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Stuart_W
Stuart_W
World-Class Superstar
March 2, 2017
Question

Excessive moderation

I replied to 3 topics this morning over 2 hours. The first 2 are held awaiting moderation but are yet to "approved".

I note from comments in a thread on the Announcements section that others are having this issue.

Why is this getting much worse and why aren't you or InSided telling us when you make these Draconian changes?

Do you not realise you irritating it is?
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    Kumar
    March 2, 2017
    I suspect this is a glitch and not anything draconian.
    Stuart_W
    Stuart_WAuthor
    World-Class Superstar
    March 2, 2017
    It's not a glitch Kumar

    InSided have been messing with the spam filters for months.

    Edit: It does seem that there was a major Spam outburst 8 hours ago or so I guess they just added a moderate all posts.

    Why not add a post to the Spam thread though?
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    Kumar
    March 2, 2017
    But THIS post isn't being moderated - let's see.
    Kumar
    March 2, 2017
    It wasn't. Are you saying something I am missing?
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 2, 2017
    Parenthesis () always tend to flag me
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    Stuart_W
    Stuart_WAuthor
    World-Class Superstar
    March 2, 2017
    I've just had a notification that there is a reply in this thread to my comment:-

    https://en.community.sonos.com/ask-a-question-228987/sonos-play-3-6766270/index1.html#post16091130

    But there is no reply visible at this time.

    It seems that the linkage between subscribed threads and messages in moderation is not working properly.
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    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    March 2, 2017
    Hey Stuart_W, there's nothing personal regarding the filter. It's a learning filter so as it goes it is supposed to get better at flagging things as spam. Now that the posts from earlier were added, it should help a lot to make the filter better. And any thread of yours or others that get pulled out also help it learn.
    Mark good posts by pressing the like button, and select the best answer on questions you've asked to help others find solutions.
    chicks
    chicks
    March 5, 2017
    Two in moderation today. One would think that members of several years' standing would be immune from the spam filter, but InSided's software is still pretty lame, sigh. Getting better, but still lame.
    SHARKB8T
    SHARKB8T
    Prodigy I
    March 5, 2017
    Agreed that it is irritating... unfortunately I suspect it is also necessary given the insane amount of automated spam that is proliferating today. I think it would be painful to try to read through threads with junk scattered everywhere trying to sell me performance enhancing drugs... (I'm guessing that sentence will get this post flagged for moderator review! 🆒 )

    Funny thing is, I honestly can't understand the continued existence of such spam... I can't imagine it works with any level of effectiveness - even any level that might make it worth it... spamming website forums full of crap posts can't possibly attract people to a core site, or phishing site... I just don't get it... but as I've asked about in other threads about this... I'd be interested to know how much junk this new system is actually saving the board from... those stats have got to be available, but it appears Sonos prefers not to disclose them.
    Kumar
    March 5, 2017
    I honestly can't understand the continued existence of such spam... I can't imagine it works with any level of effectiveness
    It's like what I see in the junk mail on my hotmail account when I take an occasional look at it. I guess there is little marginal cost in sending it to the one extra person beyond a point, so the net gets thrown as wide as possible. Whatever sticks, sticks.
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