Timeline for Massive Spam Attacks since couple of days
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| Jun 14, 2023 at 7:08 | comment | added | djdomi | Im sorry but I just wanted to explain the words someone else, I should add next time more context ;) | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 6:04 | comment | added | vidarlo | @djdomi Don't do that. That hides spam. Flag, and leave alone. At four flags (lowered from six) it will be deleted. | |
| Jun 14, 2023 at 3:58 | comment | added | djdomi | well, you can flag them for spam -1 flag them manually - 1 so you can actually down voted 2 times | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 13:59 | comment | added | vidarlo | @Paul 4 red flags nukes the content. Red flags = spam/abuse. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:51 | comment | added | Paul | @Ward-ReinstateMonica I did not know that! Flagging as spam also downvotes - what happens then at -5 from flags? | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:49 | comment | added | Ward - Trying Codidact Mod | @paul That's why it's not actually helpful to downvote spam: posts that are -5 don't go away, but they don't show by default on the SF home page. "Hiding" them with downvotes makes it harder for other people to see and flag them. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:11 | comment | added | Romeo Ninov | @paul, for yesterday I get "Vox Populi" serverfault.com/help/badges/150/vox-populi | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:10 | comment | added | Paul | Also, are you flagging answers? I don't bother as once the question disappears, so does the answers. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:09 | comment | added | Paul | @RomeoNinov I have observed that at I think 5 downvotes, the questions disappear, so downvoting also helps even without flagging. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 11:03 | comment | added | Romeo Ninov | @Paul, I have 44, and finish with them today, for less than hour. (flagging only spam) | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 10:35 | comment | added | Paul | @RomeoNinov How many flags do you have? I have >70. I did not see enough spam posts to come anywhere near mine. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 9:08 | comment | added | Nikita Kipriyanov | That will somewhat defeat the idea of the strike. Stopping raising flags is one of the ways to gain an attention. I didn't sign the letter but I decided to stop doing here anything that doesn't have immediate benefit for myself (in the form of exercises I do when helping others). | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 8:20 | comment | added | Romeo Ninov | Yesterday and today I exhaust my flags. So in such case maybe will be better to increase the limit of per user/day flags. And/or change limits for deleting question based on flags. Also adding badge (like Vox Populi) for using all flags in one day may motivate some users to use flag. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 7:49 | comment | added | user9517 | @NikitaKipriyanov meta.serverfault.com/a/9882 SF has been the target for some time. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 7:02 | comment | added | Nikita Kipriyanov | Interestingly enough, there is no similar spam outburst on SuperUser, Unix&Linux SE and others. For me it looks like only ServerFault is shelled. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 6:28 | comment | added | user9517 | @djdomi That is correct. The community run bot(s) have withdrawn their labour for the duration of the strike in support of it. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 6:19 | comment | added | djdomi | that i understand it clearly, there is now no more automatic spam prevention? | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 5:35 | history | answered | Ward - Trying CodidactMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |