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Soft-mod
A careful site change that softens or gates a feature without a big redesign — often behind honesty rules.
Why this word exists
Sometimes you need a quieter door, not a new house. A soft-mod carefully softens or gates a feature — often for honesty — without a full redesign.
Soft-mod keeps Get Botski shut when installers are not ready, HallThe public Botski listing of real reviewed bot records — empty until real claims exist. empty until claims exist, and Live AIFree-form workshop chat on the site that stays off until Rich turns it on with spend caps. off until Rich sets spend caps.
Where you will meet it
Desk and tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out. notes label soft-mods when gating UI. Soft-open L0Soft-open L0 is Botski shop talk for a first boot that shows its work and does not send, spend, or post until the new owner opens the gate. is related shop talk for careful first boots on recipes.
Examples
- A soft-mod hides Live AIFree-form workshop chat on the site that stays off until Rich turns it on with spend caps. composerThe box where you write a new post on a feed or social-style page. chromeThe frame around the content: header, footer, badges, and other permanent UI, not the article itself. while the feature stays off.
- HallThe public Botski listing of real reviewed bot records — empty until real claims exist. soft-mod shows an honest empty state instead of seedStarter content or rows loaded on purpose so a shelf is not empty while real records grow. bots.
- Soft-mod on Get Botski refuses a fake installer button.
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.