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I get what you mean. Maybe a 10 link block for newbies only? Some of us here do link to lists of apps, etc here, so it would probably work better that way.
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Often that's not for you to click on the links but rather for SEO pushing. Whether there are links or just text does not make a huge difference.
But true, it would help a little for a while (~2 weeks maybe) till they update their software.
i.e. XRumer is a software that automatically creates IDs and posts on forums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL2i4SNPJmg
But true, it would help a little for a while (~2 weeks maybe) till they update their software.
i.e. XRumer is a software that automatically creates IDs and posts on forums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL2i4SNPJmg
No, but most spammers create posts with large amounts of links. Posts from "newbies" with more than about 3 links are most likely spam. To be safe, you'd still want it to go into moderation, rather than delete completely.
Either way it's SPAM. No need for moderation, simply don't allow more then one link - or better - don't allow ANY link. People can write macrumors dot com.
This is very easy to circumvent for PEOPLE. But a since most of those SPAM posts are automatically posted by software bots, such as Xrumer, I doubt they will bother after posting a batch of 100,000.
PS: I don't feel the problem is out of control here. I rarely see SPAM here. Other forums are not so lucky, or not so well managed.
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