12.Mar.2010 at 03:39 by John Mertic
Lots of great tidbits and insight into solving the problem, sometimes in unorthodox ways you don't think of.
Anti-Spam & Anti-Gaming Tactics
Eli White (11.Mar.2010 at 13:30)
Talk at ConFoo.ca Web Techno Conference (English - US)
Drawing on experiences of running large websites and blogs, this
session will discuss numerous tactics that you can use to keep spammers
and gamers at bay. Removing comment spam, stopping people from
artificially inflating the rank of items on voting sites, and so on will
be discussed. Some specific technologies and how to interface with them
will be mentioned, but also generic discussions of base theory, that you
can use to apply to your own website where you see fit.
Quicklink: https://joind.in/1345
Slides: Anti-Spam & Anti-Gaming Tactics
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19.Mar.2010 at 20:06 by Guillaume Theoret
I think the talk might benefit from a bit more structure (heading to a specific goal such as measuring what each tactic would do to user happiness vs spammer frustration to end at a good balance depending on different scenarios (if you're a blog you can stop here, if you're a new social startup you can stop here, if you're digg you need to go all the way here) rather than just going from simple to complex), but this would only be good if it didn't take away from Eli's conversational style.
Many excellent suggestions, thanks.
19.May.2010 at 17:11 by Sandy Smith
Good overview. I knew more than I thought I did but still learned surprising things. As usual, great, well rehearsed presentation style.
19.May.2010 at 20:15 by Chris Hartjes
Nice talk Eli! Lessons in there for anyone who accepts content from users and wants them to vote on whether they like it or not.
12.Mar.2010 at 00:11 by
Excellent talk