Tuesday, June 10, 2008

per-reddit automated spam filters

As our content is becoming more diverse, having one spam filter for all of it isn't cutting the mustard. With about 50% of submissions being spam, that's a problem, so we've added a separate, learning spam filter for every reddit. It is trained every time a moderator bans or un-bans a link or comment, and every time a moderator (or, for moderated reddits, a contributor) submits something. We've also added the ability for moderators to see spam reports for links and comments on their reddits.

First search, now spam, next I'll be working on searching for spam.

By the way, we're still looking for translators for:

  • Belorussian

  • Bulgarian

  • Esperanto

  • Persian

  • Armenian

  • Korean

  • Latvian

  • Slovak

  • Slovenian

  • Thai

  • Ukrainian

  • Vietnamese

  • Chinese

  • Pirate (Yarrrr!) (must be done before Sept 19!)

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