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One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the heroes-and-villians dept.

JWSmythe writes "Free Internet Press has an interview with 'Random Digilante,' an anonymous hacker who has been taking over forum spammers' email accounts, and notifying forum operators to delete those accounts. It looks like his reasoning is sound, and his methods are safe, where he won't hurt any real users."

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  1. So silly.... by catbutt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Forum spam is best solved with good forum software. A good karma system is probably the best solution. I've never seen spam on slashdot (unless I dig through the low rated posts).

    1. Re:So silly.... by clone53421 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I, and lots of other people, read at -1. Don’t assume that just because you’re starting at 0 nobody will read your post; Anonymous Coward posts at 0 by default.

      If you want to get your karma back up, here are a few things to keep in mind. They may or may not help, but hey, it’s free advice.

      Post early. Don’t post often. Make sure you aren’t just repeating someone else’s post. Funny doesn’t give you karma. Funny+Troll burns karma quickly. Sometimes it’s what you say. Sometimes it’s how you say it.

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    2. Re:So silly.... by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I have been on /. for years, have never posted anything remotely spammy, have attempted to participate in discussions... so why is my karma set at "bad"?

      Well, it seems that you've only submitted 5 comments in the last couple of years, so you're not exactly participating in a lot of conversations. Thus, you're not really "improving" (term used loosely) any of the comment threads, and therefore not receiving any good karma.

      Not trying to be snarky here, I'm genuinely surprised you didn't realize this.

  2. Make a filter by improfane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Make a filter that detects his notifications and deletes the account automatically.

    He is trying to help and he is fighting.

    What are you doing about it? You're not helping anyone except of course protecting your advertising on your site.

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