Spam / low quality answer handling
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From the burst in traffic from HN (this question was #1 on HN for a few), it's apparent we need to quickly roll out basic spam filtering features.
Adapted from @JayNeely's comment below:
- If an answer gets a certain threshold of down votes, it gets collapsed and grayed out.
- You can still click to see the answer. This shouldn't outright delete it.
- If that answer passes a threshold from accounts that pass a "recent karma" requirement, it gets deleted.
What do you think?
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I'd make it a little more complicated in terms of requirements for down votes counting toward a penalty. You really want to be careful about griefing. A network of accounts could be created over time, then used to mass-delete or mass-demote content. More difficult but still feasible would be compromising legitimate accounts, and amassing enough of them. A recent-karma threshold (over the past month) would be a better requirement for downvotes to count toward a penalty. It prevents dormant non-contributing accounts, and increases difficulty of hacking enough accounts to matter.
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Jay Neely
10 years ago
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Love it! Updating post.
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Nishank Khanna
10 years ago
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That said, I like the penalty progression you're proposing. I'd also think about how to adapt it to questions (which have more site-wide visibility, get bumped by any activity), and make sure it applies to comments too.
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Jay Neely
10 years ago
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For questions, the homepage listing will soon change from just "latest activity" to the algorithm used on HN: http://amix.dk/blog/post/19574 That should prevent bad questions from getting much visibility. Comments, however, will be tricky. Unless we allow down votes on them, it will require manual moderation (which we should keep to a minimum). One option would be to allow the same "recent karma" users you proposed to be able to see the down vote button for comments.
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Nishank Khanna
10 years ago
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