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comment by thenewgreen
thenewgreen  ·  4535 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Spam accounts
It sounds like the process mk describes would not affect the sites the posts are coming from but rather the accounts posting the links. The only problem here is that a spammer can just continuously create new accounts and keep posting. I do not think that Hubski would be served well by blocking sites, there are other ways to handle this. I think mk is on the right track making it to where a number of "ignores" from active hubskiers flags an account to not make it in to the external feed. This way, it's the account that is actioned against and not the site the spam is coming from. They can continue to post the spam all day long but if nobody follows them and they aren't allowed to be in the "external feeds" of hubski users, they will have nobody to see their spam. Hence, their is little to no motivation to spam the site.

I actually am enjoying "ignoring" these obvious spammers. It feels like tidying up a place I enjoy being in.

btw, welcome to Hubski.