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by daveoc64 1988 days ago
So it would be OK for a kids TV show website to have Viagra ads on it?

Edit: I mean spam.
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protomyth 1988 days ago
That would be a stupid waste of money for an advertiser. Maybe ad networks are really the problem.
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iamsb 1988 days ago
I am only commenting on this in the context of community standards and user generated content and should not be extrapolated to all content in all other contexts.
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daveoc64 1988 days ago
Sorry, I meant spam. If anyone can post a comment, and only "illegal" comments can be removed, that would surely allow a lot of email-style spam.
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iamsb 1988 days ago
That is a fair question/comment. In my original comment "Limit use of automated content moderation only for easy to solve cases like child pornography." . It is reasonable to extent that list beyond just child pornography. I did not intend to give impression than this list is exhaustive.

In case of spam - Emails do show you spam emails, just hide them behind a spam folder. So instead of outright removal, it is possible to use similar techniques. And let users decide whether they ever want to see spam comments.

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daveoc64 1988 days ago
> It is reasonable to extent that list beyond just child pornography.

Seems like you're just back to square one there.

You're making a list of unacceptable content. Whatever you put on there, someone's going to disagree.

Whether it's automated or not probably isn't the issue.

I see a lot of comment sections ruined by the typical bot spam (e.g. "I earn $5000 a minute working from home for Google").

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