Re^2: The recent spam wave

until it had received a reply to its first post.

until their first post has been approved.

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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]

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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.

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