MSP Anti-Abuse Team Weekly Report #23

Anti-Abuse Team Weekly Report #23

Saturday - February 10th - 2018

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A day late as I was feeling under the weather yesterday. The numbers this week are slightly higher for having been a day late, but they are even higher than that could account for because of other factors. With the recent addition of a deputy to our lineup, and with the return of our tattle-bot informing us of any single account getting more than 1 $upvote command aimed at it inside a cool-down, we were able to catch many more people this week.

First, the stats...

The details of this weeks prune of the member-list -

• 12525 Members before this week's prune was run. (1368 new accounts since last week)
• 30 Day Prune has removed 278 dead accounts. (112 more were removed this Prune.)
• This leaves our count at 12247 Members after the prune.
• ~1270 Peak Concurrent users this week. (Slower, but consistent growth in this number.)

Updated stats on Bans and Blacklist -

• 1806 Discord bans (+220 new from previous)
• 1908 accounts in total are now Blacklisted by @minnowsupport (+320 from previous!)

The Charts

Member count data over time:

This shows the trend of members gained over time. I use the number of users counted after each purge each week.

Blacklist Counts by Type:

This gives a breakdown of the major categories we list an account under in our Blacklist.

In summary:

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The increases to bans and blacklists was impressive. I feel we got a great handle on some back-log of Multi-account violations and really got started in on the content issues. As the bot struggled for a couple of cycles and needed a couple rest periods, we are really looking at a way to maximize the value to those that deserve the vote. We will be continuing these efforts going forward and will only get more efficient at them.

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A quick review of things that get you blacklisted:

• A single image or even multiple images, with very little text or only a basic bit of information with it.
• An embedded YouTube or DTube video with zero additions to the post that provide value.
• Attempting to gain multiple upvotes outside our 1 per 24 hour cool-down by any means.
• Any major violation of our community guidelines and rules. (This usually has to do with treatment of other users on the platform.)

Not all of these result in a ban from Discord since we want you to learn and improve.

Check out this post for more information.

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Back on track for a secure and fair free-upvote service.

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If you have any questions, please contact me on MSP or MSP-Probation

Thanks -

Discordiant

MSP Moderator, Sheriff and Anti-Abuse Team Leader

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