I think its a great idea

Huh. Sounds good to me.

Isn´t that what the "display new submitter videos only" checkbox does in the Unsifted section?
http://www.videosift.com/unsifted?order=new&newonly=1&hide=none
That´s at least where I hang out when I go on selflinker patrol.

>> ^maatc:
Isn´t that what the "display new submitter videos only" checkbox does in the Unsifted section?
http://www.videosift.com/unsifted?order=new&newonly=1&hide=none

That´s at least where I hang out when I go on selflinker patrol.


True that is a great source, but I was thinking about comment spammers too. Sometimes new members don't post videos they choose to write about the new website where you can fill out surveys for cash. Or whatever multilevel marketing scam they can BS about.

*quality

Awarding gorgonheap with one star point for this contribution to Sift Talk - declared quality by blankfist.

"With Videosift becoming more popular then ever before, if it wouldn't be prudent to have a new members page. This way we could catch most self-links and spammers before they get very far."

Further division should be a last resource type of thing, the "display new submitter videos only" can do the job at the moment if enough people in the community get involved which I don't think it requires much number of people nor time.

At the moment, spammers are not that many in my opinion; again, a division of this kind is not really covering the problem. It's like sweeping dust but instead of properly disposing of it you hide it under a rug. I mean the only thing a new section like this will do is help to 'pile them up' so things are easier to spot correct? unless I misread your post.

I moderated a video site for 2 years, and spammers at one point were posting 50-60 spam ads every 2 hours, I was deleting 80 spambots per day, and I doubt a division of this kind would have helped much in such a situation.
What we eventually did was add a rating system for posts, which we already have here on videosift, and put a threshold. If enough negative votes are cast for a particular post, it becomes hidden by the bot of the site. The post was also sent to a report list, if it was considered spam by the moderators it was deleted.

I am not arguing for adding a similar system to the Sift, but what I'm trying to say is that implementing tools and methods to deal with these sorts of things should be made first than doing something which divides the community as a whole in a way that could be unnecessary. Because yes, the site is getting bigger but not at a fast rate, especially in terms of what you are concerned about: spammers and self links.

Maybe members with high rankings, say members with '100 star' and up should be able to have a 'spam' command. I mean, by their ranking we know most of them spend a lot of time here so why no let them have the chance to help clean up the place? we have a "quality command, why not have a counterpart as well?

Just brainstorming that's all.

rottenseed mentioned the following 2 weeks and 2 days ago:
http://eklek.videosift.com/talk/Integrating-new-members-into-our-online-community#comment-421563