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Discussion on: Welcoming new authors πŸ’– and fighting spam πŸ—‘οΈ on DEV

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Brian Kirkpatrick

Honestly, the spam seems less bothersome and less prevalent than the clickbait and clickbait-adjacent content. "I reduced the lines of CSS in my project by 50%--CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW!" "This one simple trick and you will NEVER USE HTML AGAIN!" etc.

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J3ffJessie

As a moderator I do my best to limit these post types from being visible on the timeline as best as I can. Only so many hours in the day though. It is a top focus for myself to try and ensure that the content you are served to the timeline is quality content and not the click bait type that you mentioned. Just wanted you to know it doesn’t go unnoticed and it’s definitely something we pay attention to but it’s hard to get them all.