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Published in: New Features, NewsPosted by Jon Henshaw on 04/09/08
We’ve been getting a lot of snippet entries that are really just spam. Thanks to users like Frank B., we’ve been able to react to it as quickly as possible. However, a better solution for handling this spam is to give our users the ability to flag these snippets themselves.
We’ve implemented a new “Report this Snippet” link that’s located beneath each code snippet box. Clicking on this link will notify us if you think the snippet is spam. There’s also a built in threshold to take the snippet offline if enough unique users click the link.
We’ll see how this system works and will adjust it accordingly. As always, thank you for using Snipplr!
Maybe it would be smartere to report a user, since I guess the users which are posting this spam, are dedicated accounts for it?
Then it would be easier to remove the snippets by the user, since all the snippets would be removed together with the user.
well you could give me admin and let me delete the spam ^^
Perhaps you could use reverse captcha? It’s 100% effective in my sites (but I admit they aren’t large enough to be specifically targeted). If the bots are targeting the site and bypass the reverse captcha, try using a set of reverse captchas, so the field data and/or way of hiding is different.
See more info on reverse captcha at http://dhp1080.com/archive/journal/reverse_captcha
On another note, great site!
Cheers