Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

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The signals that tend to do very well fall into one of three categories: 

1. Graph based -- spammers often share similar patterns of activity which can be used to catch them 

2. Behaviors - they also tend to do things a certain way, because they're being repetitive in their actions (e.g. posting at fixed internals) 

3. Textual - the content of their casts is often very predictive of their quality

excellent thread from @v summarizing the spam problem, what they've learned, and the path ahead.

if you're worried you've been unfairly labeled as "a spammer" read this thread.

Their system is more thoughtful than you might assume and learns quickly.

Authenticity is the goal ✨

It's a real problem, and we need to find solutions before we end up like X with spam everywhere. But how many active users are there who aren't spammers? Do we have any figures on that?

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not on hand. and anything you get from dune needs to be adjusted.

let's assume 15% of the network is comprised of intentional and coordinated spammers. now what?

Let's clean this up to build on solid foundations and establish a genuine network of users.

I understand perfectly, I am also building my little world because I want to build differently. I see that there is still a lot of work to be done. 

There is a channel that is dear to my heart, and it pains me to see it /art . Look at this channel open to everyone that is becoming a dump for art. It really hurts me to see this, and what will new users think when they see this? It is not attractive at all. 

This is the largest art channel, and we absolutely need to do something about it. 😬

that's what's happening.

but conceptualizing the problem is hugely important.

spam/automation is /weather/ now. it's a fact of permissionless systems that needs to effortlessly tolerated. it can never be completely defeated, if at all.

at best, we find ways to identify good quality users. but we will never disincentivize spam completely.

so we make cozy corners for humans to build their little worlds, free from mechanical actors (unless you invite them). Works... but takes work 🥃