On comment spam [LWN.net]

On comment spam

Posted Jul 30, 2010 13:58 UTC (Fri) by farnz (guest, #17727)
In reply to: On comment spam by ortalo
Parent article: On comment spam

On that note, the Advogato trust metric is interesting. In the LWN case, you could treat the staff as the seeds, and have the staff certify all subscribers at a low level.

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On comment spam

Posted Jul 30, 2010 15:18 UTC (Fri) by ortalo (subscriber, #4654) [Link]

Thanks for the link!

Note that I was probably thinking even further; possibly to extend to other aspects than simply the integrity of the identifier [1] - a sort of multi-dimensional trust graph.

Well, maybe I inconsciously try to reach the highest level in the "computer dreamer" metric dimension. More useful dimensions I can think of may be e.g.: kernel programmer, security tester, company X employee, non-spam commenter, etc. The kind of things that social networking sites like to display albeit weakly verified and without user control. A further difficulty is to draw a line between public facts - suitable for certification - and opinions or privacy-related facts - things you must leave out of scope...

[1] Not so simple of course, but still leaves room for improvement: see comment starting by "User Foo is certified but..." on the FAQ page of Advogato.