Hi Pine, That is true: only admins go through and are able to remove spam (sorry Facebook is proprietary :/). Myself and the rest of the comms team partakes in clean up efforts for the spam that is posted in the comments section.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:35 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > There is :) sadly it's easier on Wikipedia ;). An admin has to manually > scroll through the comments, then you can hide the comment (which only > shows it to the user and their friends) then if you want you can actually > delete and/or ban the user. Add to the infinite scrolling slowness etc and > I kinda prefer the mediawiki system (for all it's flaws) which at least > makes it easier to discover the spam. > > I know Michael goes through occasionally to clean it up but since you > mentioned I just went through the past few days :) > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to delete the spam in the comments section of Wikipedia FB >> posts? I delete spam when it shows up on wiki and I hope someone can delete >> spam from social media comments with a few clicks. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Pine >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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