2buff: Seun Bros, Nice to see you are sharing some of that NL money in constructive ways.

Bontee: Waoh a lot of things are coming into light with this posts and i have been saying it for a long time, you have to pay all your mods to move nairaland forward. The job of a nairaland mod has outgrown the need for people to do it for the love of it while your earn all the money because no one is a fool anymore.

So existing mods still do not have the rights to ban posters?, i feel nairaland has been moderated from a top-down approach process and not the other way round. There should have been adequate discussion with the moderators before coming to make this thread, you cannot pay some and leave some. It is setting a bad precedent and showing lack of appreciation for the contribution they make. No forum is bigger than its moderators, users and partners so i think using the existing mods for this would have been better while making three to five members super mods.

pc guru: ^ you forgot to mention beaf too

netghost: @seun.. send me your phone number, so i can send my account number to you ... after payment has been made and confirmed, then i can consider applying

ChiiDollars: GET ALL YOU WANT ABOUT MOBILE RicheS@

denzel2009: Seun pick me please. I have HND in SPAM management from Ibadan Poly.

When SPAMS see me they go into spasm. Can I post my account number for my salary?

mr_man: if i am i charge, this post would not spend 5minutes on this thread.

denzel2009: Seun pick me please. I have HND in SPAM management from Ibadan Poly.

When SPAMS see me they go into spasm. Can I post my account number for my salary?

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


I think you should be considered for the post

Excelboi: Seun,
As a pioneer member, am ready to take up the job of the moderator for dealing with spammers. Sections such as Business,properties,travel and education have high spam result but will moderate all and most spammers when banned will come out with another new I'd which users with different I'd and similar post will be banned and IP restricted.

(1)8-10 hours is quite sifficient, I can also devote extra unofficial hour(s) were needed. The hours will be divided in hrs: morning,afternoon and Night, with an hour interval.

(2)Also seun, you could play a part in supporting the about to be moderator. From look of things, spammers usually use signature link to promote their spamming activities. I will suggest you limit this by allowing new members unable to put any url link until they have certain post about so as to weed out legit and fake members.

(3)There are two types of spammers, Bot and human, as for the both, I will siuggest you write or engage a programmer to write a software to combat this, and as for human spammers, a report button should be provided for members to report such people and also the moderator will conduct a routine in the specified hrs the way it suit him.
(4)Will stop here, but promise I can do the job efficiently.... Choose wise and not wide!!!

Thanks
MM a.k.a Excelboi

denzel2009: Seun pick me please. I have HND in SPAM management from Ibadan Poly.

When SPAMS see me they go into spasm. Can I post my account number for my salary?

denzel2009: Seun pick me please. I have HND in SPAM management from Ibadan Poly.

When SPAMS see me they go into spasm. Can I post my account number for my salary?

Seun: Hello,

The Nairaland Forum is in need of a paid full-time moderator whose primary duty will be to keep the entire forum free of spam at all times, day & night, regardless of what it takes. [size=15pt]The person will be expected to work 8 - 10 hours daily[/size]. If you're interested, please indicate your interest on this thread and tell us about how you intend to go about this.

Regards.