Re-run a check, and the check history

For agents

Guide: Re-run a check, and the check history

This page: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/re-run-a-check-and-the-check-history

Topic: Post cleanup and tasks

Time: about 2 minutes

Who can do it: Owner, Administrator or Manager

Author: https://anantgupta.xyz (Anant Gupta, founder of CommentWatchDog)

Start in the app: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools

Result when done: You can judge a post again after changing your rules, and compare it with what you saw before.

Context: A check is a snapshot of what your rules thought at that moment. When the moderation settings of the page change, the post can be checked again; when new comments arrive, a check covers them. Every run is kept, so you can look at an older one.

Before you start

1. A re-run costs credits again, because every comment is judged again.

2. The comments themselves are not refetched by a re-run; Refresh does that.

3. Older checks stay available and are labelled with their time.

Steps

Step 1 of 3: Refresh first if the post is still live.

Where: Refresh, on the line that names the post, above the comments. It pulls in comments posted since you last loaded the post, so the check covers them too.

Link: https://app.commentwatchdog.com/en/tools (Open post cleanup)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-loaded.en.webp (Refresh, on a loaded post.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-phone-loaded.en.webp (The same on a phone.)

You should see: The count grows by whatever arrived since the last load.

Step 2 of 3: Re-run the check.

Where: The button above the list, where Check comments was. Once the moderation settings of the page have changed since the last check, it reads Re-run check, a line says how many credits it will use, and it judges every loaded comment again with the rules as they are now. After a Refresh that brought new comments it reads Check comments, and counts only the new ones.

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun.en.webp (Re-run check, above the list.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun-phone.en.webp (On a phone the button reads Re-check.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun.en.webp (The line under it: the settings changed, and what the re-run will use.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun-phone.en.webp (The same line on a phone.)

You should see: A new set of labels and a new flagged count.

Step 3 of 3: Look at an earlier check.

Where: The button beside it that counts the checks, such as 2 checks; its tooltip reads Check history. Each past check is listed with its time and how many it flagged; opening one shows the post as it was judged then.

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun.en.webp (The checks button, here 2 checks.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-rerun-phone.en.webp (On a phone it shows the number alone.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-history.en.webp (Past checks: the latest at the top, and the earlier one ringed, each with its time and what it flagged.)

Screenshot: https://commentwatchdog.com/media/shots/cleanup-history-phone.en.webp (Past checks on a phone.)

You should see: The earlier verdicts, and Back to latest to return.

If something is off

Problem: The re-run flagged fewer comments

Fix: You loosened a rule, or the earlier run had AI available and this one did not. The history lets you compare.

Problem: Re-run check is not offered

Fix: It appears only after the moderation settings of the page have changed since the last check. While a cleanup is running on the post, the button waits for it to finish.

Problem: I do not want to spend credits again

Fix: Look at the last check in the history instead; it costs nothing to read.

Common questions

Question: Does re-running a check cost credits again?

Answer: Yes. A re-run judges every loaded comment again with the rules as they are now, so it counts one credit per comment again.

Question: Does Refresh also re-check the new comments?

Answer: No. Refresh pulls in comments posted since you last loaded the post; Check comments, above the list, is what judges them, and it counts only the new ones. Refresh first, then check, so the check covers the new comments too.

Question: Are old checks deleted after a while?

Answer: No. Every run is kept and labelled with its time. The button that counts the checks, above the list, lists each one with how many it flagged, and Back to latest returns you to the current check.

Related guides

Check comments against your rules: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/check-comments-against-your-rules

When the AI is unavailable: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/moderation-rules/when-the-ai-is-unavailable

What a cleanup costs, and the credit paywall: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/what-a-cleanup-costs-and-the-credit-paywall

Plain text of this guide: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/post-cleanup/re-run-a-check-and-the-check-history.md

All guides for assistants: https://commentwatchdog.com/help/llms.txt