coralproject/talk v3.6.0

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Important Note: We have moved the Flag Details section of comments in the Admin to a plugin; you will need to add talk-plugin-flag-details to your plugins.json file in order to ensure this functionality remains for you; for more information on managing plugins, please see our plugin docs: https://coralproject.github.io/talk/plugins/

Plugins

• Introducing Toxic Comments! ☠️
• Levering Google's Perspective API, you can now set a Toxicity Threshold for Talk (0.8 or 80% is the default), which works like this:
  • If a comment exceeds the threshold, the commenter is warned that their comment may be toxic, and are given the chance to modify their comment before posting
  • If the revised comment is below the Toxicity Threshold, it is posted and displayed normally
  • If the revised comment still exceeds the Toxicity Threshold, it is not displayed on the stream and instead is sent to the Reported queue for moderation
  • If the moderator accepts the comment, it's displayed on the stream; if it's rejected, it will not be displayed
  • Moderators see a Toxic Probability Score on toxic comments in the Moderation queues
• How to activate and use the plugin:
  • You can turn on this plugin by including talk-plugin-toxic-comments (as well as talk-plugin-flag-details, see above) in your plugins.json
  • Environment variables for configuration:
    • TALK_PERSPECTIVE_API_KEY (required)
    • TALK_TOXICITY_THRESHOLD (optional, default 0.8)
    • TALK_PERSPECTIVE_API_ENDPOINT (optional, default https://commentanalyzer.googleapis.com/v1alpha1)
    • TALK_PERSPECTIVE_TIMEOUT (optional, default 300)
  • Note: this is a beta plugin and will see a lot of changes/improvement in the coming weeks)
• Read more about The Coral Project's take on Toxic Comments and machine-learning-based moderation here
• Read more about Google's Perspective API and/or request an API key here

Features

• Moderators are now alerted via a red dot indicator in the Admin if there are new Reported comments or usernames that need their attention
• The New queue automatically updates with a Load More button when there are brand new comments

Plugin Support

• New slots commentTimestamp and historyCommentTimestamp to allow replacing the comment date e.g. 10 minutes ago with a custom timestamp display component

Dev Support

• We've done an overhaul of our Developer Docs, check them out here: https://coralproject.github.io/talk/ 🎉
• Cleanup missing and unused dependencies
• Updates to missing CSS classnames for action buttons and other elements on the stream (see #984 for full details and classnames)

Fixes & Enhancements

• Remove count from View Replies button and update copy for Load More button on the stream
• Fix some issues with users resetting their password
• Use commentContent slot for Featured Comments (allows rich text and linkified urls)
• Fix bugs with keyboard shortcuts for Moderators