@HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoWhat's up with all the ads here?message-square60fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1130arrow-down1message-squareWhat's up with all the ads here?@HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@CrayonMaster@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish13•6 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-square@gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish9•6 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-squareHubertMannelinkfedilink4•6 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.