We all experienced those accounts who post a spam comment on our posts within 2.2 seconds of the post going up. These comments provide no value and only serve to clutter up the comment section.
The only way to deal with this is to downvote the comment so that it goes invisible...until now.
I just found a post put up by @andybets which introduced a Chrome extension that blocks it.
After downloading it, I tried it and it is really simple.
As highlighted here, the extension shows up in the upper right of Chrome with the Steem logo.
You simply press it on an article to activate it.
Also, you can see a post that is now faded out.
Another feature is when you hover over the user name, you get the spam information.
Here is a screen shot of one who is not a spammer.
This is just being introduced so I am sure there will be updates to it. There is a settings for "options" which is grayed out at the moment. I would imagine we will be able to change the spam percentage which fades a comment out.
I find this to be a wonderful addition to the STEEM blockchain and suggest all Chrome users to try it out. It appears to be a great way to fight some of the spam in the comment section.
Here is the original post along with information on how to donate to the project if you desire.
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@andybets/simple-spam-filtering-chrome-extension-for-steemit-com
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I fully expect the spammers to up their game now to try and get around this new "evil" extension. LOL And so begins the cat and mouse game.
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Great this is the best idea to ignore some spam comments .....
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I don’t have any problems with spam on my comments, but I’d like to think I’ll become big enough on Steemit to the point one day where this might be a problem! This might come in handy for me one day! Thanks, taskmaster!
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I already got that problem on my let's play account, likely because I upvoted comments of people in my videos. I dare to claim that from 100 to 150 I must have made 1-2 real followers and rest were being bots spamming comments. It has eased up by now, and I have been slightly more carefull with what comments I upvote.
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This is really awesome! Spam comments are already pretty much a problem, but just think how many will spam when there's millions of users on this platform. An extension like this is just what we need!
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Cool! Thank you! I will try it out - if this is a way, that I will never again see a posting by Bernie Sanders and his hundred fake accounts, then this is worth a try! 😀
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Now this is a great feature. Thank you for sharing. Once I get more followers maybe I'll need this too. 😎
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I think this will be one of the most important quality of life improvements in the following years. Great idea on the part of the creator.
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I on the other hand like spam comments because it is easy to tell it is spam I just go over their comment history and if I see a pattern then off I go to Steemcleaners for a report :)
I get SP and we get one less spammer haha
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Yes, I am totally tired of them!
Looks as if someone is flagging them so they get hidden somehow.
Thank you for the tip my man, I will definitely use it. Always giving great advice and help! xx
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Anything that adds value to the steem community is always welcome.great job @andybets
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Do you consider me a spammer? I generally prefer to write shorter comments.
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It isnt me who is doing it, it is the extension.
Your spam score comes up zero...
It isnt the short comments as much as the short comments that are just posted on all articles like ...good post, thank you...upvote me....follow me...etc...
Original posts, even if short, are not spam.
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Is this extension safe to use? Security is the major concerns with extensions because even the extension seem to be safe, this make hackers very easy to hack our accounts.
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This is really helpful. Til now most of the time I just ignored them, but I will use this extension in the future. Resteemed and upped!
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A better solution. But If they set a timer in next update that would be better.
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Thanks for the info on the extension. Although I've only encountered some spam a few times, idk if I feel my account needs it yet. Maybe the next step is an auto flag feature depending on the spam?
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also saw the article from @andybets and I think it's great that I have that extension as I said earlier in that article 65% of users commit spam .. more than anything in the comments .. that copy and paste, the same unpleasant comment, that everything already know
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They do get annoying but I don't mind some of them. The one I've seen recently is the bitcoin price bot. That bot serves no value in my opinion.
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i support to him .And I expect the spammers to up their game now to try and get around this new "evil" extension
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Awesome idea... I know lots of people who would love this... RS and hoping they see it
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That's pretty cool. To bad I use Brave now 😏
I'll just have to put up with the spam for a while longer I guess.
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Thats great post i like it
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Sweet, nice find!
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Thank you for very useful information. I hope it helps in the war on spam. Good luck to you and Love.
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