HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhat's up with all the ads here?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareWhat's up with all the ads here?HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCrayonMaster@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoNot necessarily a bad idea, but most the spam I’ve seen is from new accounts on larger instances, so I’m not sure it’ll help with this.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 months agoSeems like a user pattern that should be fairly detectable. Might not be a bad idea to scrape logs to look for spammy/copypaste comments, particularly on very new accounts, and either flag them for manual review or just ban them outright.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoyeah usually less than an hour to a few hours old. occasionally they make it to days.
Not necessarily a bad idea, but most the spam I’ve seen is from new accounts on larger instances, so I’m not sure it’ll help with this.
Seems like a user pattern that should be fairly detectable. Might not be a bad idea to scrape logs to look for spammy/copypaste comments, particularly on very new accounts, and either flag them for manual review or just ban them outright.
yeah usually less than an hour to a few hours old. occasionally they make it to days.