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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 ✨

Our spam models puts accounts into one of four categories: 

Level 0 - not enough information to make a decision
Level 1 - an authentic users that other users will like 
Level 2 - a slightly inauthentic user that some users won't like 
Level 3 - a very inauthentic user that almost all people will dislike

If we're certain that someone is spammy, their account goes into level 3 and their activity is usually hidden under the "Show more" in conversations. 

In most cases, it's less clear. An account may be good for a while and suddenly turn spammy when a new airdrop launches. In this case Level 2 might be applied, which does something lighter like disqualifying you from boosts, but still letting your replies appear. 

Accounts are also re-evaluated by our model very often so that new information can be used to make a more accurate decision. We rank and re-rank roughly 4-5 accounts every minute.

This part confirmed it for me
Cleared all my doubts about the spam system 

So well thought. His write up was also simple and so explanatory, even good enough for someone who just joined farcaster 5 minutes ago

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absolutely! he's a gifted thinker and good writer. disclosures and explanations like these help prevent toxic folklore and give educators a chance to push back when it foments.

This part confirmed it for me
Cleared all my doubts about the spam system 

So well thought. His write up was also simple and so explanatory, even good enough for someone who just joined farcaster 5 minutes ago
https://warpcast.com/v/0xad156ddb

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SEO's are already familiar with this.
cc @maretus

Thanks for sharing, missed the original cast. I’m surprised by the screen res angle. Never would have thought of this one.

hah, right? I forget that people may not be as familiar with that as the rest of us.

I was impressed by how he managed to teach the basics of machine learning in the thread as well lmao

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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?

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?

i guess.

no one is entitled to anyone else's attention. new users have to earn that, which is necessarily less convenient than getting it without work 

it is true now that only channel members are allowed to write to the channel root.

agree on kindness ☺️

You shouldn't have any inconvenience to new users by getting a spammer. 

For example, I was talking about a situation where only channel members can write. 

We should welcome them and welcome them with kindness.

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if you're doing it in a channel, doesn't matter. go nuts.

Thanks for sharing wake.
I haven't even been posting too much art lately, to avoid "repetition"
But hey... I haven't had time anyway, so it's all good.

feels like all social media is battling the spam issue rn 
even tiktok, why are people spamming on tiktok 😭😭😭

I read this last night and was thinking about it in the context of the casts I used to see down in “see more replies”. It wasn’t perfect (nothing is), but definitely seemed to be working as intended.

Thanks for sharing, missed the original cast. Long time no see you wake, how are you?

Good, I'll let my Japan fam know.
Time for a little decoding.

Great thread!
The thread explains the process well. The focus on authenticity is promising.

this is one of the reasons why i like the channel’s change.

the spam algorithm doesn’t affect it

be genuine.....and read the whole cast.......plz ppl!

Quite expository. That's a lot of work put in there. They go hard, we go harder. 

I've seen a lot of energy being put to fight these stuffs, can these battle be won. @vitalik.eth wrote something on this.

But then, were farmers prevalent pre moxie era?, I joined like a month before then and you couldn’t exactly farm most tokens just by being spammy

It’s great to see that the system is designed to be more nuanced and adaptable than people might think. Focusing on authenticity makes a huge difference in building a healthy platform.

Excellent information, I think that an action to take and that does not represent a major search is to ban the accounts that are created with serial names, for example auto1 auto2 auto3, without searching much they are almost in plain sight.

Does it apply to repetition of emojis and things like that? 🤔

With A.I trained ....bots  will learn how to post more efficiently without patterns,

Making it hard to combat!!!!!