Timeline for Do mods now have to write nice emails to spammers?
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| Apr 28, 2011 at 2:54 | comment | added | John Gardeniers | FWIW, I, and I believe most other SF users, also trust the judgment of the moderators. Sure mistakes are made from time to time but I've seen nothing I would jump up and down about. In my opinion SF moderators have a track record of treading rather softly. Keep up the good work. | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 22:21 | comment | added | Jeff Atwood | @chopper I think the relevant bit is the last bullet -- "does this user really have any redeeming qualities or chance of reform?" Most spammers are simply not worth the effort and should be deleted outright. Now, if you do encounter what you consider to be a rare borderline case, I do encourage you to use the email suspension. We generally trust the judgment of the moderators. | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 16:24 | comment | added | Chopper3 Mod | Agreed Robert, we're not burning their life's work are we :) | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 16:17 | comment | added | Robert Cartaino | @Chopper3: So if you make a 1-out-of-100 bad call, what's the real damage? Those egregious, "garden variety" spammers are typically new to the site with their first posts being cited as (apparently) spam. In the off chance you make a bad call, apologize for the misunderstanding and invite them to join the site again. No real damage has likely been inflicted because their first contribution couldn't have been all that stellar (or you wouldn't have assumed it was spam in the first go-around). | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 15:29 | comment | added | Robert Harvey | Suspending the account (or merging into a spam account) inhibits the OpenID from being used again, right? | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 14:45 | vote | accept | Chopper3 | ||
| Apr 27, 2011 at 12:30 | comment | added | Chopper3 Mod | I don't destroy in case I get it wrong, it has happened, the signal/noise ratio is too high to be 100% right all the time. But if that's what you're saying then fair enough. | |
| Apr 27, 2011 at 12:06 | history | answered | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |