Fading Away

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

This post jogged my memory about the big spam problem we had for awhile....sometime last year, IIRC. I guess the restriction re newbie posting took care of that..?

Actually, it only makes our work harder, since 90% of the messages caught by the filter are legit, and a moderator has to remember to check an obscure area where we have to validate all those false positives individually (which sometimes takes many days). In the meantime, new members end up reposting the same message over and over again until they give up, which of course acts as an disincentive from posting again in the future.

TL/DR: It's a pretty sloppy way to catch spam. There are way better tools out there that deal with this issue in a much more controlled fashion.
Unfortunately, there's no way for mods to help with this issue, and the admins have been on an extended vacation...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by tk-421

Actually, it only makes our work harder, since 90% of the messages caught by the filter are legit, and a moderator has to remember to check an obscure area where we have to validate all those false positives individually (which sometimes takes many days). In the meantime, new members end up reposting the same message over and over again until they give up, which of course acts as an disincentive from posting again in the future.

Sorry this causes you guys extra work . We appreciate the difference .

and the admins have been on an extended vacation...

[Betrivent]

Originally Posted by tk-421

Actually, it only makes our work harder, since 90% of the messages caught by the filter are legit, and a moderator has to remember to check an obscure area where we have to validate all those false positives individually (which sometimes takes many days). In the meantime, new members end up reposting the same message over and over again until they give up, which of course acts as an disincentive from posting again in the future.

TL/DR: It's a pretty sloppy way to catch spam. There are way better tools out there that deal with this issue in a much more controlled fashion.
Unfortunately, there's no way for mods to help with this issue, and the admins have been on an extended vacation...

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a system where members can help by voting on whether something that was flagged as spam was actually spam, thereby doing half the legwork for you?

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by Betrivent

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a system where members can help by voting on whether something that was flagged as spam was actually spam, thereby doing half the legwork for you?

The new filter system killed my spam bot since the messages are hidden from public view. It would be nice to have something like it doing the grunt work, though.