Controlling Spam

[Gloverwrt]

As a suggestion could we encourage users to self moderate their topics to help reduce spam. I've come across only a few self moderated topics, and I feel it would help keep the forum free of spam, if each user closely watches his/her threads.

When posting (starting a new topic), below the subject, to the left, there is an icon, Additional Options click on it and then the option to self moderate.

You can control the thread, and close it once your query is answered or the discussion has reached a sort of conclusion (closing a thread can be done without self moderating)

NOTE: a thread can't be edited to self moderate once it has been posted.

[o_e_l_e_o]

It's a good suggestion, and it has been discussed many times before. I would encourage you to use the search function in future before starting a new topic. The issue is the number of topics being created by users who don't care about spam (and in fact, are here for that very reason) outnumber the topics started by those of us who do care by 100 or more to 1.

[Parodium]

Even if people did enable self-moderation on their topics, what makes you think that they would actually contribute to controlling spam? After all, controlling spam takes time, and few people like working for free. Moderators get paid to do their job, why would people do it for free? I understand it's for making Bitcointalk a better place for everybody, but usually as soon as that requires conscious individual effort, that pipedream goes out the window.

[Findingnemo]

In most of the threads there will be no replies from the person who created that thread so it means the spam threads created by spammer for the spambies so don't expect them to do moderation and reduce spams.

[Direwolve735]

Even if people did enable self-moderation on their topics, what makes you think that they would actually contribute to controlling spam? After all, controlling spam takes time, and few people like working for free. Moderators get paid to do their job, why would people do it for free? I understand it's for making Bitcointalk a better place for everybody, but usually as soon as that requires conscious individual effort, that pipedream goes out the window.

I agree that people are unlikely to want to perform such work, guided only by enthusiasm. They`ll prefer to see the results of their activities, and get encouragement for their work. To make the forum better is a noble goal, and many folks already do it by writing quality and useful posts, identifying spammers and giving practical recommendations. However, the result of such activities isn`t visible immediately. Very few people have the patience to work for the distant future. Therefore, I believe that attempts to improve the forum shouldn`t be chaotic, but systematized, "legislatively" formalized and directed by the administrator.

[virendarnagpal]

just by not receiving merits can be a weapon capable enough to check spam posts.  But the quality of the post also depends upon the mental level of the poster.  Who does not want to be a good poster and get merit under current system?.
But if people are having limitations at their knowledge; mental; wisdom levels ; we can not avoid it.  I think my those friends need sympathy. 

[LoyceV]

Self-moderated threads do not reduce spam on the forum. It only reduces spam in that thread (which I love to do!).
However, the many, many spammers who are just spamming shitposts into Spam Megathreads will just continue doing so in other threads. I've seen many Newbies who create several new threads per day, and they all turn into spamming frenzies with many others using the opportunity to repeat the same things over and over again.

[Gloverwrt]

I suspected, it would have been deliberated already. Was just considering newbies like me who rarely see such posts, and I was wondering if it could be posted as a sticky or in other ways encouraged.
This thread is redundant. And locked.