Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-24529813-20131215012728/@comment-24296909-20131215165403

I would rather see this bot programmed in a different language than JavaScript. The fact that JavaScript is client-side means that he'd have to be running a browser for the bot, which defeats the purpose pretty much. I'd suggest programming the bot in Ruby, Python or Java where it would be run through the command line. That way the community can be assured that the rights won't be abused, the bot can run 24/7, and the bot won't be disconnected ever because the chat connection closed on the browser.

As for the moderator rights, does the bot just use some simple heuristics and blacklisted words and then takes action? That's not a good thing to have. If there is to be any automatic kicking or banning, the the bot should run on a dataset that it develops itself, thus preventing false positives.