Auto Approval and Denial

With what's nearly as simple as flipping a switch, we can activate auto approval. Before we do, I just wanted to provide you with some helpful information.

Presently there are two thresholds already in play with HelperBot:
Approval threshold, currently set at the default of 80%

Denial threshold, currently set at the default of 40%

You see this in the status bar that appears below an uploaded photo. A photo scoring at least 80% will display the green status bar. A photo scoring 40% or less will display the red status bar. Everything else gets a yellow status bar.

When we activate Auto Approval/Denial, all the photos getting a green status bar would be automatically approved and all the photos getting a red status bar would be automatically denied. This would then leave the photos getting a yellow status bar to be approved or denied manually.

Starting with these thresholds would be good. The goal would be, of course, raising and lowering the thresholds based on actual user submissions. Also, Auto Approval can be turned on independent of Auto Denial. Pertinent email communication would be sent, as well, based on the action on the photo.

You may find the default thresholds work. You may find they need to be tweaked. If you find that photos have been approved that should not have been, or denied that should not have been, we will want to change the default score.