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We need to do something about spam (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think we need to add a couple more barriers to prevent spam. What about limiting posting to X amount of posts, or for new users or something?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

So all their posts/comments are hidden from everyone, until an admin manually approves? It sounds like a good option, but would require a bunch of work to implement. Mostly frontend changes for the review, on the backend it mainly needs a new user column bool reviewed_by_admin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah like that. It is a common way to fight spam on traditional forums and is pretty much the only thing that consistently worked for me in 15+ years moderating forums with huge spam problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Sounds good, would you like to open an issue for this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

backend or frontend side?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Backend

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

More than reviewed by admin, would be reviewed by moderators of the specific community.