The idea's been floating around for a while now, and now's the time to enact it. I think we all tire of the threads of Meta, and the countless amount of spam flooding up there.
This will be a list of signature spammers: people who post garbage, recycled content, copy & paste, insubstantial replies, or anything else that would be a detriment to the forum. I'll be using something similar to mexxer-2's thread of "Known alts" for a layout. I would also like to note that long-worded posts can also be spam if they have no relevance to the conversation or recycle ideas and repeat things over and over again. The list will include past spammers, but note the date of the reference. If they have started to post better content again, a snippet will be added to their notes upon notification. A lot of how what is considered spam IS subjective, but it should be pretty obvious to the majority of people if something is spam or not. Usually, burst posting is a sure bet sign of spamming. Post history will be marked with a number to show the number of posts they have at the point of reference.
(The initial list is a few spammers I've compiled, from other threads or what have you. I will obviously be missing a grand chunk, so please add more! I will also be aiming to add more to the list somewhat regularly)
Master List of Spammers
| | | Username | | | Reference | | | Spam type | | | Submitted by | | | Notes | | |
| | | kahir | | | Re: Illiterate sig spammers | | | Copy & paste | | | rizzlarolla | | | No signature, word for word copying | | |
| | | CryingMidget | | | Re: Illiterate sig spammers | | | Copy & paste | | | rizzlarolla | | | No signature, long recycled content | | |
| | | johnnyyash | | | Post history (68) | | | One-liner spam posts | | | rizzlarolla | | | Posts within bursts | | |
| | | Totalrefund | | | Banned for "insubstantial posts + sig ad" - TotalreturnFund | | | Recycled content, one-liners | | | Themself (alt) | | | Previously banned, posts are still questionable, bitvest signature | | |
| | | traderethereum | | | Post history (97) | | | Recycled content, one-liners | | | Myself | | | Lots of posts on spam threads | | |
| | | chixka000 | | | Post history (567) | | | Recycled content, one-liners | | | Myself | | | Posts are sent within a few minutes of each other | | |
| | | dunfida | | | Post history (467) | | | One-liners, spam threads, recycled content | | | Myself | | | Posts are within a few minutes of each other, clearly spam | | |
| | | Hide_ip112 | | | Post history (300) | | | Recycled content, spam thread posts | | | Myself | | | Loves to quote and agree, adding pointless information | | |
| | | lite | | | Post history (1610) | | | One-liners on spam threads | | | Myself | | | Part of FortuneJack campaign, agrees often, quotes always | | |
| | | Positid | | | Post history (818) | | | Recycled content, spam threads | | | Myself | | | Multiple lines of rehashed content, worthless to "discussion" in threads | | |
| | | YuginKadoya | | | Post history (1550) | | | Recycled content, spam threads | | | Myself | | | In bitvest.io campaign, repeatedly posts on same megathreads | | |
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Awaiting input on these users:
- Cloverdale - There are a lot of questions being asked by him (typical spam behavior, pretend to be constructive) yet I'd like to see others' input on his post quality.
- poptok1 - Post quality is seemingly constructive but is recycled content with moderate sized input. Occasionally submits images for contests.
If there are any complaints or suggestions for anything that could make the list better, please reply or PM me. If there's something on the list that you don't like, feel free to respond with reasons of why. Hopefully, now we won't get all that spam in Meta.
Layout for submission:
Username: [url=https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=]name[/url]
Reference: (or post history and post count)
Spam type:
Notes: (if any)
Spam types:
Recycled content: This is the big one. This is the most common one and likely to crossover through all the spammers on the list. Recycled content means that the user is not contributing any more to the discussion than there already is - you are using previous ideas, or content that has (or may have) been stated in the past, or are saying something that is common sense and obvious. For example, if you're just "agreeing" with somebody. That's worthless to the topic. A lot of spammers try to reply with seemingly constructive content with multiple lines, but in reality it's just recycled.
Spam thread: Posting mostly or solely on spam megathreads (which are the threads with vague titles and simple replies, you know which they are) is a basis for spam. There is no discussion to be had there, or if there was, it would've been long completed within the first 3 pages or less. Anything further than that is completely worthless and the reply should not be counted as constructive. This can be applied to multi-line content.
Copy & paste: Copying someone's content from elsewhere; plagiarism; paraphrasing someone's words from earlier in the topic or somewhere from the internet
One-liners: One line of text, usually agreeing, saying something that has already been said, or bringing up a worthless question or pointless statement. Note that worthless content can be rehashed in multiple lines to seem like it's relevant, but in reality is not.
Important to note: If the user appears to have simply read the title and posted without at the very least skimming through the earlier replies, that should be considered as spam. There is no effort there to try and be constructive but not repetitious, and that should not be condoned. This however would have to apply multiple times.
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