Timeline for A machine can flag spam automatically. Can it do better?
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 7:39 | comment | added | Magisch | One of the reasons why this doesn't work is that spam happens in waves. We would need a whole bunch of accounts with the assoc bonus, because a small site like say graphic design could get almost nothing for a year and suddenly 20 posts a day out of left field. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 0:22 | comment | added | Shadow | You've missed the reason why multiple accounts are required - each account has limited flags. Although your idea makes sense up until that point, the "99%" would need to be distributed between each bot otherwise the 1st bot will run out of flags way before the 5th one. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 16:55 | comment | added | Catija | You can feel free to blame that part of your post for the downvotes but you're not the first person here suggesting using special accounts, so you might actually read the other answers before picking on that as an explanation. As an example, see the comments on this answer. Your answer may be more detailed, but it still suggests something that's unlikely to be a good choice. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 16:47 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | @Catija I have edited to remove the incidental comment portion that has you all ignoring the content related to the question. You may delete the 3 now-irrelevant comments and get back to the actual question. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 16:44 | history | edited | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed the incidental bit that seems to have all of you going nuts for the downvote while paying no attention to what's on topic.
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 14:42 | comment | added | Cerbrus | SmodeDetector isn't leaving any automated comments. Making these automated flags recognizable as such is indeed an concern, but I'm not sure comments are the solution. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 14:40 | comment | added | Cerbrus | If you edit spam out of a spam post, it is much less likely to get flagged as spam. Editing spam out is counter-productive in getting the spammer banned. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:03 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 3.0 |