@Ollie No, unfortunately :) It's just a signpost for blacklisters. If the watches were spaced out I would leave a comment on the PR on github, but in this case a message in the transcript responding to the PR should suffice.
@JeffSchaller Please provide an adequate reason for rejection (at least 20 characters long) so the user can learn from their mistakes. Use -force to force the reject
From what I can tell, the advantage to watch-number is that it'll catch versions that have spaces or dashes in them, as phone numbers often do. I guess the question is, do ICQ numbers show up in those variants as well?
I have no clue :) I'm not inclined (too lazy) to dig through the transcript immediately, since I expect a veteran to know. Of course, it's possible there's disagreement about what to do in general :p
@cigien The basics are: If a spammer might use obfuscation on a number, then use watch-number. If the number is something where the spammer can't use obfuscation (e.g. part of a URL path which would need to be copy & pasted exactly, or a URL for a link that would be clicked), then use watch. The watch-number list exists in lieu of writing complex regular expressions for each and every number entry in order to account for the obfuscations spammers use for numbers.
@Makyen I see, that makes sense. So the number part is not really to do with numbers per se, but anything that can be obfuscated? I assume this only works for things like spaces, and punctuation like - or +?
@IanCampbell It would be NAA, but the invitation to their discord pushed it over the top for me. flagged as spam.
If there was an answer, I would have edited out the invite, and if there wasn't an answer or an invite, I would have said NAA. As it stands, it "exists solely to promote". That's my rationale at least.
I can see that side of it. I just read it as, I am trying to use this API to make a Discord bot. My bot is here. How do I do it? Although the "and also join my server" is a little fishy.
@ppwater Yeah, I know. I think having it in a message that close to the watch is enough. Also, whoever reviews it will see that there's no TP on the post, and so they'll check.
I have been doing this for a while, and I don't recall anyone saying it's a problem. Which doesn't mean it's not a problem, of course. Maybe I should just start leaving comments on the PR on github.
@cigien If a rogue Spevacus (or another blacklister of course) doesn't happen to swoop in within a timely manner, a comment on the PR would do, if you're comfortable doing so. But, since I'm here...
> Potentially bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in title ---------- Potentially bad keyword in body - 666543817 found verbatim Potentially bad keyword in title - 666543817 found verbatim
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching product name in body, potentially bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in title (293): Keanu Reeves CBD Oil by JalynMitch on apple.SE
@cigien That pattern looks like it's already caught by Bad keyword in answer, Potentially bad keyword in body, Bad keyword in body, and Potentially bad keyword in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.
@cigien Yes. We need to check on MS to see if there are instances without the "Keanu".
One of the four matching posts has instances without the "Keanu". It would be better to use something linke what you proposed above, but with the "Keanu" optional.
@cigien That pattern looks like it's already caught by Bad keyword in answer, Potentially bad keyword in body, Bad keyword in body, and Potentially bad keyword in answer; append -force if you really want to do that.
@Makyen And the pattern with buy or order is not in either of those posts, which is how I've been deciding to watch those patterns. Is that preemptive, or is there something I'm misunderstanding?
@Makyen No worries. I don't mind being confused so long as it's explained to me eventually. And it made me go through the process of double checking to see what I might have missed, which is always good :)
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body, link following arrow in body, potentially bad asn for hostname in body, potentially bad ip for hostname in body, +1 more (294): How to unlock 7z file password? by eSoftTools01 on askubuntu.com
@SmokeDetector Undisclosed affiliation. 3rd answer on same question. Strangely, they disclosed affiliation on the first answer. 2 have been self-deleted.
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching product name in body, +3 more (587): Who Is Cannaful Valley Cbd Oil? by debensort on askubuntu.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, potentially bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in title, toxic body detected (253): Bad Smell From Penis by Aviral Saxena on lifehacks.SE
