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| 05 Apr 2015 08:00 PM |
It's no secret that sanitizing database inputs are extremely important. Not only security wise in the prevention of SQL Injection attacks but because data, and the storage thereof are precocious.
It's no secret that sanitizing database inputs are extremely important. Not only security wise in the prevention of SQL Injection attacks but because data, and the storage thereof are precocious.
The value of Roblox as a company can potentially be hindered by a few simple facts that plague the community. The most important of these facts, and consequently the fact that should take precedence in the ongoing effort to make Roblox as great as it can be is simple. On absolutely every single page of content that has any comments, you will almost ALWAYS find the unmistakable filth that is, comment spam. "Builderman told me" and "Post this on 5 other things" are examples of comment spam. No one wants to see it, no one wants to read it. They are a waste of data space, and money to keep the data there.
It is understandable that, due to the age range of the users who play Roblox, that the inoocence of child ignorance leads them post this type of content. It is important however to take in to consideration that this is not the reason behind every spam comment. Some people post this content just to be annoying, knowing very well that it is againts the rules and more importantly, that they will never be punished.
The sheer ammount of comment spam on Roblox would prevent the users of the spam to be punished. There simply is just too much of it for the staff to handle. Sure, they can delete it when they see it, but imagine if every single piece of comment spam was reported. Would the staff be able to compansate for this? Would they ignore it? Would it cause other important things to be overlooked?
This problem can be solved by implementing a new, improved automatic moderation system. This will solve the problem of all new spam comments. To take care of all the comments that currently exist it will requre a bit more effort and computing power and to be honest would be more of an invest. It will be worth it though!
How to implement a new and improved automatic moderation system
Luckily, this will not require modifaction to the current broweser front end of the website. It will however require modifaction to the back end. When a user clicks the submit button this is what SHOULD happen. The text of their comment, the time of their comment and their user ID should be sent to Roblox servers so that it can be posted. But, before it is actually posted, the comment text must be scanned for substrings such as swear words. A simple table should be created on the Roblox servers containg the exact text of commen comment spam. While it would be much more effective to create methods that inteligently scan the comment conent for keywords to determine if it spam, this will cost a lot of of execution time will proboably not be worth it. The comments should be scanned against commen spam, if the comment is cheked to be spam, the comment should be delted, and the user should be punished.
First offense of comment spam: A warning displayed to the user telling them what they did, why it's wrong, and to not do it again.
Second offense: A short suspension of the user's commenting privilges with another message displayed to them.
Third offense: A short suspension of the user's account.
Now, if we wanted to remove all of the current spam we would have to iterate of every comment and scan it against the spam table. You can easily see that this would take a lot of time, and execution power. This then becomes an important business decision.
We as a community would love to see the implementation of a new improved automatic moderation system and look forward into the future for a time where we don't have to be subjected to pages and pages of filth. It is understandable that, due to the age range of the user
Thank you for your consideration. thethemast667 arcadiumgroup.com |
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jonny1367
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:00 PM |
pointless thread, there really isnt any way to stop comment spam
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:05 PM |
| I feel like you comment should include "Didn't read LOL" |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:07 PM |
| i feel like you should comment "oh yea, this would require a bunch of employees spending hours a day just scrolling through thousands of comments, meaning that it takes days just to get one through" |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:13 PM |
| You clearly didn't read it either. I explain in paragraph 6 how this should work |
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jonny1367
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:14 PM |
if you honestly think automatic moderation works then youre a complete moron
weve seen how well that works with the forums |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:24 PM |
I'm not about to get into a pointless argument with a child with no credentials in computer science.
I will however point out that, all though the forum system is flawed, it works better than you think. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:30 PM |
| Very well worded. This should be Bump |
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Slydexia
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:33 PM |
The system would crash from all the spam. Besides if that was implemented all the spam would be on the forums instead(which there's enough already) |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:38 PM |
| Um, I don't think you understand how commercial servers work. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:40 PM |
| The hardware is specifically designed to handle an extreme amount of workload. This would add up to three seconds of execution time for each comment under the worst circumstances. Compared to the amount of work the port 80 servers already, this is nothing |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:42 PM |
| You're completely skipping over the other good point of my post. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:48 PM |
| That's the thing, though. It isn't against the rules. Spam isn't explicitly forbidden. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:57 PM |
This is from the Official Roblox Rules of Conduct under "General Behavior and Behavior Towards Others"
"Do not spam communication channels (forums, chat, PMs, comments, group walls, etc.) by posting off topic or irrelevant posts; by posting the same message over and over; or by forced scrolling of pages" |
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Slydexia
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| 05 Apr 2015 08:59 PM |
It's easier to break the rules than it is to enforce them. Always is. Spam isn't ever gonna go away ever no matter what's put in place. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:00 PM |
| Spammers will just do different types of spam. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:05 PM |
| Of course it's hard to enforce rules. Just look at all the full time employees who moderate. But it's important to not have the attitude that just because they will find ways around enforcement that we should give up and not enforce at all |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:06 PM |
spam cannot be stopped. there is always a loop-hole. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:07 PM |
There are some things technology can't beat. Spam being one of them. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:15 PM |
| That is is very true, thank you for pointing it out. It should be noted however, that all things that share the same basic properties of spam, while technology will never completely get rid of it, the implementation thereof will DRASTICALLY reduce it. |
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| 05 Apr 2015 09:35 PM |
| I apologize for my rudeness towards opposing views |
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| 05 Apr 2015 10:18 PM |
This actually wouldn't be that difficult to implement. Simply run this function before submitting the comment.
Instead of banning for it, just don't allow the spam.
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function runSpamCheck(str) { // Checks for spam and returns a boolean confirmation var cache = [ 'copy', 'paste', 'repost', 'free robux', 'free stuff', // add other common spam items ]; var len = cache.length; for (var index = 0; index < len; index++) { var exists = str.match(cache[index]); if (exists) { return false; } } return true; } |
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| 05 Apr 2015 10:26 PM |
Nice clean and simple JavaScript. Respect given sir! However, if this were used than no one could make a comment that contained any of these strings, a big problem. |
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