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So the same person submitting his own site is NOT a spammer if he makes a number of throwaway comments? I'm all for spam control, but that heuristic is interes

So the same person submitting his own site is NOT a spammer if he makes a number of throwaway comments? I'm all for spam control, but that heuristic is interesting... it just says that you only want professional spammers who know also to make throwaway comments at a certain rate. The only unacceptable thing is an amateur spammer who links his own stuff without also posting other people's cat pictures and so on.

clavalle 14y ago
Of course someone who makes a bunch of throwaway comments on their own posts is a spammer. That doesn't make someone who does nothing but self promote in a more naive way less of a spammer. Anyone who is seen as self-promoting is viewed with suspicion. /Especially/ if that is /all/ they do on Reddit or HN. I personally think it is ok to post one's own blog, even if it has ads, if the content is interesting. But if that is all you do for a community...I don't know. Seems like bad form to me.
benologist 14y ago
It doesn't say that at all, it just targets one spam pattern of many. violentacrez' guide looks at a bunch more: http://www.reddit.com/r/Moderating/comments/cz6zu/identifying_spammers_101/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Moderating/comments/cz6zu/identifyin... And of course that's not even comprehensive, it just focuses on the obvious per-user flavors. When you look at things like domain history, domain registration, hosting, the 3rd party services they use etc you can start identifying bigger efforts.