Questions tagged [spam]
This tag is for questions about suspected user spam, the spam flag, or combating spam as a community. For the network, spam is only advertisements or promotional content, not for other disruptive or unwanted messages.
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Is there a 'native' way to flag a specific answer as spam via keyboard shortcuts?
I've made a few changes to my moderation and metamoderation workflow recently that improve quality of life for me. This includes using the standard SE keyboard short cuts (and macros for them) more. I ...
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Could we have a way to filter or flag spammy suggested edits?
Possibly because we've been completely ruthless effective with dealing with spammers, they've been trying various new methods.
One of the latest ones has been suggested edits like this one. While ...
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What happens to a user whose post is flagged and deleted as spam? [duplicate]
If a post is flagged as spam and is then deleted based on that flag, what consequences does the user face?
like a user get receive a warning, automatic suspension, or ban?
also are spam flags visible ...
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New spam flag guidance text is unnecessarily restrictive
The new spam flag guidance text
Spam promotes a product, service, or website while failing to disclose the author's affiliation.
seems like a purposeful exclusion of previously covered posts. The ...
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Can anything be done about these spambots?
This is the Ask Ubuntu home page right now. It's spam as far as the eye sees, but they're coming in every minute or so, so it's constantly refreshing as it's removed.
This particular spamming is ...
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Is it acceptable to pre-emptively flag as spam or RoA based upon another post from the same user?
Some of the stacks I'm active on have a problem with (presumably scam) support phone number spammers. Sometimes the spammers initially copy (part of) an existing question from the Top Questions list, ...
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Spam post locked by Community user, but not deleted
There's a spam answer on Sustainabilty.SE (post archive, timeline archive) which was locked by the Community user, but not deleted. I assume the locking was because it received four flags (three ...
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Don't apply rate limits to flags in the review queue
With the current spam wave on (mostly) Super User, Mathematics.SE and Travel.SE I frequently encounter a situation in the First Questions review queue that I need to wait five seconds before casting a ...
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SpamRam status has one parenthesis too many)
The account information page, used by moderators to monitor / control some account settings, has an entry about SpamRam with what looks like one ) too many in the source code (a common Razor problem).
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Prevent an answer being accepted if pending SPAM or "rude or abusive" flags
The following sequence occurred on Server Fault:
A question with gibberish was posted by a new user, and I flagged as rude or abusive as soon as saw it in line with What makes something rude or ...
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SPAM in a review audit visible when not logged in
On the Super User review queue came across a blatant support phone number SPAM post, with the phone number in the question title and body.
Flagged as SPAM and passed the review audit.
However, the ...
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To prevent mass profile spam editing "About me" and "Links" should be locked behind a privilege
Combating profile spam is one of those whack-a-mole kinda tasks. Accounts are (too?) easy to make and spam be added to them. As explained here they are not that easy to detect from within SE, but they ...
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Prevent badge related sites from being indexed to reduce visibility for spam accounts
Spam accounts can use the 'Autobiographer' badge to get indexed on search engines without having posted any content (or spam). The account remains mostly invisible to the SE network itself unless you ...
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Question ban on first question downvote
There was a recent network-wide troll. As I mentioned in an answer to the question, that for now I flag the question as rude/abusive and downvote. One suggestion I had could be that we question-ban ...
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Refund helpful high-priority flags
I propose that high-priority flags, particularly spam flags, be refunded as soon as they are deemed helpful.
For instance, on sites like Server Fault, which see less frequent activity, obvious spam ...
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