HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhat's up with all the ads here?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1message-squareWhat's up with all the ads here?HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCrayonMaster@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 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-squaregravitas_deficiencylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 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-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 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.