aasog1: No cert as well. But I know a bad advert when posted. I could work for you on the property section....take out bogus adverts that dont have pictures on them.
And sanitize that sector, since the current mod there isnt interested in fixing this. just take a look at the adverts, just lands going for 100mil, not even a picture, or detailed explanation....guess it could use some sanitation, and i think including a registered engineer with a lawyer on the forum would make it perfect. let me know seun.

semid4lyfe: ^^ Not ready to post an epistle but I'm interested

Bontee: Can see now that the management is waking up to his duties and hope it will not go the normal previous route of eventually giving it to a friend or someone they know. So is fighting spam not one of the duties of the present mods which we have right now or they are not paid as some of us have been thinking. Nairaland has gotten to a stage that you cannot go too forward anymore without shelling out the money, that was why nairalist failed because money was not spent and they did not seek for help.


I will advice for a different approach in fighting spam and the scope of duties should be expanded. There are other problems like insultivie posts, thread derailment, tribalism etc and i would advice to pick 3 - 5+ people to form a group and be responsible for that. They regular meet online, discuss, develop ideas and strategize how to go about their duties. The duties of all mods should include these duties as well but this people will act as supermods where their sphere of influence covers the entirely breadth of nairaland. Fighting spam on nairaland should not be limited to one person as you would need different ideas and strategies sourced from different people to do that.

Also nairaland should go the route of verified accounts in some sections, asking people who want to place adverts in some certain section to only send the ads to the mods for verification and posting else it will be outright ban for the offender. Let me stop here as all these might not be needed and let those interested in the job posts to see what the reply of seun should be. If you start banning people then there must be a way to force the guests to have an account and motivate everyone to make quality posts.

Take this thread https://www.nairaland.com/956441/top-5-priorities-before-selecting for example, it was a very good topic that was already developing into an intellectual discussion, you have your mods to further push the dimension of the discussion. Then at some point maybe on page two or three then the usual derailment begins and trusts me that's how it will go for a while, those derailers deserve to be warned or banned but nothing is going to happen to them.

Bontee:

I used to think you to be a mod in the sports section?

And so?

semid4lyfe:

And so?

Bontee:

No be fight na , i just dey think say you get the right already as a mod to fight spam and you only need to send a private email to seun instead of posting here say you want change of duties. I feel seun for done discuss this development with existing moderator already as them get experience already before coming out. I no mean to condemn you as i follow your posts well for local sports section and Nigerian football league thread.

~Bluetooth:

Are you sure you can pay my salary ota-boy ?

Reference:

D; D; Ehe, se am. Work never start you don change scope. Wetin concern spam with derailment and tribalism. Abeg no go there if you no one kill this site. Na cancer we wan remove, no be amputation we dey find.

dmainboss: @Seun

I am interested in the job and here's my solution:

First the manual way: I will setup a report address or similar (if that doesn't already exist) where users can report spam posts from any section. I will monitor these reports and take appropriate action based on what Nairaland considers as spam. I will do this routine say like every hour or more for all threads with priority given to front page threads.

Based on the above, I will monitor the user names and possibly IPs of offenders and keep a list of such and use that to prioritize future spam considerations. E.g. By keeping the number of times a user has been reported by other users and the number of times a user has been banned, those with higher ban rates can appear in a special cases list. This list can facilitate fast monitoring and filtering of spam.

Next is the automated way: This will require some programming and I would go about it as a project within a specific time frame. I did a spam filter for a cybercafe timer/proxy some years back, so I have real experience with that. I can give more details of that privately.
I will, for example, develop a filter script that will study patterns of spamming and use those patterns to filter the posts and suggest possible spam. These posts can then be reviewed and checked for spam. The script will also be used to do a delayed posts condition for known spammers. With that I mean a situation where a known or suspected spammer's post is delayed for say 10mins or more before it appears on the thread. I have seen this used in many forums, especially those of media organisations. But in this case, the posts will be delayed while a notification is sent to the admin, i.e. me, for consideration and necessary action. This will only apply to "known or suspected spammers" or to posts that are highly suspicious.

These are a few suggestions on how I will handle the spam issue if I get the job.

Regards

Bontee:

No be fight na , i just dey think say you get the right already as a mod to fight spam and you only need to send a private email to seun instead of posting here say you want change of duties. I feel seun for done discuss this development with existing moderator already as them get experience already before coming out. I no mean to condemn you as i follow your posts well for local sports section and Nigerian football league thread.

Hmmm. . .no offense taken.

As it is, I've got the power to fight spam in the SPORTS SECTION but it wouldn't be bad if I take it across board and get PAID in the process

Also, the 10-18 hrs online requirement wouldn't be a problem for me as I spend all my office hours online and on weekends even more. . .and not forgetting my hands-on experience?

Finally, I first became a moderator (Phone Section) by openly applying for the post when it was advertised so I see no reason why I should make under-G moves now.

sgsltd1: What about the spam bot ,is doing well at least we can not post advert again,click my signature for 2012 break tru

sgsltd1: What about the spam bot ,is doing well at least we can not post advert again,click my signature for 2012 break tru

semid4lyfe:

Hmmm. . .no offense taken.

As it is, I've got the power to fight spam in the SPORTS SECTION but it wouldn't be bad if I take it across board and get PAID in the process

Also, the 10-18 hrs online requirement wouldn't be a problem for me as I spend all my office hours online and on weekends even more. . .and not forgetting my hands-on experience?

Finally, I first became a moderator (Phone Section) by openly applying for the post when it was advertised so I see no reason why I should make under-G moves now.

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dmainboss: @Seun
I am interested in the job and
here's my solution:
First the manual way: I will
setup a report address or
similar (if that doesn't already exist) where users can report
spam posts from any section. I
will monitor these reports and
take appropriate action based
on what Nairaland considers as
spam. I will do this routine say like every hour or more for all
threads with priority given to
front page threads.
Based on the above, I will
monitor the user names and
possibly IPs of offenders and keep a list of such and use that
to prioritize future spam
considerations. E.g. By keeping
the number of times a user has
been reported by other users
and the number of times a user has been banned, those with
higher ban rates can appear in
a special cases list. This list can
facilitate fast monitoring and
filtering of spam.
Next is the automated way: This will require some
programming and I would go
about it as a project within a
specific time frame. I did a
spam filter for a cybercafe
timer/proxy some years back, so I have real experience with
that. I can give more details of
that privately.
I will, for example, develop a
filter script that will study
patterns of spamming and use those patterns to filter the
posts and suggest possible
spam. These posts can then be
reviewed and checked for
spam. The script will also be
used to do a delayed posts condition for known
spammers. With that I mean a
situation where a known or
suspected spammer's post is
delayed for say 10mins or
more before it appears on the thread. I have seen this used in
many forums, especially those
of media organisations. But in
this case, the posts will be
delayed while a notification is
sent to the admin, i.e. me, for consideration and necessary
action. This will only apply to
"known or suspected
spammers" or to posts that are
highly suspicious.
These are a few suggestions on how I will handle the spam
issue if I get the job.
Regards

Superuser:

I think this guy should be interviewed further. Regards