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Meta topic for managing this forum - is it possible to add some type of limitation on posts to combat spam?

It's been true for a while, that spammers can simply create an account on the GOS forum, and flood the feed with new posts. These posts persist until a moderator can ban the account & remove the posts.

The forum does become fairly unusable while this is underway. Users can't easily find relevant discussions when three spam posts are produced a minute

As of late, the issue appears to be worsening. There is a single bad actor whom seems to have automated the process. Close to nightly, a new account floods the feed with near identical spam. This forum is largely unusable when it happens

Id like to know whether, among the active users in good standing, there is a compelling reason to avoid adding mitigations. For example, Id propose there is no reason a good-faith poster should need to post more than 3 or 4 times an hour

    I agree there should be a limit to new posts

    gristle-cause There is a single bad actor whom seems to have automated the process.

    It's 1 phrase copy and pasted. The new posts would not stop after 10 if it was automated.

      gristle-cause Close to nightly,

      It is all the time, night time you see it more because it's removed slower.

      I advocate for moderators approving the first post of any account. The spam gets removed quick, therefore the first posts could get approved quick. It's privacy focused and will stop anything but human engineered spam.

      It could also allow removing email requirements because users will be judged by the quality of their new posts, rather than the personal info they disclose.

      By quality, I'm not advocating moderators don't approve normal posts, just saying human, non-troll posts.

        zxzxzxzxzxzxzx this is the aforementioned bad actor

        GrapheneOS is a tool that, among other use cases, provides critical security & privacy to high-risk individuals. Your actions are actively making it more difficult for these users to seek guidance

        If you are not a state-sponsored agitator, you are indirectly contributing towards their efforts to make security & privacy less accessible. Find a healthier outlet for your frustrations

            gristle-cause If you are not a state-sponsored agitator, you are indirectly contributing towards their efforts to make security & privacy less accessible. Find a healthier outlet for your frustrations

            if you reject to comprehend my explanation, fuck off.

                zxzxzxzxzxzxzx Youre that butthurt? If you got banned it was probably right. Youre just another one of the weirdos on this forum

                  I apologize for shifting this discussion towards shaming one particular bad actor. Carrousel is right, such discourse is likely useless

                  Let's focus discussion on potential steps that could make the forum more robust against all spam

                  Carrousel7956 mods let themselves to wave banhammer left and right 'because I said so". I am not the only one who was banned.
                  mods were banning people they simply did not like, no rational reasons, while idiots writing nonsense were glorified.
                  after this ends, Graphene will get their lesson and consider to review mods behavior.