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MatrixDev - - (+11|-1)
Idea: Report the spammers(self)
11 commentsbyx0x7

I noticed someone with the same link many times in the whenever queue. He may still be there at the time you read this, but /u/MatthewEdward was the guy's name. I haven't gotten around to removing the whenevers at the time I'm writing this. So I thought that was odd, a spammer using the whenever queue. He'd have to fill up his rate limit first. So then I browsed his posts. Yep. He successfully spammed. Folks had downvoted him. A very reasonable and correct thing to do.

But I realized the downside. I had no clue this had happened because of the successful downvoting. Here is the number 1 spam lesson Saidit failed to learn. Removing old spam is more important than removing new spam. The spammers want their links to age. A link that ages is their cheese. And when they get some they will be back to get more. It's more important to remove spam consistently than quickly.

I had gotten a lot of you to volunteer to help remove spam. But then it stopped. Most said they never even saw that bout of spam it was so short lived and we took care of it so fast. But when it stopped I kind of shifted priorites because setting up a way that users can remove content and preventing abuse, it's not impossible, but it isn't easy. So I kind of want to see we have a proper problem before I finish that in lue of getting other things for the site done.

So in the meantime. If you see a spammer, downvote them and mention it. I know that is just passing the nucensce factor. But making sure zero spam links age is pretty critical. We will get spam proportional to the amount of cheese we let them have.

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[-]Drewski5(+5|0)

Maybe you could add a "report spam" button like Saidit had?

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[-]MuddyMudSkipper3(+3|0)

I agree to a report spam button or link that flags the post as spam, with a moderator or admin deciding whether it is spam. Hope it is not misused.

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[-]x0x73(+3|0)

FYI. This was a pretty long ago post whenever. I haven’t seen too much spam lately. But the concept behind the post is still true.

The fact that we don’t get much spam is why I’ve slow rolled making janny teams.

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[-]pumpkin3(+3|0)

🫡

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[-]skegatz3(+3|0)

Does the @x0x7 callout work on goatmatrix?

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[-]JasonCarswell2(+2|0)

Yes.

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[-]LarrySwinger0(0|0)

@LarrySwinger works as well.

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[-]VantaFount3(+3|0)

As soon as there's a way to report posts, I'll be reporting them

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[-]newJiminy0(0|0)

Should outlaw just posting links. Make people post words them selves on it, their own thoughts. If you look down this sites front page it's all spam.

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[-]x0x70(0|0)

Honestly.. I wouldn't go that far, but I do want to start encouraging text posts. I'm starting to see the point you're making.

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[-]JasonCarswell-1(+2|-3)

Even though I'm atheist, lately I've been listening to much more content related to the differences in Jews, Zionism, the Scofield Bible, other myths, wars, rationales, etc. It helps to know what others believe to understand their irrational and/or evil actions.

A phrase came up that I thought applied to social media community management. A single simple rule that essentially said...

We must take care of the land domain, and take care of the people community. (Maybe it was people first, then land.)

Everyone has a responsibility to help maintain their homes.

Unfortunately I didn't catch the specific verse, and currently don't care to dig it up. There's a lot of other stuff like that in the bible. Such as...
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. ~ Philippians 2:4

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