Lukas Fleischer <[email protected]> wrote: >Status quo: > > 06:54 < gtmanfred> ok, it really is time for something else > 06:54 < gtmanfred> the spammer is now creating a new account for > every comment and flag out of date > >The account suspension feature does not help here. > >Options: > >* Allow package maintainers to block the "Flag package out-of-date" > feature for a certain amount of time. Note that this might eventually > cripple the "out-of-date" function. Also, this does not work for > comments. > >* Use CAPTCHAs during account registration. We could either use >MAPTCHAs > ("What is 1 + 1?") or something like reCAPTCHA [1]. > >* Moderate new accounts. Might be a lot of work. We need some TUs that > review and unlock accounts. Also, it might be hard to distinguish a > spam bot from a regular user. If we require a short application text, > this might result in less users joining the AUR. > >* Block IP addresses. Bye-bye, Tor users! > >Comments and suggestions welcome! We need to find a proper solution as >soon as possible! > >[1] http://www.google.com/recaptcha
Other options: * Deny the repeating of a specific action... e.g. you may not flag more than ten packages within ten minutes. Also block comments with same content. * ability to report users (dunno if already possible), autoban if enough reports * "Buffering actions" aka shadowban when a user gets reported, until a moderator reviews the report. * Do whatever Reddit does, they seem to deal very well with spam. -- Markus (from phone)
