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Spam was a serious and growing problem before the major providers got serious about filtering. For now I just report clickbait feeds as spam and hope for the be
by rch 10y ago
Spam was a serious and growing problem before the major providers got serious about filtering. For now I just report clickbait feeds as spam and hope for the best.
- andai 10y agoI thought, "ha, he'd need a botnet to make any noticeable impact", when I thought, has anyone thought of that? Using a network of bots to detect and report obvious bot accounts.
- nicolas314 10y agoIn the same spirit, there is at least one botnet dubbed Linux/Moose [1] dedicated to penetrating home routers for the sole purpose of creating fake followers on social networks. [1] http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/11/02/linuxmoose-still-breathing http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/11/02/linuxmoose-still-br...
- rch 10y agoPossible to automate, but limiting your report/block activity to spam-accounts that follow your real account would have the most impact.