Lately I was really surprised by the sheer amount of spam on web like for example in YouTube comment section. Where you can find whole groups of spam bots creating fake discussion about crypto investment etc. And Im honestly wondering how is that HN is still that SPAM free and yet that simple page. Is it only possible by having good mederators?
> Tom Howard is going public as HN moderator today. He has been doing HN moderation work for years already and knows the site and its practices inside-out, so the only new thing you'll see is mod comments from Tom showing up in the threads the way mine do.
Well, I don't get recommended spam and even if I do, I don't find it believable because I have a strong intolerance of bullshit my entire life and the algorithms pick up on that. So basically, don't tolerate bullshit.
If you turn in "showdead" in your preferences, you can see all the spam. They're just hidden by default.
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