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The network-wide meta site also uses spam and not spam-handling. There hasn't been a difference between spam and spam-handling. … and far more to detag spam-handling). …

Definitely good news . . . except that spam detection is broken: Out of all the words that there are for spam, the system latched onto "According" and "Wikipedia". … Please revise the spam filter, as this is . . . how should I put it . . .doesn't do what it's supposed to do. On a side note, I propose a rep-cap feature added to spam filter. …

Why are beauty products spam being constantly posted on AskUbuntu? Its very irritating. I know that this cannot be filtered by bots but aren't there a faster way to delete these spams? … There had always been a spam or two every 15 mins or so and then, it takes another 10-15 mins or so before its removed from the site. Here's a screenshot to that: …

Today we found a clever way spammer are trying to prevent falling into the spam protection system... that is recommending software relevant to the question so people in their curiosity search what is that … An example of such spam: BTW, it doesn't help that then you provide the link of the SPAM (*winks @EricCarvalho*). The Spammers are being nastier withing the second! …

Today, seeing AskUbuntu, it seems that spam is getting frequent, 30 minutes a spam thread is being posted. The most recent one was about "making people to look younger". …

Is it just me or is there more spam than usual the last days? Has anything changed in how we handle spam, making it more visible, or is it just another wave? …

So this is a blatant spam account. The profile description is spam and the profile pic is that of a pretty girl, probably taken without the consent of the owner. Only post is blatant spam. … The issue with spam accounts was discussed here. So should this account be deleted? …

My question is this: what is actually considered as spam over here? I know that spam, in the context of email, are those annoying, unwanted messages you get, usually advertisements. … Is promoting something considered spam? …

Should accounts that have posted spam and don't appear to have contributed any non-spam content to the site always be deleted? My understanding--from limited observation and this may be wrong! … --is that we at least delete these accounts when: they are repeat offenders--that is, when they have posted more than one spam post on Ask Ubuntu, or they've posted one spam post on Ask Ubuntu but at …

I read What exactly is considered "spam" in Ask Ubuntu? and can't guess why that post is not spam. It does not answer the question. It promotes software or services. … The muru answer is that if "Using the product in the manner suggested in the answer actually does not solve the problem" then there should be "an instant spam flag". …

We've been hit by way more spam than normal, just thought I'd point out these discussions on meta that might be useful to folks: What can we do about the increasing amount of spam on Ask Ubuntu? … Should Spam posts be edited? …

A while ago, we were having some spam waves, do to the distraction, we didn't answer the question, that were getting spam A's. …

PS: linked question is about blocking spam, not about ID. It does not contain any mention about audit at all. …

I just had to review this test in the LQ queue, which was a spam answer. However, my thought was that spam should never had appeared in the LQ queue and therefore I was a bit confused about this. … Is using deleted spam answers as LQ review test now good and intended, or should it not have happened? …

Pros: Moderators won't spend so much time/effort on combating this Users use less flags Nobody ever sees spam, increasing overall quality of site Links to them never exist Cons: Users who mention …