
"""Calculates cosine similarity between two float vectors in pure Python."""
if not v1 or not v2 or len(v1) != len(v2):
return 0.0
dot_product = sum(a * b for a, b in zip(v1, v2))
norm_a = sum(a * a for a in v1) ** 0.5
norm_b = sum(b * b for b in v2) ** 0.5
if norm_a == 0.0 or norm_b == 0.0:
return 0.0
return dot_product / (norm_a * norm_b)
@staticmethod
def check_spam_heuristics(text: str) -> Tuple[bool, float, str]:
"""Detects spam using heuristics (regex and keyword matching)."""
text_lower = text.lower()
matched_keywords = []
# Check against patterns
for pattern in SPAM_KEYWORDS:
if re.search(pattern, text_lower):
matched_keywords.append(pattern)
# Count url patterns
urls = re.findall(r"https?://[^\s]+", text_lower)
# Scoring logic
spam_score = 0.0
reasons = []
if len(matched_keywords) > 0:
spam_score += 0.5 + (0.1 * len(matched_keywords))
reasons.append(f"Contains promotional keywords matching patterns: {matched_keywords}")
if len(urls) > 2:
spam_score += 0.2 + (0.05 * len(urls))
reasons.append(f"Contains excessive URL links ({len(urls)})")
# Check repetitiveness
words = text_lower.split()
if len(words) > 10:
unique_words = set(words)
lexical_diversity = len(unique_words) / len(words)
if lexical_diversity < 0.4:
spam_score += 0.3
reasons.append("Very low lexical diversity (highly repetitive phrasing)")
spam_score = min(spam_score, 1.0)
is_spam = spam_score >= settings.SPAM_THRESHOLD
reason_str = "; ".join(reasons) if reasons else ""
return is_spam, spam_score, reason_str
@staticmethod
async def detect_escalation(
db: AsyncSession,
submission: ContentSubmission
) -> Tuple[bool, float, str]:
"""Detects thread escalation for comments by analyzing recent comments in the same thread."""
if submission.type != "comment" or not submission.parent_id:
return False, 0.0, ""
# Get last 5 comments in the same post/thread from our database
stmt = (
select(ModerationLog)
.where(ModerationLog.type == "comment")
.where(ModerationLog.id != submission.id)
.where(ModerationLog.subreddit == submission.subreddit)
# parent_id in ContentSubmission stores the post ID for thread tracking
.where(ModerationLog.id.like(f"%{submission.parent_id}%") | (submission.parent_id in submission.id))
.order_by(ModerationLog.created_at.desc())
.limit(5)
)
result = await db.execute(stmt)
recent_comments = result.scalars().all()
if len(recent_comments) < 2:
# Not enough conversation history in the database to detect escalation yet
return False, 0.0, ""
# Extract comment texts for Gemini to analyze
# Include the current comment as the last one
comment_texts = [log.content for log in reversed(recent_comments)] + [submission.content]
escalation_result = await GeminiService.analyze_escalation(comment_texts)
return (
escalation_result.is_escalating,
escalation_result.score,
escalation_result.reason
)
@staticmethod
async def detect_duplicates(
db: AsyncSession,
submission: ContentSubmission,
embedding: List[float]
) -> Tuple[bool, float, str, Optional[str]]:
"""Checks for duplicate posts in the subreddit using cosine similarity of embeddings."""
if submission.type != "post" or not embedding or all(val == 0.0 for val in embedding):
return False, 0.0, "", None
# Look back threshold days (default 30 days)
cutoff_date = datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=settings.DUPLICATE_CHECK_DAYS)
# Query recently stored posts in the same subreddit
stmt = (
select(ModerationLog)
.where(ModerationLog.type == "post")
.where(ModerationLog.id != submission.id)
.where(ModerationLog.subreddit == submission.subreddit)
.where(ModerationLog.created_at >= cutoff_date)
.where(ModerationLog.embedding_json.isnot(None))
)
result = await db.execute(stmt)
recent_posts = result.scalars().all()
best_similarity = 0.0
duplicate_of_log: Optional[ModerationLog] = None
for post in recent_posts:
try:
post_vector = json.loads(post.embedding_json)
similarity = ModerationDetector.calculate_cosine_similarity(embedding, post_vector)
if similarity > best_similarity:
best_similarity = similarity
duplicate_of_log = post
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error parsing embedding for post {post.id}: {e}")
continue
is_duplicate = best_similarity >= settings.DUPLICATE_THRESHOLD
if is_duplicate and duplicate_of_log:
reason = f"Duplicate of post '{duplicate_of_log.title}' (Similarity: {best_similarity:.1%})"
return True, best_similarity, reason, duplicate_of_log.id
return False, best_similarity, "", None
@classmethod
async def analyze_submission(
cls,
db: AsyncSession,
submission: ContentSubmission
) -> ModerationLog:
"""Runs the full suite of toxicity, spam, escalation, and duplicate checks on a submission."""
# 1. Toxicity Check (Gemini)
# Check either title + content (for posts) or content (for comments)
text_to_check = submission.content
if submission.type == "post" and submission.title:
text_to_check = f"{submission.title}\n\n{submission.content}"
toxicity_result = await GeminiService.analyze_toxicity(text_to_check)
# 2. Spam Check (Heuristics)
is_spam, spam_score, spam_reason = cls.check_spam_heuristics(text_to_check)
# 3. Escalation Check (Gemini, if comment)
is_escalation, escalation_score, escalation_reason = await cls.detect_escalation(db, submission)
# 4. Generate Embedding & Duplicate Check (if post)
embedding = None
is_duplicate = False
duplicate_score = 0.0
duplicate_reason = ""
duplicate_of_id = None
if submission.type == "post":
# Generate embedding
embedding = await GeminiService.get_embedding(text_to_check)
if embedding:
is_duplicate, duplicate_score, duplicate_reason, duplicate_of_id = await cls.detect_duplicates(
db, submission, embedding
)
# Determine Priority Level
# high: severe toxicity, flame war escalation, or spam with high toxicity
# medium: standard toxicity, spam, or escalation
# low: clean, duplicates, or mild warnings
priority = "low"
if toxicity_result.score >= 0.90 or (toxicity_result.is_toxic and is_escalation) or (is_spam and toxicity_result.score >= 0.50):
priority = "high"
elif toxicity_result.is_toxic or is_spam or is_escalation:
priority = "medium"
# Determine initial status
# If any violation detected, status is "flagged", otherwise "approved" (i.e. auto-passed by Guardian)
is_flagged = toxicity_result.is_toxic or is_spam or is_escalation or is_duplicate
status = "flagged" if is_flagged else "approved"
# Create ModerationLog entity
log = ModerationLog(
id=submission.id,
type=submission.type,
subreddit=submission.subreddit,
title=submission.title,
content=submission.content,
author=submission.author,
# Toxicity
toxicity_score=toxicity_result.score,
is_toxic=toxicity_result.is_toxic,
toxicity_reason=toxicity_result.reason,
# Spam
is_spam=is_spam,
spam_score=spam_score,
spam_reason=spam_reason,
# Escalation
is_escalation=is_escalation,
escalation_score=escalation_score,
escalation_reason=escalation_reason,
# Duplicate
is_duplicate=is_duplicate,
duplicate_score=duplicate_score if is_duplicate else None,
duplicate_reason=duplicate_reason if is_duplicate else None,
duplicate_of_id=duplicate_of_id,
# Queue parameters
status=status,
priority=priority,
# Embedding
embedding_json=json.dumps(embedding) if embedding else None
)
return log