Good news, everyone!
We have rolled out a few more additions to our spam filter yesterday and I am proud to say we have gotten rid of a lot more spam.
One of the new features in the spam filter, that you should know about, is that any comments with more than 2 links will be automatically filtered out. This alone takes care of an enormous amount of the spam on the site.
There are a couple more things we have in our new spam filter that together has helped get rid of a lot of the spam. We are working on further perfecting our spam filter, so things will hopefully get even better.
I hope this small feature will help make everyone's Metacafe experience that much better. Stay tunes for more changes that will be coming up in the next few weeks - I'll keep you updated.
Full Version: May 2, 2007 - New Comment Filters
This is most welcome Talia, but why allow links at all in the comments? It only encourages spamming...
Furthermore, I find it ironic that spammers can post links in their comments to my videos, but I cannot place links in my video descriptions!
Furthermore, I find it ironic that spammers can post links in their comments to my videos, but I cannot place links in my video descriptions!
Why can't you place links in your video descriptions?
And a lot of people post related links, including the producers themselves, which is why we didn't delete links altogether.
And a lot of people post related links, including the producers themselves, which is why we didn't delete links altogether.
QUOTE(Talia @ May 2 2007, 01:29 PM) 
Good news, everyone!
We have rolled out a few more additions to our spam filter yesterday and I am proud to say we have gotten rid of a lot more spam.
One of the new features in the spam filter, that you should know about, is that any comments with more than 2 links will be automatically filtered out. This alone takes care of an enormous amount of the spam on the site.
There are a couple more things we have in our new spam filter that together has helped get rid of a lot of the spam. We are working on further perfecting our spam filter, so things will hopefully get even better.
I hope this small feature will help make everyone's Metacafe experience that much better. Stay tunes for more changes that will be coming up in the next few weeks - I'll keep you updated.
We have rolled out a few more additions to our spam filter yesterday and I am proud to say we have gotten rid of a lot more spam.
One of the new features in the spam filter, that you should know about, is that any comments with more than 2 links will be automatically filtered out. This alone takes care of an enormous amount of the spam on the site.
There are a couple more things we have in our new spam filter that together has helped get rid of a lot of the spam. We are working on further perfecting our spam filter, so things will hopefully get even better.
I hope this small feature will help make everyone's Metacafe experience that much better. Stay tunes for more changes that will be coming up in the next few weeks - I'll keep you updated.
NICE
I HAD ONE VIDEO WITH MORE THAN 30-40 LINKS
and now there are just the real coment
thanks
i am sory for my english but i promise i will practice a lot
QUOTE(Talia @ May 2 2007, 07:57 PM)
Why can't you place links in your video descriptions?
I don't know why... check the link in the description of this video... it is not clickable...
As for many people posting related links... I personally haven't seen it happen on any of my videos! Just some shameless spamming by some producers...
You didn't post a link, but either way, the links in descriptions aren't clickable, but they are there are people can copy and paste them easily.
QUOTE(Talia @ May 3 2007, 05:45 PM)
You didn't post a link, but either way, the links in descriptions aren't clickable, but they are there are people can copy and paste them easily.
That's my precisely my point though... Why should they be clickable in comments (which encourages spammers) rather than in the producers' description (where they might actually be relevant!)... Food for thought...
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