FoxxMD / context-mod

an event-based, reddit moderation bot built on top of snoowrap and written in typescript
https://contextmod.dev
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Bot detecting accounts that promote the same thing. #96

Open CuriousLyz opened 2 years ago

CuriousLyz commented 2 years ago

Nsfw subreddits struggle with OnlyFans management agencies that spam using multiple accounts to promote the same Onlyfans links. Another approach is, if the main spam account was banned they come with a purchased account and start promoting the same OF links. We ban an account but they can come with 5 others in the same day and it's difficult to manage or to spot as they post those links on their profiles.

I'm interested to know if it's possible that:

Or

I'm mentioning the OF links as those are the issues Nsfw subreddits are facing.

But there can be other mods who might use this against - sellers who try to sell particular things, or they try to promote particular websites / stores.

FoxxMD commented 2 years ago

This a complicated scenario! Having a database of banned links (strings) might be feasible. It would definitely solve this problem and would be applicable to normal CM rules, depending on how I structure it...Let me think on this.

49 is relevant to this as well -- being able to detect "zombie" accounts who have not posted in a long time and suddenly start posting a lot or to very specific subs would be a good sign of a bought/hacked account.