Re: The recent spam wave

I think the simplest mechanism would be to not allow a new account to post a second time until it had received a reply to its first post.

Since no one replies to spam, that would prevent having to chase down and reap the 10 or 15 posts that they often manage to post before they are locked.

It would also prevent the fairly frequent occurrence of newbie first-post, re-posts.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^2: The recent spam wave by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2011 at 19:32 UTC
until it had received a reply to its first post. until their first post has been approved.	[reply]
Re^3: The recent spam wave by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 02, 2011 at 19:40 UTC
until their first post has been approved. No. Or at least that is not what I meant. I've seen some of the more carefully constructed spam nodes approved. It seems that if the first sentence scans as a legitimate question, people wiil often approve without reading further. But to reply, you usually have to have read the post more carefully. That's why I would use that as the criteria. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]