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My post this weekend about Spam Labels kicked of some good discussion and a lot of questions. I expanded that cast into a long form article: The Unwritten Rules of Warpcast: Avoiding Spam Labels 

Feedback is sincerely appreciated!

1/2 GM Degens, Spam Bans Part II 🚨

We’re now using Warpcast’s spam labels instead of building a custom solution. Big thanks to @pichi for posting about it (and sorry for banning you by accident 🙃). If you were mislabeled, follow the tips in her guide to reduce the chance of being flagged as spam.

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1/2 GM Degens, Spam Bans Part II 🚨

We’re now using Warpcast’s spam labels instead of building a custom solution. Big thanks to @pichi for posting about it (and sorry for banning you by accident 🙃). If you were mislabeled, follow the tips in her guide to reduce the chance of being flagged as spam.

https://warpcast.com/pichi/0x26689924

2/2 Accounts flagged as "Likely" or "Might" engage in spam are banned.

Tips = real money, so we’re here to reward legit creators, not spammers.

Degen tipping should support quality content, not low-effort farming.

Let’s keep it clean and fair. 💎

A label is a simple JSON object that tells you about the provider, type and target of the label. 

It's published either as a flat file or can be served over APIs by label providers. If it's a file, it must be in the JSONL standard. 

The full spec  is here:… https://t.co/hQY4D0Oi9V

Warpcast has a spam classifier that quickly identifies bad behavior on the Faracster network. 

This includes things like following others in bulk, posting repetitive or llm generated content and other actions that annoy users on the network. 

Each Farcaster account is given one… https://t.co/l8FOSMvtAw

Varun Srinivasan

2/2 Accounts flagged as "Likely" or "Might" engage in spam are banned.

Tips = real money, so we’re here to reward legit creators, not spammers.

Degen tipping should support quality content, not low-effort farming.

Let’s keep it clean and fair. 💎

https://x.com/varunsrin/status/1882495875420975262

While this is good, is there a way it could be tweaked, small accounts trying to follow people and drive up their engagement would almost always fall into the "likely" or "might" category.

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exactly!
cause they can’t gain visibility by just being under the radar
this isn’t fair to them

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exactly! the spam label has always been an huge no, it’s very unfair

You get my point!
The spam filters are biased towards big and already established accounts, it has to be tweaked to give everyone a fair chance.