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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: SeekerOfTheDank on January 27, 2013, 02:49 pm

Title: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: SeekerOfTheDank on January 27, 2013, 02:49 pm
http://evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html
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    Detect spam/abuse: What percentage of people who see this item will mark it as spam?
    Create a "best of" list: What percentage of people who see this item will mark it as "best of"?
    Create a "Most emailed" list: What percentage of people who see this page will click "Email"?

I found that link in reddit's source code....

Just add a button to mark as spam, you could even make it so it ignore users  spam markings and views that fit certain criteria (they have less than a certain number of posts, 80% of their posts are in the last day/week/month, their account was after the algorithm was implemented, etc.. to prevent abuse). Anything marked as spam could be moved to a different sub forum and deleted every 2 weeks if it isn't moved by admins....

Please bump if you agree so someone will see this post
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: Xe on January 27, 2013, 05:18 pm

I've seen this before.. Clever math..
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: phoboss on January 27, 2013, 06:21 pm
The reason why this hasn't been implemented is cos then anyone would be able to mark and move anyone as spam ddoooooooooohhhhh algorithm that in your pipe n smoke it ha ha ha ha ha ha ha joke nah this is the reason why this sort of code ain't allowed
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: TreeOfLiberty on January 27, 2013, 06:36 pm
cool
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: uniwizz on August 12, 2013, 09:30 pm
POOPOO
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: maverick850 on August 12, 2013, 09:54 pm
There could be several reasons it isn't being implemented.

It might also add to server loads.
The SR staff have more important things to worry about (security), and the 50 posts was implemented as a quick fix.
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: Micromanage on August 13, 2013, 02:05 am
interesting :D
Title: Re: A mathmatical solution to the spam problem..an algorithm used by reddit,digg,etc
Post by: mcguire39 on August 13, 2013, 06:27 pm
I'm going to guess the other issue is that the forum is running Simple Machines. So unless it's something Simple Machines added themselves or maybe a very trusted secure plugin/addin, that would mean having to modify the PHP to add this feature.