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Discussion on: Help fight spam in our community! 🙌

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Michael Tharrington

YES, I've definitely seen that @jmau111! This pattern is particularly annoying.

They're trying to stealthily sneak in those links by making it seem like they're talking about tech.

If this becomes the new norm, then I think we might have to make some adjustments to flag any comments with links in them for review by admin or moderators.

For now, if you run into this sort of behavior, please don't hesitate to report it to us!

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pO0q 🦄

Indeed. I've reported it multiple times. I doubt any algorithm could catch such attacks efficiently in the long term, as they renew the text and the links on a regular basis, so, yes, manual report and moderation.

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Michael Tharrington

Ya rock! 🙌

Really appreciate ya taking the time to help report these folks. 😁

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pO0q 🦄 • Edited

mostly bots I think, but no problem.

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Michael Tharrington

Haha, good point! 🤖