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#230
Originally Posted by Applesaws View Post
Here's a thought: assign each new post a "spamminess factor" based on criteria like "contains 'watch' or 'streaming' or 'online' or 'live' in title, +2/word"; "contains 'X vs Y' in title, + 10"; "contains 'NFL' in title, +5"; "contains 'NFL' and 'TV' and 'link' within 4 words in body, +5"; "contains 'NFL' and 'week' in body, +10"; "contains repeated seo-like occurrence of phrases in last paragraph in body, +10", and a spamminess factor of >15 puts the account on probation or something. Would this be too complicated to code (I have no experience with VB plugins so forgive me if I'm suggesting something impossible)?
If such a plugin is possible, it would be easier to block posts that contains the any of the URLs the spammer is promoting.
 

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