Suggested spam identification method

sundialsvcs · 08-26-2022, 12:25 PM

While this may be "a spam post," it was actually a good one. It actually described a situation that people might need to know how to solve.

Can the forum software be enhanced to examine hypertext-links to see if they are "likely spam?" Or, to force "posts by new-users which contain hyperlinks" into the moderation queue?

rtmistler · 08-26-2022, 07:07 PM

Post moved from other thread here to a new thread and placed in S&F.

dugan · 08-27-2022, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs

Or, to force "posts by new-users which contain hyperlinks" into the moderation queue?

I thought that was already done?

jeremy · 08-29-2022, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dugan

I thought that was already done?

This, and much more, is already done.

--jeremy

!!! · 09-04-2022, 01:18 PM

@#4: https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...1/#post6378064
Is likely an example of a post that should be filtered out=away and poster blocked as a spammer/troll, or at least redirected to moderation, where links about how to ask questions are sent to the new user, instead of releasing the thread.

I'm guessing first new-user posts are [often/ sometimes] held for a quick look by a moderator; a 1-click button could be provided, which sends such an email, requesting that that new user edit=rewrite their post and resubmit it, in order for it to be allowed to
appear.