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comment by ArtemusBlank

How do you see so much spammers? I barely see them.





tacocat  ·  3419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Go to global more often.

tla  ·  3419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've found that if you find one spammer, you can usually find others by clicking on the domain. They usually come back and assume they need a new account.

caelum19  ·  3419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Same. And when I do see them, I don't mute them so I can guage how many there are. When they become annoying I will start muting them though.

Cedar  ·  3419 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I came across one user who I would classify as a spammer, a lot of their posts were in capitals and it was coming from the same three domains -- I use an ad-blocker but the design of the sites and the non-ad elements have given me a pretty clear idea of how it must look otherwise.

I have muted them but it was a tough decision, as some of their posts do actually have interesting comments on. The winning factor was it's a topic I'm generally uninterested in and their articles don't do much to change that.