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      sdetweil
      last edited by sdetweil

      this made a lot of help
      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16582/forum-controls-to-stop-more-spam

      but we still get a good amount of junk.

      I want to minimize it even more

      we currently don’t have any pre-posting moderation enabled. but I’d like to leverage that

      most spam users 98%+ are advertising their stuff some link in the page.

      so, why not combine those two

      reputation < 2
      or
      posts < 3
      will start a post towards the moderation queue
      this is the built in moderation queue setup

      add on a check for any links

      if they are in the good host list, skip the queue
      (almost all good users)

      but not in the allowed link hosts,
      and their post continues to the moderation queue.

      so the top of my head list of links hosts

      here
          forum.magicmirror.builders
      
      doc
          docs.magicmirror.buikders
      
      modules
          gitHub.com
      
      raspberrypi stuff
          raspberrypi.org
      
      screen shot site
          pastebin.com
      

      remember, this is new users, < 3 posts, or low rep
      (reputation is increased by someone upvoting one of your posts)

      what do you think of this idea, and do you have any other good site servers that should be on the list.

      trying to keep the impact on good new users to as close to zero as possible, and keep the spam away with the least amount of work.

      this way, the bad stuff just never shows.

      I have a plugin built for the nodebb forum platform we use… testing now.
      just deciding if a post should continue to moderation or not.
      there is an admin screen for adding/deleting hosts.

      Sam

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        MMRIZE @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil
        Have you considered antispam plugin like spam-be-gone, askimet,…?

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          sdetweil @MMRIZE
          last edited by

          @MMRIZE already have those installed

          Sam

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          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil Sounds good but there are still guys who resurrect very old posts asking stupid questions. I think I saw one yesterday that did that. That would up the rep and off they go and post their nonsense again. I know, not helping, just pointing out some observations. :man_facepalming:

            Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories

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              sdetweil @mumblebaj
              last edited by sdetweil

              @mumblebaj no… uping the rep requires someone to push like on a post
              if u have less that 3 posts and 10 days, you cannot upvote…

              but it takes someone upvoting YOUR post to increase YOUR rep… not theirs…

              so, new users can’t upvote, til they get 3 AND 10 days have passed…
              and if someone DOWN votes their post, their rep goes down…

              and can NEVER upvote their own posts

              yes, that is the escape… posting nonsense on an old/dead topic…
              (with no links for my plugin to check)
              I still filter those out manually

              someone else has a plugin the geolocates the poster’s ip address… but we have valid users from all over the world, so that doesn’t really help.

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                cyberphox @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil I’m all for less spam!

                Full time Dad, DJ and entertainer and lover of technology.

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                  BKeyport Module Developer @cyberphox
                  last edited by

                  I’m all for less spam, that being said, I don’t mind my nearly nightly marking of posts as spam and users as spammers. 😉

                  The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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                    kayakbabe @BKeyport
                    last edited by

                    how about allow nodejs.org and www.npmjs.com too.

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                      kayakbabe @kayakbabe
                      last edited by kayakbabe

                      @kayakbabe It think posts that have certain spammy words or phrases could be added to moderation too like

                      now hiring
                      buy now
                      be your own boss
                      additional income
                      limited time
                      earn money
                      get rich
                      I enjoyed your post
                      You write very well
                      I offer you
                      I was reading this article and find it very informative

                      There are obvious ones that recur here but I can’t think of them right now.

                      Also how about no including links for new users until they make x number of allowed posts. I run some sites and we get visited by human spammers who will make two or three comments to try to get the posts with links to show. Usually it’s garbage, ipso lorem, or something that just doesn’t make sense. So I just moderate all posts that include links from users with less than 10 number of good posts. Or, I can go ahead a mark a user as moderation exempt if I determine them to be legit.

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                        kayakbabe
                        last edited by

                        What about reCaptcha required to submit a post for new users for the first x number of posts?

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